Purchase Ledger Clerk

Confidential; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Higher salary

22–25 days holiday

Free on-site parking

Good pension

Death in service

Job summary

Confidential in Blackburn is seeking an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk to join a busy finance team. You will reconcile supplier and customer accounts, process invoices, and assist with payment runs.

Strong communication skills, solid Excel ability, and a collaborative team approach are essential to manage queries and support month-end activities. This role offers a competitive salary, good pension, on-site parking and holiday entitlement.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to interact with internal and external customers.
• Purchase ledger experience and good Excel ability.
• Able to work well in a team and be proactive in resolving queries.

Responsibilities

• Reconciling all supplier and customer accounts
• Proactively contact overdue accounts
• Manage supplier and customer queries
• Process staff expense claims
• Assist in the preparation of payment runs
• Authorise and manage one off urgent payments
• Process invoices and upload information to the system
• Support month end finance activities

Skills

Communication skills

Purchase ledger experience

Excel

Team player

Job description

Our client based in Blackburn are currently recruiting for an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk to join their busy team. This is a new role due to extra work and an internal promotion.

Duties include:

• Reconciling all supplier and customer accounts
• Proactively contact overdue accounts
• Manage supplier and customer queries
• Process staff expense claims
• Assist in the preparation of payment runs
• Authorise and manage one off urgent payments
• Process invoices and upload any relevant information to the system
• Support month end finance activities

It is essential you have strong communication skills in this role due to you communicating with both internal and external customers. You should have good purchase ledger experience, be able to work on Excel and be a good team player.

Benefits

• higher than average salary
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays rising to 25 days
• free on site parking
• good pension
• death in service