Purchase Ledger Manager (P8JOB809)
Wakefield | £25k-£28k dependent on experience | Permanent
Specialist Area: Finance | Sector: Management
Our client is a large national organisation that has grown rapidly over the last 12 years and they continue to do so at a healthy rate. They pride themselves on customer service excellence and quality whilst placing great emphasis on their people, recognising that this is what makes the organisation a success. This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leader that can offer long term career progression and stability!
Key Responsibilities:
• Day to day line management of the purchase ledger team responsible for processing a high volume of supplier invoices.
• Ensure all supplier invoices are matched, coded and processed accurately and efficiently.
• Ensure all supplier invoices are adequately approved and paid according to payment terms.
• Oversee routine and ad hoc BACS and cheque payment runs.
• Ensure quarterly rent invoices are processed and paid in accordance with landlords’ requirements.
• Ensure annual rates bills are accurately processed and matched against monthly direct debit payments.
• Ensure invoices from foreign suppliers are processed accurately and that payments are made according to supplier terms.
• Ensure weekly cash expenses and monthly credit card expenses are processed accurately and efficiently.
• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of excel as regular use is required within the department.
• Ensure supplier queries are dealt with promptly.
• Perform a monthly review of aged creditors, ensuring accounts are well maintained and routinely reconciled to supplier statements.
• Produce a detailed quarterly aged creditors report for the Finance Manager.
• Ensure that key month end tasks are completed to strict deadlines to allow the timely production of monthly management accounts.
• Ensure documented procedures are adhered to within the department whilst encouraging a culture of continuous improvement, suggesting and implementing changes where appropriate.
• Assist with year end audit requests.
• Assist the Finance Manager with any ad hoc requests.