Purchase Ledger Clerk

Richmond Head Office; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative hotel management company based in London is looking for a Purchase Ledger Clerk. In this role, the successful candidate will ensure timely processing of invoices and manage supplier accounts, contributing to the efficiency of financial operations. You should have experience in high-volume environments, excellent interpersonal skills, and intermediate IT skills, particularly in Excel. The role is office-based and involves a variety of responsibilities ranging from auditing assistance to maintaining supplier relationships.

Benefits

Attractive discounts across major retailers

Complimentary hotel discounts

50% off food and beverage in hotels

24/7 Employee Assistance Line

Unlimited access to Leisure Clubs

Robust career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must have experience in a high-volume invoice environment.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic setting.
• Must possess strong people skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely processing of invoices.
• Manage supplier accounts and queries.
• Assist with audit preparations.
• Reconcile suppliers statements and maintain financial records.

Skills

Experience in high-volume invoice environments

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Attention to detail

Intermediate IT skills, especially Excel

Job description

The role

As our Purchase Ledger Clerk, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the timely processing of invoices, managing supplier accounts, and contributing to the overall efficiency of our financial operations. Additionally, you'll assist with audit preparations to ensure compliance and accuracy.

The role reports directly to the Purchase Ledger Manager and is part of a team based from our head officein Richmond (TW9 1 EG). Please be aware this role requires you to attend the office 5 days per week.

Key responsibilities:

• Matching and checking batched invoices
• Posting invoices within deadline.
• Making payments via Bacs, Chaps and Cheques
• Posting all DD payments to reconcile with bank statement
• Setting up new suppliers accounts and maintaining existing ones
• Suppliers statements reconciliation
• Dealing with suppliers queries
• Filing invoices
• Keeping a clear record of utilities invoices
• Maintaining Aged Creditors report
• Assisting Managed Accountants with Vat corrections
• Maintaining good relation with suppliers, hotel personnel and HO team
• Assisting yearly audit (providing samples)

Full details of the role will be discussed with the shortlisted candidates. If you’d like to find out more about the role before applying, why not reach out to our resourcing team [e-mail].

The successful applicant will be offered a role subject to eligible Right to Work and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Benefits

Our rewards package includes:

• Attractive discounts across many major retailers, restaurants, and events
• Complimentary Employee, Family and Friends discounts in hotels across the Kew Green Hotels portfolio and at partner hotels worldwide!
• 50% off food and beverage while you stay in our hotels
• 24/7, 365 days Employee Assistance Line for mental health and wellbeing support, financial and legal advice
• FREE and UNLIMITED access to our Leisure Clubs (gym, pool, steam rooms)
• Robust career development opportunities and support for personal growth

What you’ll bring to the team

• Experience within a high-volume invoice environment is a MUST
• You’ll like working at pace, in an ever-changing environment where decisions are made fast
• We get that you like numbers. But you’ll also love people too – and as a result, have great interpersonal and communication skills
• Details? You love them.
• Systems wise – probably goes without saying that you have intermediate IT skills, including Excel.

Next steps

A member of the recruitment team will be in touch to book a 15-minute chat so we can get to know you better. We will explain the role in detail, and you can highlight your skills to us. If successful at this stage, you will meet with the Hotel Finance Team.

Who are Kew Green Hotels?

Kew Green Hotels is a rapidly expanding global company, with a diverse portfolio across leading hotel chains, including IHG Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Hilton, what unites us all is our values. Please view our website for more details.

Join our Kew-Team today!