Purchase Ledger Clerk

SF Recruitment (Nottingham); Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Permanent Purchase Ledger Clerk for a dynamic company in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Responsibilities include invoice processing, supplier communication, and administrative duties. Ideal candidates will have over three years of relevant experience, strong IT skills, and excellent organisational abilities. Benefits include 25 days of leave and access to a supportive employee assistance program. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to advance their career in finance.

Benefits

25 days leave

Employee support line

Generous pension plan

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in a Purchase Ledger role.
• Strong ability to check work for accuracy.
• Proven experience in working under own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Manning a busy accounts email inbox.
• Inputting invoices and credit notes to the system.
• Investigating and chasing suppliers for invoices.

Skills

Team player

Organisational skills

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

IT skills (Word, Excel)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

SF Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Permanent Purchase Ledger Clerk to join a business based in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This is a great opportunity for someone seeking a permanent full‑time position in an exciting and fast paced company. If you are self‑motivated, enjoy getting things done, and are looking for an exciting and challenging opportunity, you’ll have what it takes to work at this buoyant and thriving business.

Reporting to the Purchase Ledger Supervisor, your duties will include sorting and registering invoices and credit notes daily and passing them over for authorisation. You will be required to deal with queries with suppliers including delivery and pricing issues prior to posting the invoices to the ledger.

To succeed in the role, you should have ideally have previous Purchase Ledger experience and an effective working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as an excellent telephone manner.

Duties and Responsibilities

• You will be manning a busy accounts email inbox, saving attachments from emails & distributing information to relevant departments
• Inputting invoices and credit notes to our system
• Investigating and chasing up suppliers for invoices or further information
• Supplier processing
• Taking phone calls chasing payment
• Managing courier invoices
• Supplier reconciliations
• Data entry of GRN and Invoices
• Resolving invoice queries
• Completing administrative duties including filing and scanning

Essential skills

• A team player who can work under their own initiative
• Ability to regularly check your own work and provide high standard of accuracy
• Great organisational skills
• Reliable and a good timekeeper
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills, with the ability to learn new information and follow processes
• Ideally at least 3 years experience doing a similar role
• Strong IT and numeracy skills, with experience in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

What you'll get in return

We offer our employees great benefits including a 25 days leave, access to our 24-hour confidential employee support line as well as access to a generous pension plan so that you can look forward to a bright future.

If this role appeals to you and your experience please get in touch for immediate consideration.