Purchase Ledger Assistant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A global law firm is seeking a Purchase Ledger Assistant for their Glasgow team. The role involves handling expenses, processing invoices, and managing corporate credit card reconciliations. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and a keen attention to detail, working in a flexible hybrid environment with competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Generous bonus scheme

Up to 25 days holiday, rising to 28 with service

Private medical insurance

Flexible working policy

Qualifications

• Experience processing invoices and expenses is ideal.
• Ability to work under time pressure with tight deadlines.
• Customer service focus necessary for stakeholder interactions.

Responsibilities

• Analyse unapproved and draft expense items.
• Administer Corporate Credit Card Programme and reconcile statements.
• Handle queries and support stakeholders with transactions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Flexibility

Job description

Sewell Wallis recruitment is pleased to be working with a global Law firm who are looking to recruit a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join their Glasgow team.

The ideal Purchase Ledger candidate will be a switched on and driven individual who ideally has experience processing invoices and expenses.

What will you be doing?

• Analyse unapproved, unprocessed and draft expense items.
• Administration of new starters and leavers and delegates within the expense system..
• Audit of items allocated to Expense Team and audit of items reclaimed outside of expense policy.
• Handling and resolving queries to ensure transactions are processed and allocated to matters promptly.
• Processing out of pocket payments and direct debits through bank portal and 3E.
• Administration of Corporate Credit Card Programme, including reconciling monthly Credit Card Statements for 300+ users and regular audit of Corporate Credit Card Holders.
• Working with Financial Accounts to reconcile balance sheet accounts.
• Providing monthly reports to budget holders.
• Working with Cashiers to complete bank reconciliations.
• General queries and calls from stakeholders and suppliers.
• Knowledge of Accounts Payable function to allow full exposure of all team activities.

What skills are we looking for?

• Good analytical skills.
• Flexible, with the ability to multi-task.
• An attention to detail in meet the high standards of accuracy required.
• Able to work under time pressure demanded by tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a focus on customer service.
• Ability to manage different stakeholders confidently and diplomatically.

What's on offer?

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually).
• Flexible, hybrid working policy.
• Generous bonus scheme.
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service).
• Holiday exchange scheme.
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced parental leave.

To apply please send your CV below or contact Lewis Walker.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.