Purchase Ledger Clerk, Ipswich, United Kingdom

P&O Ferrymasters Ltd.; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Purchase Ledger Clerk to join their Ipswich team. In this role, you will be pivotal in maintaining supplier accounts, ensuring prompt payments, and providing exceptional service to a diverse client base. You will handle invoice processing, resolve supplier queries, and collaborate with team members to uphold high standards of accuracy and efficiency. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within a supportive environment that values professional development and offers competitive benefits, including travel concessions and a comprehensive wellness program.

Benefits

Company Pension

Travel Concessions

Employee Assistance Scheme

Wellbeing Programme

Personal Development Opportunities

Voluntary Health Insurances

Cycle to Work Scheme

Retail Discounts

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Purchase Ledger department.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Maintain supplier accounts for prompt and efficient payments.
• Process, validate, and check invoices accurately.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organisational Skills

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Logical Mindset

Education

Experience in Purchase Ledger

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Location: Ipswich, United Kingdom - office based
• Full-time (35 hours per week)
• Salary: £22,000-23,000 per annum

Your Role

You will be part of a highly dedicated team of Purchase Ledger professionals based in our office in Ipswich, Suffolk, who are responsible for delivering the highest quality of service to an internationally dedicated client base.

Key Responsibilities

As Purchase Ledger Clerk you will be responsible for the maintenance of supplier accounts to enable prompt and efficient payment.

• Receiving, distributing and actioning post accordingly
• Ensuring all relevant haulage documentation is received
• Processing, scanning, validating and retrieving of invoices, and inputting of supplier invoices manually as and when required
• Invoice checking and verification, and where necessary obtaining approval for invoices from relevant divisions prior to making payment
• Dealing with and resolving supplier queries as and when they arise
• Checking payment runs for suppliers on the relevant payment dates and ensuring payment terms are adhered to
• Managing supplier accounts by reconciling with statements
• Setting up new, or amending, supplier accounts as requested by managers.

Your profile

As Purchase Ledger Clerk, you have significant experience of liaising with providers and vendors of products and services and will also possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and in writing.

• Experience within a Purchase Ledger department
• Strong organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise
• Logical mindset, with excellent attention to detail and ability to learn and memorise information
• Excellent cooperation and team working
• Good knowledge of Microsoft computer packages

Who are we

We are P&O Ferrymasters, and we work with some of the largest companies in the world to make sure that their goods get to where they need to on time and efficiently. We have locations across Europe and the Northern Mediterranean and our routes cover road, rail, and sea.

We offer

P&O Ferrymasters offers a competitive package in line with the seniority of the position. Salary will be dependent on experience of the successful candidate.

Other benefits include Company pension, P&O Ferries travel concessions, and an Employee Assistance Scheme, backed by a wellbeing programme along with opportunities for personal and professional training and development. We also offer a benefits platform including a range of voluntary health insurances, cycle to work, and retail discounts.

Time to act!

Do you have what we’re looking for? And does this sound like the perfect opportunity for you? We hope so – in which case, now’s the time to let us know!

Please apply with your CV and covering letter as soon as possible to [e-mail] . We look forward to hearing from you….