Senior Purchase Ledger Officer

Bridgend County Borough Council; Bridgend; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgend County Borough Council in Bridgend, Wales, is seeking a meticulous Purchase Ledger Clerk to join the Finance Department. You will process supplier payments, maintain records, and help ensure timely and accurate processing in a busy team.

The role requires strong numeracy, excellent ICT skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Welsh language ability is a stated requirement, and the council operates a Hybrid Working Policy.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in an office environment.
• Excellent ICT skills.
• Welsh language ability is a requirement for this post.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier payments to all suppliers in a timely manner.
• Maintain the purchase ledger and related records.
• Work as part of a busy team and support colleagues as needed.

Skills

Numeracy

Attention to detail

ICT skills

Organisation

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Job category/type Finance and Compliance

Date posted 17/09/2026

Job reference 19137

37 hours per week

The Council’s Finance Department provides a range of effective, efficient and high-quality professional services with support to members, managers, staff, services, schools and a range of external partners in the delivery of the council objectives.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our purchase ledger section. You will be joining a busy team who are responsible for ensuring payments are made to all the candidates suppliers in a timely manner.

The successful candidate will be highly numerate, have a keen eye for detail, demonstrate strong customer service, being able to demonstrate their work well as part of a team, but have the ability to work using their own initiative when required. This is a fast-paced role and you will be required to manager multiple conflicting priorities so strong organisation skills are required.

You need to have experience of working in an office environment and have excellent ICT skills. For further details please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

A Basic criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) together with a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check is a requirement for this post.

The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.