Accounts Payable Clerk (6-month cover)

About the role

Our shared finance operations team processes payables for around forty client companies from one floor in North Point. Volumes are steady, the workflow is documented, and everybody here started somewhere.

This is a six-month contract covering maternity leave, starting in early September. The person going on leave will hand over across two full weeks; we do not believe in leaving someone a folder and a phone number. Two of our last three temporary hires stayed on permanently.

Joanne Sit supervises the team of nine. If you are precise, ask questions early and do not go quiet when a supplier statement will not reconcile, you will do well here.

What you'll do

• Process supplier invoices, expense claims and payment runs across a portfolio of client entities.
• Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery notes, and chase the differences to a conclusion.
• Reconcile supplier statements monthly and clear ageing items over 60 days.
• Prepare cheque and autopay batches for review with supporting documents attached.
• Maintain vendor master data and collect the documentation needed to set up a new supplier.
• Answer supplier and client queries by email within one working day.

What we're looking for

• Higher diploma in accounting, or Form 6 with two years of accounts payable experience.
• Comfortable in Excel, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Cantonese for supplier calls and workable written English for client correspondence.
• Available to start in early September and to commit to the full six months.

Nice to have

• Experience with Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks.
• LCCI Level 2 or 3 bookkeeping.
• Prior exposure to a shared services or outsourcing environment.

What you get

• Pro-rated annual leave and full MPF from day one
• Medical cover for the whole contract term
• Overtime paid, not banked and forgotten
• Two-week structured handover with written procedures for every task
• Genuine consideration for the permanent role if one opens