Freight & Purchase Ledger Specialist — 4-Day Week, Growth

Lodge Initiatives Ltd; Sandycroft; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £28k–£33k

Annual bonus

4-day working week

Office in Sandycroft

20 days annual leave + bank holidays

Job summary

Lodge Initiatives Ltd, a well-established automotive parts wholesaler, is recruiting a Finance Assistant – Freight & Purchase Ledger Assistant to support supplier invoices, freight costs and purchase ledger reconciliations. The role works closely with Finance, Purchasing and Operations to ensure accurate cost management.

Based at our Sandycroft offices in North Wales, the successful candidate will handle invoices, POs, reconciliations and liaise with suppliers and freight forwarders.

Qualifications

• Experience processing supplier invoices, purchase orders and credit notes.
• Experience of supplier statement reconciliation and resolving discrepancies.
• Strong numeracy and meticulous record-keeping.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices and credit notes, coding and matching to purchase orders.
• Raise and maintain purchase orders in stock and finance systems.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve outstanding or disputed items.
• Liaise with suppliers regarding invoices, payments, and balances.
• Process and reconcile supplier rebates per terms.
• Support payment runs and maintain supplier records.
• Match freight invoices to POs, delivery docs and import records.
• Check freight charges, rates, surcharges, duties and import costs.
• Investigate freight discrepancies with freight forwarders and internal teams.
• Maintain records of freight costs and allocate to shipments and stock.
• Support import and customs documentation processes.
• Maintain finance spreadsheets, records and reports.
• Assist with supplier and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support weekly/monthly/quarterly finance routines and month-end processes.
• Provide general admin support to the Finance team.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numeracy

Supplier communication

Organisation

Tools

Excel

ERP/Stock systems

Job description

Lodge Initiatives Ltd, a well-established automotive parts wholesaler, is recruiting a Finance Assistant – Freight & Purchase Ledger Assistant to support supplier invoices, freight costs and purchase ledger reconciliations. The role works closely with Finance, Purchasing and Operations to ensure accurate cost management.

Based at our Sandycroft offices in North Wales, the successful candidate will handle invoices, POs, reconciliations and liaise with suppliers and freight forwarders.