Accounts Payable Analyst

**Position Title**:Accounts Payable Analyst

**Position Type**: Temporary - Full-Time

**Position Location**:Melbourne

**Requisition ID**: 37641

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

**About the role.**

Join our Finance team as an Accounts Payable Analyst, where you’ll play a key role in supporting both onshore and offshore Accounts Payable operations. You’ll drive process accuracy, governance, and collaboration, working closely with our experienced AP Manager and offshore BPO team to deliver timely and compliant supplier payments.

**What you’ll be doing.**
- Perform checks and approvals on payment proposals to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Manage the AP AU shared mailbox, responding to internal and external queries.
- Provide backup support for AP Manager functions, including cash flow forecasting.
- Collaborate daily with our offshore BPO team on payment, process, and exception management.
- Act as the escalation point for complex supplier and process queries.
- Assist internal users with document approvals and AP systems.
- Troubleshoot and allocate invoices in the Invoice Management System.

**What you’ll need to be successful.**
- 2+ years’ experience in Accounts Payable.
- Experience with any Invoice Management System (SAP preferred).
- Proficiency in AP systems and Excel.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to learn quickly.
- Understanding of governance, controls, and compliance in AP.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Willingness to both learn from and support an experienced AP Manager.

**About the team.**

You’ll report directly to our Accounts Payable Manager and work closely with our offshore BPO team, who are your primary day-to-day peers. As part of the wider Finance function — including Accounts Receivable and Payroll, you’ll also have team members based across Ballarat and Melbourne. This collaborative, multi-location team values open communication and strong support across functions, and you’ll have the chance to build relationships with colleagues both locally and offshore.

**About McCain.**

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

**Leadership principles.**

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

**The McCain experience.**

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

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- McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law._
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**Job Family**:Finance
**Division**:ANZ
**Department**:Accounts Payable
**Location(s)**: AU - Australia : Victoria : Melbourne

**Company**:McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.