Accounts Payable Manager

Healthcare is usually slow and boring. We believe in its potential to be exciting and entertaining. But changing the healthcare experience is hard – and we’re gonna need all the help we can get…!

About Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus (or 'Euc' for short) is an Australian founded digital healthcare company that is on a mission to solve the world’s biggest healthcare challenges - think fertility, and behavioural change around chronic conditions such as weight loss, diabetes, and mental health.

Founded in Australia in 2019, we have now helped over 500K patients globally by combining technology, design and operational excellence to help patients access the best clinical support when they need it - wherever they are.

Our 5 clinics (Juniper, Pilot, Kin, Software and Compound) focus heavily on personalising the experience for different demographics and are powered by a growing team across 5 countries (Australia, UK, Germany, Japan, and the Philippines).

We’ve raised over AUD$160M in funding from Aussie and Silicon Valley investors who were early backers of Uber, Canva and AirBnb. With plans to launch into several more markets, offline channels, and tackle new conditions.

About the role (What you'll be doing)

The Accounts Payable Manager is a key role within the finance team at Eucalyptus. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the daily operations of the finance transactional team, managing a team of 4. You will be the primary point of contact for the wider business (across Australia, UK, Germany and Japan) interfacing with Finance. This role will build strong working relationships with internal finance and external business stakeholders to ensure all business accountabilities from Finance are met. This role reports to the Head of Finance.

Your responsibilities with be split between compliance and finance improvement projects. On a weekly basis, you’ll oversee the team ensuring that finance processes are humming - suppliers are being paid, debtors are settling timely and our banking processes are sound.

Outside of the weekly deliverables, you’ll develop a deep understanding of the processes underpinning the finance operations, and constantly explore ways to automate, streamline and heighten confidence in the financial numbers being produced. This could look like implementing new tools to reduce manual work, developing dashboards and custom reporting for specialised departments or establishing rigour and processes around internal controls. You’ll work closely with the Head of Finance and other managers in the business to target and deliver on high value projects.

Role responsibilities

• Oversight and effective management of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Banking, including responsibility for the accuracy of all data being produced by the team.
• Oversee of all financial activities including controls to transaction processing and ensuring compliance to local in-country statutory and regulatory requirements
• Ensure compliance with weekly payment runs for accounts payable
• Ensure timely month end close and report production
• Develop reporting on finance efficiency metrics (DSO, DPO, invoices per FTE, days to close), insights and KPI reporting.
• Be responsible for team scheduling, workforce planning, hiring and training staff on new and improved processes and systems and performance management.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to the team, and continually support and promote their professional development.
• Ensure appropriate and relevant governance structures, policies and processes are followed, and advocate for continuous improvement to these.
• Work with the Head of Finance to develop and implement the strategy for the delivery of an effective and efficient Finance Operations model that supports the company’s planned growth strategy.
• Own the OKR roadmap delivery for Finance Operations of key automation projects to improve the usage of Netsuite
• As a member of the Finance Management team, contribute to the development and implementation of strategic plans and business initiatives.

About You (Who You Are)

We would love to hear from anyone with a knack for process improvement and best practice in the finance operations space.

• Proven experience (3+ years) in roles such as:
  • Accounts Payable Supervisor or Accounts Payable Manager
  • Finance Operations at an early stage startup or scale-up
• 2+ years people management experience
• Experience in Netsuite or similar ERP system
• Experience managing third party vendors and integrations to automate workflows
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret high transactional volumes and draw meaningful conclusions
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong negotiation and mediation skills with third party suppliers
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities simultaneously

Why You Should Join Euc

• Our teams are incredibly passionate - Our talent bar is high and our work ethic is strong. You’ll get to stretch yourself everyday and work amongst people who care deeply about our patients. You’ll be given autonomy to tackle interesting problems and receive regular feedback from a supportive team
• We move at incredible speed - You’ll work with team mates who build in the open by sharing their work freely, this helps us learn and iterate quickly so we can deliver high quality outcomes faster than our competitors. You’ll spend a lot of time outside of your comfort zone learning and iterating frequently, we wouldn’t have it any other way
• We will invest in your career - You’ll get access to an annual professional development budget, mentors and buddies to ensure that you have the support you need to level up. You can expect regular performance and pay reviews as your career grows.
• We are all owners - You’ll be given equity to ensure that you are able to benefit in the upside of your contribution in helping Euc grow. Your ideas will be valued regardless of your role, you will have ownership over the projects you work on which will feel both terrifying but extremely fulfilling
• We play as hard as we work - From our annual Eucalympics (Olympic themed decathlon), monthly health & fitness allowances, free weekly barista coffees, funded social clubs, quarterly rooftop parties and weekly catered fireside chats, we know how to let our hair down!
• We’ll have your back when you need us the most - You’ll be able to lean on a range of leave offerings to support you when needed, this includes: personal health and professional development leave, a generous parental leave that offers 20 weeks paid leave for a primary carer, additional miscarriage leave (see more on Kin Fertility’s #WeNeedMoreLeave campaign), as well as our Employee Assistance Programme