An offshore accounts payable or accounts receivable officer from Offshored costs A$2,100 to A$2,800 per month, all-inclusive, and works full time in your accounting system in Australian business hours.
A dedicated person who keeps your suppliers paid on time and your customers paying on time, without tying up your local team. You choose the candidate and set the process; Offshored recruits, onboards and manages them in Manila.
Accounts payable and accounts receivable are the two ends of your cash cycle, and both are process work that rewards a dedicated person doing it every day. An accounts payable officer receives supplier invoices, checks them against purchase orders and deliveries, enters them, reconciles supplier statements and prepares payment batches for your approval. An accounts receivable officer raises invoices, sends statements, chases overdue accounts by phone and email and keeps your debtor reporting current.
Smaller businesses usually hire one offshore officer to run both sides. Businesses with high invoice volumes, such as construction, wholesale, transport, healthcare and professional services, often hire one for each, or an accounts payable officer alongside an offshore bookkeeper.
They work inside your Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks or ERP system and your email and phone systems, with the access you grant, and follow your approval limits. Payment authority stays in Australia.
Start with the first column and add the second as trust builds. Your team member follows your procedures and your approval limits, documented during onboarding.
Most Australian businesses run accounts payable and receivable inside Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks Online with an approval or document capture add-on. If your industry system raises the invoices or receives the bills, such as a job management or construction platform, tell us and we shortlist candidates who already use it.
An offshore accounts payable or receivable officer from Offshored costs A$2,100 to A$2,800 per month. That is one flat, all-inclusive fee per full-time team member, invoiced monthly in advance, in the finance, bookkeeping and processing band on our pricing page.
| Item | Offshore accounts payable or receivable officer |
|---|---|
| Monthly fee | A$2,100 to A$2,800 per month |
| Where in the band | Lower end for a single-function processing role; upper end for an officer running both payable and receivable, credit control and weekly reporting for a high-volume business |
| What is included | Everything: recruitment and vetting, employment in the Philippines by Australian Pathways OPC, salary, Philippine income tax and statutory contributions (SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG), 13th month pay, paid leave, HMO health insurance, payroll, timekeeping, HR and performance management, office space and equipment for office based team members, and replacement at our cost if the person leaves |
| What is not included | Your software subscriptions and phone system, credit reporting subscriptions, and any hardware you choose to supply beyond what Offshored provides |
| Fees | No recruitment, placement or setup fees. One monthly invoice from Offshored Pty Ltd, an Australian company |
For the full local comparison, including superannuation, leave, payroll tax and recruitment costs, read the 2026 offshore staff cost guide. Every role band is listed on the pricing page.
What Offshored looks for when shortlisting an offshore accounts payable or receivable officer for an Australian business:
You interview the shortlisted candidates yourself. For a receivable role we suggest a short role-play of a debtor call so you can hear how they handle your customers.
Your offshore accounts payable or receivable officer works a full eight-hour day, Monday to Friday, at the times you set in your Australian time zone. Manila is two hours behind Sydney for most of the year, so the overlap is complete: they are online when you are, from your first coffee to close of business.
| Your office | Manila is behind by | Your 9am to 5pm day in Manila time |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart | 2 hours (3 hours in daylight saving, October to April) | 7:00am to 3:00pm (6:00am to 2:00pm in daylight saving) |
| Brisbane and Queensland | 2 hours, all year | 7:00am to 3:00pm |
| Adelaide | 1.5 hours (2.5 hours in daylight saving) | 7:30am to 3:30pm (6:30am to 2:30pm in daylight saving) |
| Darwin | 1.5 hours, all year | 7:30am to 3:30pm |
| Perth | No difference, same time as Manila | 9:00am to 5:00pm |
Team members work Australian public holidays unless the day is also a Philippine holiday, and Offshored gives you two business days' notice of any Philippine holiday that affects your team member's schedule. Every shift is logged on our timekeeping platform. See the FAQ on the Sydney to Manila time difference.
It depends on volume. Under roughly 300 supplier bills and 300 customer invoices a month, one dedicated officer can usually run both sides with time to spare for reporting. Above that, or where debtor calls take most of the day, hire one for each. We scope the volume with you on the first call and recommend one person or two.
Yes. They call from your phone system or a cloud phone app with an Australian number, in your business hours, following your scripts and escalation rules. Filipino professionals are widely used for Australian customer contact because of their clear English and courteous manner, and your customers deal with one consistent person rather than a rotating call centre.
Payment authority stays with you. Your officer enters and matches bills, reconciles statements and prepares the payment batch, then you or your Australian manager approve it in your approval tool and authorise it in the bank. They never hold banking authority unless you choose to grant it, and all their system access is removed on their last day.
Pick a time and William Smith, Offshored's co-founder, phones you. We scope the role, give you the monthly cost band and tell you honestly whether offshore staff will work for your business. No lock-in, no obligation.
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