About the Role
WEHI is transforming how its professional services empower scientists to deliver world-leading medical research. This role is responsible for accounts payable activities for WEHI, supporting the Institute's financial results through accurate and timely invoice processing and month-end procedures.
Responsibilities
- Supplier invoice processing for the Institute.
- Preparing weekly payment batches accurately and in a timely manner.
- Month end processing to support the Institute's financial results.
- Collaborating with the broader Finance department, Logistics and Procurement.
- Working with external stakeholders including banks, vendors and suppliers.
Requirements
- 3+ years’ experience in large volume accounts payable team.
- Experience in Technology One/Workday or comparable finance system.
- Experience with complex Accounts Payable issues.
- Proficiency in MS Excel.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team and with colleagues across different teams.
- Excellent analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving skills with a solution-focused approach.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines.
- Initiative and sound judgement to complete tasks and resolve issues with limited supervision.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and to work under pressure.
- Strong customer focus and able to build strong relationships across the Institute and externally.
Skills
- Accounts Payable
- Technology One/Workday or comparable finance system
- MS Excel
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Communication skills
- Customer focus
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
- Ongoing
Experience Level
- 3+ years’ experience in large volume accounts payable team
Salary/Compensations
- $78,121 - $82,911
Benefits
- Very attractive salary packaging options for general living expenses, meal entertainment, novated leasing and more.
- 12% superannuation payable.
- Up to a further 5% after the first 6 months of service via matching superannuation scheme.
About the Company
- WEHI is Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute.
- WEHI strives to foster a flexible working environment that encourages individual differences and promotes collaboration and creativity.
- WEHI’s ability to shape contemporary scientific thinking and deliver leading professional services relies on a diversity of thought within our organisation.
- WEHI is working to create a future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be engaged at the scientific frontier.
Equal Opportunity
- WEHI actively encourages applications from people with a disability, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people and people with diverse genders and sexualities.
- WEHI strongly encourages any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.
- WEHI is committed to creating a culturally safe workplace and offering career development and leadership opportunities to First Nations staff and students.
- WEHI offers a range of support for women researchers.
- WEHI's commitment to promoting gender equality has been recognised with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award from Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE).
