Purchase & Sales Ledger Clerk

Confidential; Brighouse; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Brighouse seeks an experienced Accounts Payable and Sales Ledger professional to join the finance team. The role covers both ledgers with scope to support broader finance duties and collaborate with internal teams.

Key duties include processing invoices, credit notes, supplier statement reconciliations and establishing new supplier accounts. You will manage customer statements, credit limits, and assist with audits and ad-hoc tasks as needed.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in accounts payable and sales ledger.
• Experience with VAT and currency handling.
• Organised, accurate and able to liaise with suppliers, customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices and credit notes; match PO and coding.
• Set up supplier and customer accounts; reconcile statements.
• Prepare weekly/monthly supplier payment runs and approvals.
• Handle employee expenses and card reconciliations.
• Maintain sales ledger; issue customer statements; monitor credit limits.
• Assist with year-end audit and ad-hoc finance tasks.

Skills

Accounts payable

Sales ledger

Vendor management

VAT knowledge

Multi-currency

Education

AAT/CCAB or equivalent

Tools

Excel

ERP system (e.g. SAP/Oracle)

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.

The Role

• 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.