Purchase Ledger Clerk

WARD HADAWAY LLP; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous pension

Life assurance

Health benefits

35 days holiday options

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Ward Hadaway LLP in Newcastle is hiring an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk for a 12-month period to join our busy Finance team. You will manage supplier invoices, reconcile statements, and ensure timely payments, reporting to the Accounts Manager.

The role requires prior Purchase Ledger experience, strong organisation, excellent communication, and proficiency in MS Office. You’ll thrive in a collaborative, deadline-driven environment and support the finance function as part of a respected UK

Qualifications

• Previous Purchase Ledger experience required.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and good all-round IT skills.
• A flexible approach to work.
• The ability to work well within a team and to prioritise work & meet service delivery requirements.

Responsibilities

• Processing supplier invoices.
• Processing internal expenses through our internal workflow system.
• Preparing and importing supplier and expenses payment runs into the banking systems.
• Setting up new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details.
• Reconciliation of supplier statements.
• Posting daily direct debits.
• Firm credit card uploading, distributing and processing.
• Monitoring of the shared accounts staff mailbox.
• Assisting with queries both internally and externally.

Skills

Purchase Ledger

Organisation

Communication

Teamwork

Prioritisation

Flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We're looking an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk to join our busy Finance team in Newcastle, initially for a period of 12 months. If you'd like to play a vital role in a fast-paced, high-impact finance environment, then our Finance team could be for you. Reporting to our Accounts Manager, you'll manage our accounts payable by efficiently processing supplier invoices, reconciling statements, and ensuring accurate and timely payments. What will I be doing?

Responsibilities

• Processing supplier invoices.
• Processing internal expenses through our internal workflow system.
• Preparing and importing supplier and expenses payment runs into the banking systems.
• Setting up new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details.
• Reconciliation of supplier statements.
• Posting daily direct debits.
• Firm credit card uploading, distributing and processing.
• Monitoring of the shared accounts staff mailbox.
• Assisting with queries both internally and externally.

Requirements

• Previous Purchase Ledger experience.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and good all-round IT skills.
• A flexible approach to work.
• The ability to work well within a team and to prioritise work & meet service delivery requirements.

We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. When you join us you'll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.

We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients and our communities.

What we can offer you We're committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we're always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification.

Benefits

• An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
• A range of health and well being benefits.
• Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 3 days per week working from the Newcastle office.
• We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.
• Hybrid Working.
• An Employee Assistance Programme.

Ward Hadaway is a full-service, UK Top 100 law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, public and third sectors, and individuals.

From our offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Teesside, we combine regional strength with national influence to deliver high-quality, tailored solutions that drive success for our clients.

The important bits We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonuses, and a range of benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Flexible working With flexibility and work-life balance in mind, we offer flexible working options where roles allow such as hybrid working, part-time working and job-sharing.

Wellbeing We want you to feel your best every day and, as well as providing a supportive and inclusive environment, we provide a range of health and wellbeing benefits to help you achieve this.

Values

• Straight Forward
• Respectful
• Ambitious

We remove ambiguity and provide a clear direction and certainty. We build trust with each other and our clients through honest, transparent interactions.

We succeed together. We build and maintain an inclusive firm in which difference is recognised, valued and harnessed.

We constantly strive and innovate to be the best we can be for ourselves, our teams and the firm.

The fun stuff We have an active social calendar with plenty of opportunities to get together with your team, wider departments, and cross-office. Hybrid Working. An Employee Assistance Programme.