Purchase Ledger Clerk

Trial Balance; Truro; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting is looking for a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join a well-established finance team in Truro. The role offers a hybrid working model and requires sound accounting knowledge, numeracy skills, and IT proficiency. You'll manage supplier inquiries, administer the purchase order system, and support month-end processes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6-12 months experience in a modern finance function.
• Candidates may be part or fully AAT qualified.
• Strong IT skills and familiarity with accounting software are essential.

Responsibilities

• Act as point of contact for supplier inquiries.
• Administer purchase order system and reconcile supplier statements.
• Assist with month-end procedures and accounting projects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numeracy

IT skills

Education

AAT or vocational experience

Tools

Digital accounting packages

MS Excel

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively engaged by a long standing client, a well established services business with customers located throughout the UK. The company seeks to recruit a Purchase Ledger Clerk, a full time, permanent role to be offered on a hybrid working arrangement if required - two days per week from homes and a minimum of three days based at the business headquarters in Truro.

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.

For further details of this opportunity, please contact Elle Benjamin without delay quoting reference EB9932 ASAP.