Senior Accounts Payable Officer

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● Identify and assess compliancy in the unit to ensure accuracy and consistency in the operation and application of legislation within a corporate
• ● services environment including fraud prevention.
• ● Identify the need for and contribute to the development of procedural manuals and user documentation.
• ● Provide input to the continuous improvement and development of operational processes and system enhancements.
• ● Verification of online payments, General Ledger Journals and vendor creation and amendments ensuring they are in accordance with
• ● Accounts Payable standard operating procedures and Legislative requirements.
• ● Review and analyse report data and make recommendations of required actions to the Accounts Payable Manager to ensure the accuracy
• ● and integrity of the NT Government Vendor File.
• ● Reconciliation of the Returned EFT's account ensuring that all returns and related journals are actioned in a timely manner.
• ● Undertake ad hoc tasks as required.
• ● Selection criteria
• ● A thorough working knowledge of the Government Accounting System (GAS) or similar, which includes using General Ledger, Purchase Order
• ● and Accounts modules in a shared services environment.
• ● Well-developed ability to identify, investigate, analyse and problem solve using lateral thinking in a Finance Shared Services area. The ability
• ● to recommend and initiate action supporting continuous improvement whilst overcoming obstacles.
• ● Proven ability to work independently under limited direction in a team environment and to set performance standards, plan activities and set
• ● priorities to achieve team objectives.
• ● Proven ability in developing procedures, guidelines and reference material at an appropriate standard within a client service environment.
• ● Including the ability to interact effectively with people of diverse cultures.
• ● Proven ability in training people in systems and procedures.

Requirements

• ● 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
• ● Primary objective
• ● The Senior Accounts Payable (AP) Officer's main role is to provide fraud prevention and compliancy to the unit. This includes identifying and
• ● assessing current standard operating procedures. Assist in writing and maintaining all standard operating procedures for the unit. Prepare, run and
• ● analyse AP reports and inform the Accounts Payable Manager and Assistant Director Accounts of findings and any trends. This position would
• ● also liaise with agencies in regard to report findings.
• ● Context statement
• ● Accounts Payable provides corporate services for government agencies to ensure supplier invoices are paid in a timely manner and maintains the
• ● government vendor (supplier) information.