Senior Manager Accounts Payable

Job description

Agency Department of Corporate and Digital Development Work unit Accounts Payable, Assets and Ledgers

Job title Senior Manager Accounts Payable Designation Administrative Officer 7

Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 30/01/2026

Salary $113,938 - $122,574 Location Darwin

Position number 20211 RTF Closing 23/09/2025

Contact officer Sarfraz Khan, Assistant Director Finance Services on or

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QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with

disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss

this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the

OCPE website.

Primary objective

Provide high level specialist advice and management on the provision of Accounts Payable Services to client agencies across the NT

Government. Provide leadership and direction to the work unit and ensure the provision of an efficient and effective Accounts Payable

Service to client agencies.

Context statement

Accounts Payable provides a corporate service for government agencies to ensure supplier invoices are paid in a timely manner and

maintains the government vendor (supplier) information.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide leadership and management to projects involved in developing improvements in the provision of Accounts Payable services

and to assist client agencies with business improvements relating to accounts payable.

2. Provide high level specialist advice and management on the provision of Accounts Payable services to client agencies across the NT

Government.

1. Resolve complex Accounts Payable issues and provide reports, technical support and policy advice to senior management and client

agencies. Participate in inter-departmental forums relating to government accounting matters.

4. Maintain currency of contemporary Australian and overseas technology and practices in financial management and accounting and

implement these within the unit as appropriate.

5. Review Accounts Payable operations, analyse findings, make recommendations, and implement change to improve internal control,

procedural efficiency, and effectiveness, and ensure compliance with financial, taxation and procurement legislation, policies and

procedures.

1. Responsible for identifying, recommending, and implementing improvements to Accounts Payable processes in an accrual

environment. This will also include recommending enhancements to the Electronic Invoice Management System.

1. Undertake ad hoc tasks as required.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Well-developed leadership and contemporary management qualities relevant to the delivery of client focussed corporate service in a

dynamic and evolving environment.

1. Demonstrated experience in staff supervision and an understanding of people management including resolution of conflict within the

work environment from both external and internal parties.

3. Demonstrated high level of skills in a range of computer software applications with particular focus on Accounts Payable creation and

maintenance software and interpretation of financial data.

1. Advanced working knowledge of accounting systems in a large complex organisation, in particular Accounts Payable systems. Good

knowledge of the Electronic Invoice Management System and the Common Vendor File (CVF) in the Government Accounting System

(GAS) or similar and their administration and reporting functionalities.

1. Highly developed communication, presentation and report writing skills, with the ability to manage political, social and organisational

environment and represent agency in negotiations.

1. Considerable and practical experience leading and managing people through organisational and structural change.
2. Well-developed system thinking, analytical, policy and project management skills with the capacity to develop practical, innovative

solutions to produce continuous improvements.

8. Demonstrated work ethic and attitude which emulates DCDD values of being professional, accountable, honest, respectful, and

innovative.

Further information

1. The work unit values and supports available flexible working options where operationally practical.

2. The recommended applicant will be required to undergo a criminal history check prior to selection being confirmed. A criminal history

will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.

3. When choosing to apply for this position, the applicant should consider the full requirements of the position in aligning their work

experience and capabilities to this role. Please refer to the NTPS Capability Framework (CF).