Finance Assistant: Purchase Ledger & Invoices | Hybrid (York)

Castle Employment Group; Sand Hutton; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + BH

Pension contribution up to 6%

Private medical insurance

Health and wellbeing initiatives

On-site facilities discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Regular company events

Job summary

Castle Employment Group in York is seeking an experienced Finance Assistant to own transactional purchase ledger duties within a busy multi-company finance team. The role is a 15-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working, offering variety and exposure to month-end processes.

You will process around 300 invoices monthly, perform three-way matching, resolve supplier queries, and assist with payments, expenses, and audits. Salary up to £31,000 with benefits and a positive team culture.

Qualifications

• AAT Level 2 qualification as a minimum.
• Proven purchase ledger and accounts payable experience.
• Experience of three-way invoice matching.
• Confidence resolving supplier and internal invoice queries.
• Good Excel skills with data manipulation.
• Ability to work across multiple companies and transaction streams.
• Proactive, with questions asked to resolve issues.
• Sage 200 or Xero experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of transactional finance work across multiple companies.
• Process approximately 300 invoices per month.
• Perform three-way matching across POs, delivery notes, service reports and invoices.
• Check invoices are allocated to the correct company and resolve discrepancies.
• Manage supplier statements and investigate invoice queries.
• Support month-end payments and ad hoc payments as required.
• Prepare payments ready for bank authorisation.
• Check employee expenses and credit card transactions.
• Reconcile Stripe payments against sales orders and bank transactions.
• Chase invoices and supporting documentation for payments in advance.
• Provide information and documentation for audit requests.
• Support wider finance activities when required.

Skills

AAT Level 2

Purchase ledger

Three-way matching

Excel

Multi-company

Proactive

Sage 200

Xero

Tools

Sage 200

Xero

Job description

Castle Employment Group in York is seeking an experienced Finance Assistant to own transactional purchase ledger duties within a busy multi-company finance team. The role is a 15-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working, offering variety and exposure to month-end processes.

You will process around 300 invoices monthly, perform three-way matching, resolve supplier queries, and assist with payments, expenses, and audits. Salary up to £31,000 with benefits and a positive team culture.