Purchase Ledger Specialist – Accounts Payable

Mears Group PLC; Brockworth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Pension Scheme

Sick Pay

Eye test vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Mears Group PLC is recruiting an Accounts Payable Clerk for our Gloucester office. This full-time role supports the purchase ledger and wider finance team, handling a high volume of supplier invoices and queries while prioritising tasks and maintaining accurate records.

The successful candidate will have strong IT skills, excellent organisation, and the ability to work collaboratively across departments in a busy finance function.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service or administration supporting high-volume inquiries.
• Strong IT and database skills in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent organisation and time management.
• Good communication and ability to prioritise workload.
• Accounts or ledger experience is advantageous but not essential.
• Experience using spreadsheets for data entry or reconciliation is desirable.
• AAT qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Answer supplier and internal queries by phone.
• Input high volumes of supplier invoices accurately.
• Manage central finance inboxes.
• Opening and processing post.
• Query and resolve invoice issues.
• Maintain the purchase ledger.
• Data entry and statement reconciliation.
• Collaborate with other departments.
• Support ad hoc finance tasks.

Skills

Customer service

Administration

Microsoft Office

Time management

Workload prioritisation

Education

AAT qualification desirable

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Mears Group PLC is recruiting an Accounts Payable Clerk for our Gloucester office. This full-time role supports the purchase ledger and wider finance team, handling a high volume of supplier invoices and queries while prioritising tasks and maintaining accurate records.

The successful candidate will have strong IT skills, excellent organisation, and the ability to work collaboratively across departments in a busy finance function.