๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ (3 month contract)
There are purchase ledger jobs where you spend three months trying to work out what youโre actually supposed to be doing.
This isnโt one of them.
This business need someone who already knows their way around a purchase ledger and can come in, get to grips with the systems and start being useful fairly quickly.
Youโll be joining an established finance team, reporting to the Transactional Finance Manager, with responsibility for keeping the purchase ledger accurate and making sure suppliers get paid when they should.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด:
โข Processing, coding and entering supplier invoices accurately onto the finance system
โข Ensuring suppliers are paid within agreed payment terms
โข Preparing and running weekly supplier payment reports
โข Checking and reconciling supplier statements
โข Investigating and resolving day-to-day supplier and creditor queries
โข Scanning and maintaining accurate records of invoices and supporting documentation
โข Closing the creditors ledger and producing monthly reports
โข Preparing month-end clearing account accruals
โข Completing month-end clearing account reconciliations
โข Completing balance sheet reconciliations
โข Preparing monthly Intrastat reconciliations and arrivals submissions
โข Managing sterling and foreign currency petty cash
โข Managing cash takings and floats and posting relevant month-end journals
โข Supporting the wider finance team with general finance administration
โข Carrying out other reasonable duties as required
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ:
Previous purchase ledger experience is essential. Not โI occasionally helped out with invoicesโ.
They need somebody who has actually worked in purchase ledger/accounts payable before and understands what good looks like.
Youโll also need:
โข Strong Excel and data manipulation skills
โข Experience using Microsoft Word, Outlook and finance/accounting systems
โข Good communication skills and the confidence to deal with suppliers and colleagues at all levels
โข The ability to organise your own workload and work to deadlines
โข A reliable, flexible and practical approach
โข The confidence to work independently without needing somebody to check what youโre doing every five minutes
โข The ability to work comfortably as part of a wider finance team
This will probably suit someone who is immediately available, or available at relatively short notice, and wants a sensible temporary assignment where their previous purchase ledger and sales ledger experience will actually be useful.