Purchase & Sales Ledger Clerk

Lucy Walker Recruitment Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucy Walker Recruitment Limited seeks an experienced Purchase & Sales Ledger professional to join a busy finance team in Leeds. The role covers both ledger areas, including invoice processing, supplier and customer accounts, reconciliations, and cash allocation.

The successful candidate will have 2+ years' experience in Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger or similar, with strong attention to detail and the confidence to manage queries with suppliers and customers, supporting month-end and audit

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger or similar accounts environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to communicate with customers, suppliers and internal teams.
• Experience matching, coding and processing supplier invoices.
• Experience managing supplier and customer accounts.
• Credit control and payment chasing experience.
• Understanding of cash allocation, banking and payment processing.
• Proficient in Excel and finance/accounting systems.
• Well organised with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and a professional approach.

Responsibilities

• Matching, coding and processing supplier invoices.
• Allocating and reconciling supplier statements.
• Managing the Purchase Ledger inbox and resolving queries.
• Liaising with internal departments and suppliers regarding invoices.
• Scheduling supplier payments and assisting with monthly payment runs.
• Raising customer invoices and credit notes.
• Chasing outstanding customer payments and resolving account queries.
• Posting and allocating customer receipts against invoices.
• Setting up new customer accounts and completing initial credit checks.
• Monitoring customer accounts, identifying credit risks and slow payers.
• Supporting audit requests and maintaining accurate financial records.
• Providing holiday and sickness cover within the wider finance team.

Skills

Purchase Ledger

Sales Ledger

Invoice processing

Reconciliation

Credit control

Cash allocation

Excel

Finance systems

Attention to detail

Time management

Tools

Finance software

Job description

We are working with a well-established client who is looking to appoint an experienced Purchase & Sales Ledger professional to join their finance team. This is a varied role covering both purchase and sales ledger, with responsibility for invoice processing, supplier and customer accounts, reconciliations, credit control and cash allocation.

The successful candidate will have at least 2 years' experience within Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger or a similar accounts environment, with strong attention to detail and the confidence to manage queries and communicate with customers, suppliers and internal departments.

Key responsibilities

• Matching, coding and processing supplier invoices.
• Allocating and reconciling supplier statements.
• Managing the Purchase Ledger inbox and resolving queries.
• Liaising with internal departments and suppliers regarding invoices.
• Scheduling supplier payments and assisting with monthly payment runs.
• Raising customer invoices and credit notes.
• Chasing outstanding customer payments and resolving account queries.
• Posting and allocating customer receipts against invoices.
• Setting up new customer accounts and completing initial credit checks.
• Monitoring customer accounts, identifying credit risks and slow payers.
• Supporting audit requests and maintaining accurate financial records.
• Providing holiday and sickness cover within the wider finance team.

Skills & experience required

• 2+ years' experience within Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger or Accounts.
• Strong experience in invoice processing, matching and reconciliation.
• Experience managing both supplier and customer accounts.
• Previous credit control and payment chasing experience.
• Good understanding of cash allocation, banking and payment processing.
• Confident handling supplier and customer queries.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident using Excel and finance/accounting systems.
• Well organised, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and a professional approach.
• Ability to identify discrepancies, credit risks and slow-paying accounts.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Purchase & Sales Ledger professional looking for a varied role where they can utilise their existing accounts experience across both sides of the ledger.