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Purchase Ledger Clerk

Kent College, Canterbury

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Purchase Ledger Clerk at a prestigious educational institution. This role involves managing invoicing, maintaining the sales ledger, and ensuring timely financial operations within a supportive finance team. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills and a proactive mindset, thriving in a dynamic environment. Join a welcoming community that values diversity and offers excellent benefits, including a contributory pension scheme and private healthcare. If you are ready to make a difference in a nurturing educational setting, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme
Generous Training and Mentoring
Private Healthcare
Free Lunches During Term-Time
Tuition Fee Remission
Discounts and Benefit Schemes

Qualifications

  • Highly organized and financially astute with strong communication skills.
  • Experience in a busy finance department is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Manage all invoicing, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
  • Maintain the sales ledger and manage credit control.

Skills

Financial Management
Communication Skills
Attention to Detail
Customer Service

Education

A Level or Equivalent

Job description

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Employer Kent College, Canterbury Location Canterbury, Kent Contract Type Permanent Hours Part Time Salary £15,724 pro rata (FTE £26,202)

Posted 1st May 2025 Start Date As Soon As Possible Expires 12th May 2025 11:59 PM Contract Type Permanent Start Date As Soon As Possible Job ID 1480653 Job Reference PL Clerk

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Job Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join the Finance Team at Kent College.

The Purchase Ledger Clerk will be responsible for the management of all invoicing, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, maintaining the sales ledger, managing credit control and managing bank receipts for the school and nursery.

The successful candidate will be highly organised and financially astute, with strong communication skills and experience of working in a busy and demanding finance department. Strong attention to detail, excellent customer service skills and a proactive mindset are key requirements for this role, as is being educated to A Level standard or equivalent.

The position is 24 hours per week, three days per week, full year.

Please see the attached Job Pack for more information.

WHY CHOOSE US

Kent College is a co-educational school with a Methodist foundation. The school is located in Canterbury, just one hour from the center of London by train. The Senior School (11 – 18 years) has some 600 boys and girls, approximately one-third boarding and two-thirds day. This is a fabulous opportunity to work for a happy, caring and successful school in which pupils feel supported and encouraged to aim for high standards of achievement and conduct.

The school was graded as excellent in all categories in the recent inspection conducted by ISI in October 2022, the Independent Schools Inspectorate that conducts inspections on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.

We offer a range of great benefits at KC, including a contributory pension scheme, generous training and mentoring, private healthcare via Benenden Health, free lunches during term-time, tuition fee remission, and a variety of discounts and benefit schemes including Cycle to Work, Home & Tech and Octopus EV. Conditions apply.

Closing date: 12th May 2025, although if a pool of suitable candidates becomes available before that date the College reserves the right to interview and appoint without further notice.

Interviews will be held the week commencing 16th May 2025.

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Purchase Ledger Job Pack - 05 25

Safeguarding Statement

Kent College Canterbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Kent College staff and pupils are proud to be part of a welcoming international boarding community. We value diversity and promote equality at all levels, and we are passionate about attracting a diverse pool of applications through an inclusive appointment process. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of this process for any candidate with a disability. We warmly welcome applications from professionals of all backgrounds and communities, regardless of ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion, and we particularly encourage applicants who identify as Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic groups as these groups are currently underrepresented in our community.

Please note that we may prioritise applications from current Kent College redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward

Applications must be made via Kent College's online application system; CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.

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