Purchase Ledger Clerk

AFR Consulting; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement not specified

On-site parking

Pension scheme

Job summary

AFR Consulting client in Blackburn is recruiting an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk to join a busy finance team. The role focuses on accurate processing of invoices and reconciliations to maintain supplier and customer accounts.

You will proactively contact overdue accounts, manage supplier and customer queries, assist in payment runs and month-end activities, and ensure data is uploaded correctly into the system. A good communicator and team player is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in purchase ledger duties and reconciliations.
• Proven ability to process invoices accurately.
• Good communication with internal and external customers.
• Team oriented and capable of supporting month-end processes.

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

Purchase ledger experience

Excel

Communication skills

Team player

Invoices processing

Month end support

Tools

Excel

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.

In return you will receive a higher than average salary, 22 days holiday plus bank holidays rising to 25 days, free on site parking, good pension and death in service.