Purchase Ledger Clerk

Trial Balance Consulting Ltd.; Redruth; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting Ltd. is seeking a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join a busy finance team at the headquarters on the outskirts of Redruth.

This full-time, permanent role offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced, technology-driven finance function across the UK. Core duties include handling supplier enquiries, managing the purchase order system, VAT-compliant invoice processing, supplier statement reconciliations and month-end support.

Qualifications

• 6–12 months of recent experience in a modern finance function.
• AAT qualification or suitable vocational experience considered.
• Candidate should be highly numerate with strong attention to detail and quick to learn new skills.
• Sound IT skills with experience using digital accounting packages and/or MS Excel is highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Act as initial point of contact for supplier enquiries and liaise with colleagues to resolve discrepancies.
• Monitor the accounts payable email addresses.
• Administer the purchase order system.
• Create and locate invoices, ensuring correct VAT status and coding.
• Reconcile supplier statements and ensure timely payment authorisation of invoices.
• Assist with month-end procedures and AP system process improvements.
• Support the Financial Controller with ongoing accounting projects.

Skills

Numerate

Attention to detail

MS Excel

VAT knowledge

Accounts payable

Purchase orders

Education

AAT qualification (or equivalent vocational experience)

Tools

MS Excel

Accounting software (digital accounting packages)

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively engaged by a long standing client, a very well established services business operating throughout the UK. The company seeks to recruit a Purchase Ledger Clerk, a full time, permanent role to be based at the business headquarters on outskirts of Redruth.

The position works as part of a friendly and highly experienced finance function that operate in a fast-paced environment. Core responsibilities to include:

• Act as an initial point of contact for supplier enquiries and liaise with colleagues across all remits to resolve discrepancies
• Monitor the accounts payable email addresses
• Administer the purchase order system
• Creation and location of invoices ensuring appropriate VAT status and invoice coding
• Reconciliation of supplier statements
• Ensure payment authorisation of supplier invoices
• Assisting with month end procedures
• Assisting with AP system process improvements
• Assist the Financial Controller with ongoing accounting projects

For this role we seek a candidate with a minimum of 6-12 months of recently gained experience, ideally gained within a modern finance function. Candidate’s may be part or fully AAT, or consider themselves to have suitable vocational experience. Applicants should be highly numerate with great attention to details, and be quick to learn and develop new skills. The business is technology driven so sound IT skills also essential with previous experience using digital accounting packages and/or MS Excel highly beneficial.