About Us

Let’s create a more sociable future together. At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

About the Role

Accounts Payable Manager (Retail) is the operational lead for the Group’s related procure‑to‑pay cycle, responsible for ensuring that Endeavour Group’s retail invoices are paid accurately, on time and in full. This role is also the escalation point for critical vendor disputes, manages the GR/IR policy, the COUPA procurement system for non‑trade procurement (including partnership invoices and credit‑card management), transition of suppliers to preferred electronic invoice methods and other automation initiatives in the retail payable space. The role is integral to enabling the transition and standing up of retail payable processes in the offshore team and jointly enabling a successful implementation of a new SAP ERP. The Manager will provide direction and oversight of the offshore retail payables team, and embrace opportunities to improve processes and transition to a centralised payables team for the Group.

- Fixed term contract role of 12 months.
- Locations: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart.
- Hybrid ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

System and Process Delivery, Improvement & Projects

- ERP system delivery: complete new ERP testing, manage defects and required post go‑live system enhancements.
- Process excellence: drive and deliver pre‑ and post‑go‑live ERP processes.
- Transition enablement: onboard,



train and transition knowledge and processes to the offshore processing team.
- System optimisation: use systems to drive efficiencies, automating manual invoices and processes.
- Process simplification: identify opportunities to streamline processes and implement best‑practice standardisation.
- Workarounds management: handle system and application workarounds.

Balance Sheet, Audit & Compliance

- GR/IR stewardship: oversee and ensure Goods Received / Invoice Received is managed per Group policy.
- Month‑end close: lead the AP month‑end close process, ensuring sub‑ledger balances reconcile to the general ledger and delivering accurate accruals for un‑invoiced liabilities.
- Reconciliations excellence: perform secondary review for select balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring robust controls and timely issue resolution.
- Audit & reporting periods: coordinate delivery of external auditor requests and requirements.

Payables Processes & Offshore Governance

- Workflow management: oversight of daily offshore processing operations and agreed SLAs and KPIs.
- Process integrity: enforce Delegation of Authority and Group Procurement Policy; ensure all non‑PO invoices are coded correctly and routed promptly.
- Exception handling: primary escalation point for invoice processing; resolve system or pricing discrepancies or receipting issues.
- Compliance: ensure all payments comply with statutory and internal controls.

Vendor Management





- Vendor partnership: senior point of contact for critical suppliers; manage resolution of complex disputes regarding short‑payments, missed invoices or credit notes.
- Vendor queries and disputes: oversee vendor queries, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.
- Payment run management: coordinate and execute weekly supplier payment runs and liaise with Treasury.

What we need from you

- 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Shared Services, or Global Business Services, with at least 3‑5 years in a senior leadership role overseeing Payments, Treasury, or end‑to‑end O2C/P2P functions.
- Experience managing an offshore or outsourced shared service delivery model with high business satisfaction; successfully led multi‑location, highly engaged teams.
- Experience with successful Finance technology programs (including SAP ERP implementations).
- Experience with change management and embedding current capabilities.
- Proven track record of process optimisation, leveraging technology, data and best‑practice insights.
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g., CPA, CIMA, MBA) or equivalent experience.

Benefits

- An exclusive discount card for ALH Hotels pubs & accommodation, BWS, Dan Murphy’s and other Endeavour Group brands; discounts at Woolworths supermarkets and BIG W.
- Health and wellbeing: access to a range of free services to support physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
- Learning and development: dedicated opportunities to grow ideas, yourself and your career.
- See our full benefits and discount package.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone is welcome – if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

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📌 Accounts Payable Manager - Payment Services (Retail) 12mths FTC (City of Yarra)
🏢 Endeavour Group
📍 City of Yarra