Purchase Ledger Assistant

Windrose Landscape Architecture; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering equipment supplier in Avonmouth seeks a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join their Finance team. Responsibilities include processing invoices, managing supplier accounts, and assisting with payment runs. The ideal candidate should have demonstrable experience in Purchase Ledger operations, strong communication skills, and a solid understanding of Microsoft Word & Excel. This role offers a hybrid working pattern after training, making it an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented individual who thrives in collaborative environments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working in a Purchase Ledger function.
• Good level of computer literacy, especially in Microsoft Word & Excel.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative team player.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and register incoming invoices for accuracy.
• Resolve invoice queries efficiently.
• Manage and reconcile supplier accounts.
• Assist with monthly reconciliation and month-end close.
• Generate payments and carry out ad-hoc duties.

Skills

Experience in Purchase Ledger

Computer literacy (Word & Excel)

Strong communication skills

Team player

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Job description

Nisbets Limited are currently recruiting for a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join our Finance Purchase Ledger team and play a key role in maintaining ledger accuracy and supporting the smooth running of the accounts payable function.

This role will be based in Avonmouth, with flexibility to work from home as part of a hybrid working pattern following a period of training.

The successful candidate will be responsible for processing invoices, managing supplier accounts, and assisting with payment runs to ensure timely and accurate financial operations. This is a highly collaborative role, working closely with colleagues across Finance and other departments to resolve queries and maintain compliance.

You will contribute to month-end processes, support reconciliations, and help maintain robust systems and procedures. This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented and proactive individual with experience in purchase ledger operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Monitor and register incoming invoices for UK and European entities, ensuring accuracy.
• Resolve invoice queries efficiently.
• Manage supplier accounts, including statement reconciliations.
• Assist with monthly reconciliation and month-end close of the Accounts Payable ledger.
• Generate manual and system payments.
• Carry out ad-hoc duties to support the smooth running of the ledger and accounts function.

Capabilities, Skills and Experience Required

• Demonstrable experience working in a Purchase Ledger function (essential).
• Good level of computer literacy, especially Microsoft Word & Excel.
• GCSE Maths & English.
• Strong communication skills.
• A collaborative team player.

About Us

Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect.

Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UKs market leader today its always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And weve done it time and time again.

We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. Its all about you.

If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.

You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isnt afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.

Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.