Assistant Accountant: Lead Purchase Ledger & Month End

Kingdom People; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingdom People is recruiting an experienced Assistant Accountant in Oldham to join a thriving finance team. The role focuses on owning the Purchase Ledger, managing expenses, VAT, credit control and management accounts support, with opportunities to develop in a busy environment.

The ideal candidate will have AAT Level 2, solid ledger experience, and strong Excel skills. The position offers an on-site role in Oldham with room for progression and exposure to a wide finance function.

Qualifications

• Minimum AAT Level 2.
• Experience within Purchase Ledger and ownership of the function.
• Good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and accounting principles.
• Experience of Credit Control and customer account management.
• Experience assisting with Management Accounts production, including journals and reconciliations.
• Experience of foreign currency transactions.
• Strong Excel skills including Pivot Tables.
• Confident using Outlook and able to prioritise tasks.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the Purchase Ledger function, ensuring invoices, payments and supplier accounts are processed accurately and on time.
• Review Purchase Ledger processes and controls, and suggest improvements.
• Maintain an efficient Purchase Ledger with organised processes.
• Investigate and resolve supplier queries and follow up on issues.
• Complete supplier reconciliations and monitor GRNI; request outstanding invoices.
• Plan and process supplier payments, including foreign currency payments.
• Produce weekly reports on open Purchase Orders and Ledger for cashflow forecasting.
• Update Shipping log daily for freight accruals at month end.
• Update month end Purchase Invoice Accruals.
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Skills

Purchase Ledger ownership

Double-entry bookkeeping

Credit control

Customer account management

Foreign currency transactions

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Independent working

Communication skills

Education

AAT Level 2

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Pivot Tables

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Dynamics Navision

Job description

Kingdom People is recruiting an experienced Assistant Accountant in Oldham to join a thriving finance team. The role focuses on owning the Purchase Ledger, managing expenses, VAT, credit control and management accounts support, with opportunities to develop in a busy environment.

The ideal candidate will have AAT Level 2, solid ledger experience, and strong Excel skills. The position offers an on-site role in Oldham with room for progression and exposure to a wide finance function.