Purchase Ledger Administrator

Trial Balance Consulting Ltd.; South Cheriton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting Ltd. is exclusive partner to a well-established environmental services group with sites across the Southwest, seeking a Purchase Ledger Administrator based at the Yeovil headquarters.

You will join a small, experienced team handling supplier queries, invoices, VAT coding and month-end tasks, with Sage and Excel proficiency highly beneficial and a minimum of 12 months AP experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months of accounts payable experience in a finance function.
• Strong numeracy and meticulous attention to detail.
• Good IT skills; experience with Sage and Excel preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as first point of contact for supplier enquiries and resolve discrepancies.
• Monitor accounts payable email inbox.
• Administer the purchase order system and invoice coding.
• Reconcile supplier statements and ensure timely payment authorisation.
• Assist with month-end procedures and AP system improvements.
• Support the Financial Controller on accounting projects.

Skills

Numerate

Attention to detail

IT skills

Strong learning aptitude

Education

AAT qualification (desirable)

Vocational accounting experience

Tools

Sage

MS Excel

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively engaged by a new client, a very well established environmental services business operating multiple sites throughout the Southwest. The company seeks to recruit a Purchase Ledger Administrator, a full time, permanent role to be based at the business headquarters on outskirts of Yeovil.

The position works within a small, friendly and highly experienced department that operate in a fast-paced environment. Core responsibilities to include:

• - Act as an initial point of contact for supplier enquiries and liaise with colleagues across all remits to resolve discrepancies
• - Monitor the accounts payable email addresses
• - Administer the purchase order system
• - Creation and location of invoices ensuring appropriate VAT status and invoice coding
• - Reconciliation of supplier statements
• - Ensure payment authorisation of supplier invoices
• - Assisting with month end procedures
• - Assisting with AP system process improvements
• - Assist the Financial Controller with ongoing accounting projects

For this role we seek a candidate with a minimum of 12 months of recently gained experience, ideally gained within a modern finance function. Candidate’s may be part or fully AAT, or consider themselves to have suitable vocational experience. Applicants should be highly numerate with great attention to details, and be quick to learn and develop new skills. The business is technology driven so sound IT skills also essential with previous experience using Sage and/or MS Excel highly beneficial.