Accounts Officer | Immediate Start | Northern Brisbane Location

We are partnering with a well-established organisation based in Brisbane’s northern suburbs that is seeking a proactive and hands-on Accounts Officer or Finance Officer for a short-term contract. This is a 2 week leave cover with potential to extend. 

This requires a short notice/immediate start, ideally commencing Wednesday 23rd July. 

The Role:

In this role, you will focus on transactional accounting and general finance admin support.

Key duties include:

• Processing accounts payable and preparing bank uploads for approval
• Monitoring shared inboxes and phone lines, escalating queries as needed
• Posting draft entries from an inventory system into Xero
• Performing daily and monthly bank reconciliations
• Managing supplier account applications and documentation
• Handling petty cash and cash-based transactions
• Processing end-of-month supplier statements and placing account holds as required
• Goods receipting and liaising with operational teams (guidance provided)
• Assisting with basic audit preparation tasks
• Providing support for payroll (training provided)

• Demonstrated experience in accounts payable, reconciliations, and general transactional accounting
• Comfortable with manual processes
• Able to work independently with minimal instruction and use initiative
• Reliable, helpful, and proactive - happy to support the team with value-adding tasks when things are quiet