Purchase Ledger Clerk

Purchase ledger clerk to work on a 6 month temporary basis to permanent.

Main duties will be to be responsible for the end-to-end processing of all transactions within the accounts payable function, ensuring all stakeholder needs are met. To be proactive in our service to internal and external vendors/suppliers, and in our resolution of problems. To always provide a professional approach and ensuring best practice. To assist the AP Manager in progressing the AP department forward from the predominantly manual process-driven function to a more automated P2P function, through updated systems, processes and procedures.
You will be:
- Responsible for the end-to-end processing of Accounts Payable
- Requesting and following up on credit note requirements and queries.
- Reconciliation of supplier statements where applicable.
- To assist in the maintenance of effective internal and external controls
- Supplier focused approach with all transactional enquiries.
- Identifying and managing problem accounts and related reconciliations.
- Provide support to the other AP assistants on their ledgers as and when required.
- Assist the Accounts Payable Manager in development and training initiatives.
- Ownership of the new supplier process to ensure good controls and audit requirements are met.
- Ownership of the end-to-end business rates process (collating/processing/paying).
- Assisting the AP manager with the payment cycles.
- Responsibility over the reporting and resolution of any debit balances throughout the AP ledgers.
- Be a source of advice/support for the accounts payable team and for the wider business on aspects of account payable processing.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

- Experience of high-volume processing, both in terms of documents and queries.
- Experience of a multi-site business.
- Experience of working with suppliers of differing sizes and types.
- Experience of dealing with challenging situations, with the ability to adapt and overcome.
- Experience of dealing with change.
- Proactive and self-driven.
- Analytical and methodical.
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of business and in all formats.
- Ability to delve into the detail where required without losing site of the end goal.
- Ability to manage priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Sensitive to team dynamics and coaching other team members.
- Focused on process and system improvement.

Hybrid working is on offer and you will be based in the office 3 days a week and 2 days from home