Purchase Ledger Clerk (Part time)

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Rachel Porteous

Associate Director
Transactional & Part Qualified

Rachel Porteous
  • Location: Leeds
  • Salary: £27k FTE
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Job Role: Full Time
  • Posted: 29 September 2026
Applications end: 29 October 2026

Purchase Ledger Clerk (Part time)

If you’re good at purchase ledger, you probably don’t need a job advert telling you that attention to detail is important, you already know.

What you might want to know is whether this is a decent job, with sensible hours, where you’ll be trusted to get on with what you’re good at, it is.

They need someone to take ownership of the purchase ledger and keep it accurate, organised and up to date.

No drama, no reinventing the finance function, just someone dependable who knows purchase ledger properly and can get on with the job without needing their hand held.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴?
You’ll look after the day-to-day purchase ledger, including:

• Processing purchase invoices
• Matching invoices against POs and delivery paperwork
• Reconciling supplier statements
• Investigating discrepancies
• Dealing with supplier queries by phone and email
• Preparing supplier payments
• Maintaining supplier records
• Keeping on top of outstanding invoices
• Making sure the ledger is accurate and up to date
• Helping the wider finance team with general finance administration when needed

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿?
The main thing is proper, hands-on purchase ledger experience.

You might currently be a Purchase Ledger Assistant, Accounts Payable Assistant, Finance Assistant or Bookkeeper.

What matters is that you understand purchase ledger and can take responsibility for it.

You’ll need to be organised, accurate and comfortable managing your own workload. You should also be confident speaking to suppliers and sorting out queries rather than letting them sit in an inbox indefinitely.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
• An annual salary of £27k (full time equivalent)
• Part time working hours offering genuine flexibility
• Good, stable team

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