Purchase & Sales Ledger Administrator

Confidential; Brighouse; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Brighouse is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable & Sales Ledger professional to join its finance team. This is a hands‑on role covering both purchase and sales ledger, with the opportunity to broaden your experience by picking up a range of ad‑hoc finance duties and supporting the wider finance function.

You will manage supplier accounts, process invoices and credit notes, set up supplier accounts, reconcile statements and run supplier payments.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Payable and Sales Ledger is essential.
• Ability to process supplier invoices and credit notes accurately.
• Experience with purchase orders, VAT rates and multi-currency is advantageous.
• Strong communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier accounts, processing invoices and credit notes.
• Process purchase invoices including PO matching, nominal coding, multiple currencies and VAT rates.
• Set up new supplier accounts and reconcile supplier statements.
• Prepare weekly/monthly supplier payment runs for authorisation.
• Investigate and resolve supplier account discrepancies.
• Process employee expenses and credit card reconciliations.
• Maintain the sales ledger and set up new customer accounts.
• Produce customer statements and credit limit reports.
• Assess customer creditworthiness and manage credit limits in line with company policy.
• Liaise with customers, credit insurers and internal teams to ensure payments are received on time.
• Pick up ad‑hoc general finance administration.
• Assist with the annual audit and provide support to colleagues across the finance function.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Sales Ledger

Credit notes processing

PO matching

Job description

Our client in Brighouse is looking to recruit an experienced Accounts Payable & Sales Ledger professional to join its finance team.

This is a hands‑on role covering both purchase and sales ledger, with the opportunity to broaden your experience by picking up a range of ad‑hoc finance duties and supporting the wider finance function.

• Manage supplier accounts, processing invoices and credit notes.
• Process purchase invoices including PO matching, nominal coding, multiple currencies and VAT rates.
• Set up new supplier accounts and reconcile supplier statements.
• Prepare weekly/monthly supplier payment runs for authorisation.
• Investigate and resolve supplier account discrepancies.
• Process employee expenses and credit card reconciliations.
• Maintain the sales ledger and set up new customer accounts.
• Produce customer statements and credit limit reports.
• Assess customer creditworthiness and manage credit limits in line with company policy.
• Liaise with customers, credit insurers and internal teams to ensure payments are received on time.
• Pick up ad‑hoc general finance administration.
• Assist with the annual audit and provide support to colleagues across the finance function.

We are looking for someone with good Accounts Payable and Sales Ledger experience, who is organised, accurate and confident dealing with suppliers, customers and internal stakeholders.