Feel really good about coming to work everyday, where you work with a team of great people, doing what you love.

Established in 2011, Merkanooka Haulage is a WA-based family-owned haulage and mining contractor, specialising in bulk haulage, civil works, crusher feed and mine site services. Our founder James Yewers remains hands on in our business daily, continuing the family feel and values.

Here at Merkanooka Haulage our core focus is on the care, safe operations, support and career development of our employees. Our culture is based around fostering an enthusiasm for hard work, client satisfaction and our staff’s engagement in a supportive and enjoyable working workplace.

Many of our 300+ employees have over 5+ years of tenure with us and have helped us to grow and develop Merkanooka to what it is today, whilst advancing their careers and expertise in the business. We take pride in maintaining a modern, well-serviced fleet and fostering a cohesive and respectful work culture. We pay weekly and really look after our people – but don’t just take our word for it, check out our Seek reviews to see what our employees think about working with us!

About the Position

Due to the continued growth of our business, we have created this position to further strengthen our finance team. This is a dual function role, primarily supporting accounts payable with some accounts receivables responsibilities, as well as providing secondary support to our Senior Payroll Officer.

The accounts tasks will include:

- Preparing invoices and following up outstanding accounts.
- Processing supplier invoices and maintaining supplier records.
- Managing the accounts inbox and internal invoice approval process.
- Processing supplier statement reconciliations.




- Preparing and uploading supplier payment runs.

The payroll aspect of this role will be a secondary support function to provide a checking mechanism or relief capability to our Senior Payroll Officer to ensure the accurate, compliant and timely delivery of end-to-end payroll services across all areas of our business. About You In addition to your accounts and payroll experience, you will add real value to our teams by bringing the following attributes:

- Experience with accounts and payroll systems, with MYOB Acumatica highly regarded.
- Good knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation and compliance obligations.
- Background in industries such as mining services, mining haulage/transportation, earthmoving, construction, engineering or similar.
- Exceptional numeracy skills and attention to detail.
- Comfortable with Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- A genuine love for all things accounts and payroll!
- Ability to work collaboratively with your job share colleagues and remote teams.
- A current National Police Clearance or ability to obtain one (less than 12 months old).
- Unrestricted Australian working rights.

What Do We Offer?

- Attractive salary and ongoing skill development opportunities.
- Lovely work environment with convenient onsite parking.
- Merkanooka Haulage is proud to be an employer of choice within the haulage and mining industries.
- Work in our unrivalled workplace culture, where your colleagues are genuinely supportive and collaborative.
- The opportunity to do what you love and grow your career within a thriving, people focused environment.

If this role, our business practices, and your experience meet the above requirements, we welcome you to APPLY today.

📌 Accounts Officer (Wangara)
🏢 Merkanooka Haulage
📍 Wangara