Our client is seeking a Temporary Purchase Ledger Assist to cover a period of absence within their team this is initially for 4 weeks but could be possible longer. The successful candidate will have previous experience of purchase ledger transactional accounting and will need to be immediately available.
What you can expect:
- Monday to Thursday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm (30 mins lunch) / Fri 9.00am - 4.30pm (30 mins lunch) - 37 hour working week
- £14.00 per hour
- 20 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
Duties and responsibilities:
- Booking in goods and matching invoices to delivery notes, raise and resolve any queries with the purchasing office
- Ability to extract data and run reports as required
- Support/update cash flow forecasts
- Post invoices onto Sage 200
- Supplier statement reconciliations & query resolution
- Setting up new suppliers
- Raise pre-payment schedule
- Preparation of payment runs (BACS)
- Reconciliation of expenses and credit cards and analysis of spend
- Bank reconciliations
- Allocation of payments onto system
- Updating customer and billing information on the system
Skills and experience required:
- Minimum of 2 years of previous experience within purchase ledger
- Good working knowledge of Sage 50 or Sage 200 required
- Numerate with a good eye for detail
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to work effectively within a team environment and support other areas when needed
- Good working knowledge of Excel is essential