Purchase Ledger Clerk

Micheldever Group; Winchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive services company in Winchester is looking for a proactive Purchase Ledger Clerk to manage supplier accounts. Responsibilities include processing invoices, ensuring timely payments, and maintaining accurate ledger records. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a Purchase Ledger team and a solid understanding of the Purchase to Pay process. The role offers excellent training opportunities and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Staff discounts on servicing and tyres

Retail vouchers

Life Insurance

Pension

Eye Care Vouchers

Buy/Sell Holiday

Flu Jab

Employee Assistant Program

Long Service Recognition

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity

Cycle to Work

Charity Match

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in a Purchase Ledger team.
• Experience of handling large volumes of invoices and data.
• Thorough understanding of Purchase to Pay process including GIN matching.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining accurate ledgers reflecting business liabilities.
• Processing invoices timely to ensure supplier payments.
• Resolving supplier queries to maintain operational accounts.

Skills

Purchase Ledger experience

Customer focused

Intermediate Excel skills

Ability to work to tight deadlines

Education

GCSE or equivalent including Maths and English

AAT qualification preferred

Tools

Integrated accounting system/ERP

Job description

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Micheldever Tyre Services is looking for a proactive Purchase Ledger Clerk to join our busy Finance Office. Reporting to the Purchase Ledger Team Leader you will be responsible for maintaining your own set of supplier accounts to meet the requirements of the Finance Department and the business as a whole. Responsibility for processing purchase ledger invoices on a timely basis, maintaining accurate ledger accounts and a professional relationship with the business and its suppliers.

• Location:Winnall
• Working Pattern: Mon - Fri 08:30 - 16:30
• Benefits: Staff discounts on servicing, tyres and MOTs. Retail vouchers, Finder’s fee, Life Insurance, Pension, Eye Care Vouchers, Buy/Sell Holiday, Flu Jab, Employee Assistant Program. Long Service Recognition, Enhance Maternity and Paternity, Cycle to Work, Charity Match.
• Training Opportunities: We are a fast-growing national automotive company offering superb training and development opportunities.
• Must have: GCSE or equivalent education (level C or above) including Maths and English, AAT qualification preferred but not essential
  

About the role

• Maintaining ledgers that accurately reflect the liabilities of the business, ensuring the prompt processing of invoices.
• Coding and processing invoices, including matching of invoices to goods in notes and promptly liaising with the relevant department(s) within the business to obtain authorisation.
• Prompt resolution of supplier queries and problems to maintain healthy working relationships and keep supplier accounts operational, referring to the Assistant Purchase Ledger Manager where appropriate.
• Ensuring the timely reconciliation of supplier accounts, as allocated.
• Reviewing debit balances on a timely, ensuring the processing outstanding documentation.
• Preparing payment runs for authorisation, ensuring suppliers are paid in accordance with terms.
• Continual focus on the outstanding GIN balance for your selected accounts, processing invoices on a timely basis to crystalise the liability, and minimise the value of accruals.
• Ensuring documents are scanned to the central filing system and that physical documents are archived and stored in compliance with company policies.
• Collecting, opening and date stamping the post.
• Other duties as are within the scope and spirit of the job and the title of the position that may arise from time to time or as required by management.
  

About you:

• Previous experience of working in a Purchase Ledger team
• Experience of working for a large, fast paced organisation, handling large volumes of invoices and data
• Experience of working with an integrated accounting system/ERP
• Thorough understanding of the Purchase to Pay process, including GIN matching and supplier statement reconciliations
• Customer focused, business partnering approach to managing business relationships, working towards achieving common goals through teamwork.
• Able to work to tight deadlines and deliver against all targets, both individually and as a team
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the business in an appropriate format
• Maintain a high level of integrity with a professional image and a can-do approach
• Excellent IT skills, including Excel to Intermediate level
  

About our company:

Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS) was founded in 1972 as a part-time venture providing car servicing and tyres. Today,Micheldever Group is the fastest growing wholesaler, distributor and retailer of tyres in the UK, selling six million tyres nationwide, (20 percent of the total UK market) and employing approximately 2100 employees company wide.

To support this business, we have built a wholesale distribution network of 14 sites around the UK supplying over 6,000 retailers and our own retail chain Protyre which is consistently growing. This is achieved by skilled, focused and determined teams across 1 central distribution and 13 warehouse operations nationwide.