Purchase Ledger Clerk - Flexible 4 Days/Week, Start

Cathedral Appointments Ltd; Exeter; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rate of pay

Flexible working pattern

Immediate start available

Temporary assignment

Job summary

Cathedral Appointments Ltd is recruiting an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk for a well-established organisation in Exeter on a temporary basis. You will manage the full purchase ledger, process invoices in SAGE, and support broader finance tasks with accuracy and audit readiness.

The role suits someone detail oriented, able to work independently and adapt to varied workload. Immediate start and a 3+ month minimum term are available.

Qualifications

• Proven purchase ledger or accounts payable experience within a similar finance function.
• Experience using SAGE or a comparable accounting system.
• Confident handling petty cash, bank reconciliations and day-to-day bookkeeping tasks.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, particularly when working to audit deadlines.
• Well organised, with the ability to manage a varied workload and support the wider team.
• Willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check, or hold a current one (enhanced DBS preferred but not essential).

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the purchase ledger function, ensuring invoices are entered onto the accounting system.
• Processing invoices on receipt, including matching to purchase orders where applicable.
• Preparing and maintaining petty cash records, including replenishing petty cash held on site.
• Recording cash and cheque income and depositing at the bank with a colleague.
• Setting up and managing direct debits and standing orders.
• Reconciling monthly credit card transactions and entering these onto SAGE.
• Administering Access to Work claims and supporting the annual statutory audit with accurate records.
• Ensuring fleet Vehicles are taxed and fuel cards renewed as required.
• General finance and office administration, including managing the finance inbox and handling queries.

Skills

Purchase ledger

Bank reconciliations

Petty cash

Attention to detail

Audit deadlines

Organised

DBS check

Tools

SAGE

Job description

Cathedral Appointments Ltd is recruiting an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk for a well-established organisation in Exeter on a temporary basis. You will manage the full purchase ledger, process invoices in SAGE, and support broader finance tasks with accuracy and audit readiness.

The role suits someone detail oriented, able to work independently and adapt to varied workload. Immediate start and a 3+ month minimum term are available.