Purchase Ledger

Lucy Walker Recruitment; Leeds; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Lucy Walker Recruitment is working with a charity in Leeds to recruit an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk on a part-time basis (18-21 hours per week). The role sits in the busy Finance team and focuses on Purchase Ledger tasks with some broader finance administration.

Key duties include inputting invoices into Sage 50, producing the weekly BACS run, banking, answering queries, and providing general finance support.

Qualifications

• Strong financial experience and analytical skills.
• Experience and confidence with Sage 50, CRM databases, and Excel.
• Experience of purchase ledger
• Organised and reliable
• Highly approachable and friendly

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the purchase ledger by inputting invoices into Sage 50.
• Producing the weekly BACS payment run and processing credit card expenditure.
• Daily banking including counting and reconciling cash, donations, and other items.
• Answering the phone to deal with general queries.
• Administrative support for the Finance department and other duties as required.

Skills

Financial experience

Analytical skills

Organised

Reliable

Friendly

Tools

Sage 50

CRM databases

Excel

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced Purchase Ledger clerk to join a busy finance team within a charity in Leeds. Sitting within the Finance team, the successful candidate will focus on Purchase Ledger tasks however a flexibility to support and undertake duties from a wider finance administrative viewpoint is essential. The successful candidate will ensure key information, expenditure and income is recorded and processed in a timely and accurate manner. This temporary assignment will last for a minimum of 3 months and will be a part-time position, working 18-21 hours per week.

Key duties will include

• Maintaining the purchase ledger, by reviewing and inputting invoices into the Sage 50 accounting system
• Producing the weekly BACS payment run, and processing credit card expenditure
• Daily banking including the counting and reconciling of cash, cheque, and other donations
• Answering the phone to deal with general queries
• Administration support
• Any other duties as and when required to support the Finance department or any other department

Successful candidate will have

• Strong financial experience and analytical skills
• Experience and confidence of working with financial systems such as Sage 50, CRM databases, and Excel
• Experience of purchase ledger
• Organised and reliable
• Highly approachable and friendly