Finance Officer | Accounts Payable & Receivable
Our Client
Our client is an established and growing product-based business with a strong presence across Australia and a fast-paced, high-volume operating setting.
With a sizeable finance function and close interaction between finance, sales, customer service and operations, they are looking for an experienced Finance Officer to join the team and take ownership across both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
This is a hands-on role suited to someone who has built strong transactional accounting experience and enjoys being responsible for getting things resolved, maintaining clean ledgers and keeping the day-to-day finance function running smoothly.
The role is based on site five days per week and offers market leading salary(depending on experience).
The Role
Working as part of the broader finance team, you will have a wide-ranging role spanning Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, reconciliations, credit control and month-end support.
This isn't simply a high-volume processing position. You'll be expected to understand the accounts you are managing, investigate discrepancies, build relationships with internal and external stakeholders and proactively follow issues through to resolution.
Key responsibilities will include:
Managing Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities across the business
Processing and reconciling supplier and customer accounts
Managing debtor accounts and proactively following up outstanding payments
Maintaining accurate and clean AP and AR ledgers
Completing bank and payment reconciliations
Investigating account discrepancies and resolving queries
Managing customer credit limits, account maintenance and credit control activities
Processing credits, claims and rebates where required




Supporting new customer and supplier account setup and maintenance
Working closely with sales, customer service and operational teams to resolve account issues
Assisting with banking and cashflow-related activities
Supporting end-of-month reconciliations and finance processes
Identifying opportunities to improve transactional finance processes
Why Should You Apply?
Great salary on offerfor an experienced Finance Officer
Broad position covering both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
Take genuine ownership of your accounts rather than simply processing transactions
Work within an established finance team in a sizeable commercial business
High-volume environment offering plenty of variety and stakeholder interaction
Opportunity to use your experience across reconciliations, credit control and problem solving
The Successful Candidate
This role will suit an experienced Finance Officer who is confident working independently across transactional finance and enjoys operating in a busy commercial environment.
Ideally, you will bring:
Strong experience across Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
Approximately 5+ years' experience within transactional finance
Experience within a product, wholesale, distribution, retail or similarly high-volume environment
Strong account and bank reconciliation experience
Confidence managing debtor accounts and credit control
Experience investigating discrepancies and resolving complex account queries
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
A proactive approach, with the ability to prioritise competing deadlines
High attention to detail and accuracy
SAP exposure would be advantageous, but is not essential
Availability and willingness to work five days per week on site
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📌 Finance Officer | Accounts Payable & Receivable (Melbourne)
🏢 Align Talent
📍 Melbourne