Accounts Payable Officer
Kao is a leading global organisation in the Hair/Beauty & Home Care industries. With over 130 years’ experience in creating innovative solutions for customers, this business will continue to expand. Kao has a unique opportunity to join our finance team.
This is a hybrid role where you will work from our Malvern East office and from home.
The role will have responsibility for the accounts payable function for Australia and New Zealand, company credit card expense management, accounts payable reconciliations and some additional assistance to the finance team.
Working in a high-performance team, the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate a combination of technical skillset, attention to detail and commercial outlook. You will also be motivated, and driven to succeed in a challenging environment.
You will be able to work autonomously and manage your own KPI's to ensure consistent results.
This role covers the full accounts payable function and therefore includes all entry of invoices into SAP via OpenText.
We are ideally seeking an accounts payable professional with a minimum of 3 years’ experience. If you have less experience but believe you have a track record of success that will allow you to be an applicant, we'd like to hear from you.
Key Role activities include
• Full control of Accounts Payable for Australia/New Zealand
• Management and support (including providing training) on the accounts payable SAP OpenText system
• Upload and data entry and checking of data and approvals of invoices
• Management of company credit cards and other company cards
• Reconciliation of account payable accounts, statements and ATB review
• Assist with annual audits
• Support the broader Kao Finance team as directed
Skills & Experience
• Previous Accounts Payable experience
• Experience with SAP preferred.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to deliver on deadlines and work autonomously
• Well-developed communication, interpersonal & negotiation skills
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders internally & externally.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• MSOffice intermediate to advance
• Excellent administration skills.
• Experience with high volume numeric and alpha data entry
• High attention to detail
How we work: Having been selected among the World´s Most Ethical Companies for 18 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.
What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with competitive salaries, benefits package including paid parental leave, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.
Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.
Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us, please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/).
