Accounts Payable Administrator

About the Business & Role

At SLR, our purpose is to Make Sustainability Happen.

SLR is a global environmental and sustainability consultancy that works with clients across a range of sectors, including infrastructure, energy, mining, industry, urban development and government. With over 1,200 people across the APAC region, we provide technical and advisory services that help our clients respond to environmental and sustainability challenges.

We are seeking an Accounts Payable Administrator to join our Finance team, in our Auckland office. This is a permanent, full-time role, reporting to the Finance Team Leader for New Zealand.

You will be a key member of the finance function supporting the overall goals of the Finance team and wider Business Support team with the primary responsibility for purchasing processes and related transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices accurately and promptly, including appropriate coding and approvals.
• Review invoices for completeness, correct entity, tax treatment, purchase order requirements, approved supplier register and supporting documentation.
• Maintain supplier master data, including appropriate verification of new suppliers and changes to bank details.
• Prepare and process supplier payment runs in accordance with agreed payment terms and approval authorities.
• Respond to supplier and internal queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Support month-end close, including AP reconciliations, accruals, outstanding invoices and cut-off.
• Maintain accurate documentation and audit trails for invoices, payments and supplier changes.
• Ensure compliance with delegated authorities, procurement requirements, tax requirements and internal financial controls.
• Support Finance with audit queries and provision of supporting documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve AP processes, controls and system efficiency.

Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of experience within a similar role
• Previous accounts payable experience in a medium to large sizes organisations is highly desirable

• Good understanding of invoice processing, GST and basic accounting principles

• Previous experience with NetSuite or Oracle will be well regarded
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skill
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel
• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills (written and verbal)

Our Benefits

Join a global organisation that is Making Sustainability Happen. We are most proud of our diverse, and collaborative team and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability.

When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.

About Us

We’re Making Sustainability Happen.

We don’t have all the answers to the complex sustainability challenges faced by humanity today. But we’re working on it. We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world.

When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space.

We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.