Purchase Ledger Manager

Astute Recruitment; Derby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing finance organization in Derby is seeking an experienced Purchase Ledger Manager to oversee a small finance team. Responsibilities include staff management, handling payment runs, ensuring timely processing of purchase invoices, and contributing to month-end and year-end financial closures. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills and experience in finance management. This role offers a friendly working environment, free parking, and 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, requiring full-time office presence.

Benefits

Free parking

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing a finance or accounts team.
• Strong knowledge of purchase ledger operations.
• Ability to drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small finance team effectively.
• Ensure timely processing of purchase invoices.
• Contribute to month-end and year-end closures.
• Provide monthly financial reporting to management.

Skills

Staff management

Month end closing

Payment processing

Problem-solving

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Purchase Ledger Manager to join the finance team of this growing organisation.

Reporting into the Finance Manager you will be responsible for the following duties as Purchase Ledger Manager:

• Staff management of a small team including recruitment, development, training and 1 to 1 's
• Payment runs
• Setting up all new suppliers on the system
• Ensuring all purchase invoices are processed by the team in a timely manner
• Dealing with any problems and queries that are escalated from the team
• All month end and year end close
• Monthly reporting
• Being a key member of the management team and driving processes and improvements through the business

In return they offer free parking, 37.5 hrs working week, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. This role is fully office based 5 days a week.

They have a friendly collaborative working environment