Australia onlyAbout the Organisation
Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better. If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply
About the Role
This role is a key member of the Shared Service team enabling the operations stream to achieve its finance-related objectives and comply with organisational finance-related policies and procedures. This is a 7 month full time maximum term contract role, location flexible.
Key Responsibilities
- Accurately code and process supplier invoices.
- Support the end-to-end procure to pay cycle, including invoice matching, purchase order validation, and exception resolution
- Maintain data integrity across finance systems by ensuring appropriate documentation and authorisations are obtained
- Provide timely and effective communication with internal stakeholders to resolve payment queries
- Contribute to ongoing improvements in P2P processes and participate in training and procedural updates
Skills & Experience
- Demonstrated experience in accounts payable and procure to pay functions within a high-volume, dynamic environment
- Demonstrated ability to produce a high volume of work with a high level of accuracy
- Certificate level qualifications in Business, Accounting or similar, or demonstrated equivalent experience
- Knowledge of GST processes and requirements
- Experience with business partnering model and working closely with stakeholder’s management
- Ability to multitask within tight timeframes
- Intermediate Excel skills and experience using a computerised accounting system
- High level communication skills with an attention to detail and accuracy
- Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret financial information
- Experience with the NDIS and/or experience working in the Welfare or Community sector, highly regarded.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
Benefits
- Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
- Excellent tax benefits and monthly rostered days off
- Full time 7 month maximum term contract – location flexible
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Debra Neil @ [email protected].
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at midnight on Sunday 29th June 2025.
