McDonald’s Australia is the largest quick service restaurant operation in the country. Fondly known as “Maccas”, we are famous in the global McDonald’s world for adding beetroot to our Aussie burgers and creating the world’s first McCafé in Melbourne. A household name in Australia for almost 50 years, we believe that our customers are the heart and soul of everything we do and make it our mission to make every moment count!

The AP & AR Manager is responsible for the direction, execution and performance of the Accounts Payable and Receivable teams.

A successful AP & AR Manager will have strong technical expertise within the AP and AR  functions, as well as a broad knowledge of other functional areas within Finance. You will have a strong ability to solve unique and complex problems in relation to our debtors, Franchisees and suppliers, and be skilled in building strong relationships based on mutual respect and trust. The ability to think proactively, identify potential future problems and develop methods to address current and future customer needs with a positive “can-do” attitude will be essential for success.

What will my key accountabilities be?

• Effectively and efficiently manage the daily workflow of both teams.
• Oversee and support the business’s credit card expense management process
• Respond to supplier, debtor and internal queries
• Set KPI’s for the team that align with overall team objectives and focus on continuous improvement
• Manage weekly payment runs and ad hoc payments
• Manage the team to provide direction, leadership and process discipline
• Escalation point for any Franchise queries regarding monthly charges.

Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure all activities maintain SOX compliance
• Coordinate with internal and external compliance to facilitate periodic audits and monitor and ensure completion of any corrective action required. 
• Monthly review of reconciliations
• Monthly and quarterly reporting
• Monthly KPI reporting
• Maintain the market authorisation approval matrix and online approval system
• Provide clear direction and support to the team to achieve set KPI’s
• Regularly review the work of direct reports and provide constructive feedback to ensure accuracy of work

Essential technical and behavioural skills

• Highly collaborative and actively shares knowledge to build competencies within the team
• Able to effectively prioritise for self and team in order to complete tasks in a timely manner
• Able to demonstrate a high level of attention to detail to ensure accuracy within work
• Able to identify the strengths of others and incorporate into processes that maximise business success
• Proactive in seeking and accepting constructive feedback to improve self
• Confident in providing constructive feedback to others
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Strong problem solving skills with the ability to make suggestions for improvement
• Trusted for expertise and integrity
• Self-motivated and proactive – a person who takes the initiative
• Skilful at leveraging relationships in a reciprocal way; using influence and mutual respect to work with department and cross-functional colleagues to drive outcomes
• Able to execute a high volume of work in a fast paced environment
• Ethical and responsible, understands and adheres to McDonald’s Standards of Business Conduct always

Desirable

• Concur, Oracle Cloud and SOX experience will be highly regarded.
• Prior experience leading a high volume Accounts Payable and/or Receivable team

Why choose us?

Employer of choice winner for the past three years, McDonald’s Australia is defined by its culture. Our culture is an expression of why and how we do things around here. It influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with our customers, franchisees and suppliers. It is our purpose to feed and foster the community; and our mission is making delicious, feel-good moments easy for everyone.

Not only do we offer flexible working arrangements, a bonus week of annual leave and a market leading incentive scheme; but we provide an opportunity to work alongside other passionate and talented people every single day.

Join our team!

So if you are eager to jump into a new position within a passionate team and market leading brand, then APPLY today.