Who Are We? 

Are Media is Australia’s leading omnichannel content company for women. Every day we influence, inform, inspire, and connect with 6 in 10 Australian women across magazine media, digital, video, social, e-commerce, customer review sites, podcasts, events and experiences.  Our brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, TV WEEK, New Idea, Now to Love, Australian Gourmet Traveller, BEAUTY/crew and ELLE. Through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women.

Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people. 

Why Are Media?   

Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:

• A day of leave for your birthday,
• 4 days of volunteering leave each year,
• An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families & carers,
• FREE digital access to all our titles, and
• Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).    

About the role

The Accounts Payable Officer is a key part of the Sydney-based team, looking after Are Media’s Accounts Payable function for both Australia and New Zealand. The role reports into the AP AR Operations Manager, while also working alongside and supporting two other Accounts Payable Officers.

The day-to-day activity of the role works towards the overall team responsibility of paying vendors timely and accurately. This includes tasks leading up to preparing for a payment run, responding to vendor and internal enquires via email and phone, investigating discrepancies and other duties.

Duties

• Prepare weekly EFT pay cycles for New Zealand or Australia including WTH/GST Payments, BAS Payments , Employee Contributor payments
• Manually record Direct Debit payments 
• Enter AU Employee Contributor spreadsheets in D365
• Complete daily processing and verification of invoices in the automated invoice processing system, ESKER
• Create and maintain vendor master files in D365
• Follow-up unpaid, not received, and unapproved invoices
• Respond to vendor inquiries
• Other duties as required

Skills and experience

• 3-5 years’ experience in Accounts Payable
• Be a proactive member of the team who can help in various aspects of accounts.
• A confident communicator and problem-solver
• Effective time management, a high degree of accuracy and eye for detail
• Have a sense urgency to complete tasks promptly but accurately 
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and responsibility to the function of Accounts Payable

Are Media is a proud member of Media Diversity Australia, a not-for-profit organisation working towards a media landscape that looks and sounds like Australia. We are committed to fostering diverse, respectful, collaborative & inclusive workplace. We know & value the success this brings for everyone and we welcome & encourage applications from diverse backgrounds. When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. 

Please apply now and send your CV via the link.