Adele Carr Financial Recruitment is proud to be supporting the recruitment needs of one of UK's largest Supply Chain and logistics companies, for their Liverpool office who are keen to appoint an experienced Purchase Ledger on a full time, permanent basis.
Playing a pivotal part in the accounts payable team and supporting the AP Manager, you will take ownership of all UK and overseas payments. This is a global business operating across continents with a vast amount of suppliers. With regular daily payments in various currencies, knowledge, and experience within a large organisation would be hugely advantageous
You will be the main point of contact for all payment queries and escalations whilst managing the team. Being an experienced purchase ledger supervisor will allow you the expertise to deal with escalations quickly and confidently. Leadership qualities is a must as you share ideas and develop the team to becoming more efficient.
The ideal applicant will be a proven accounts payable / purchase ledger / payments supervisor with a proven background running a team. You will have knowledge of international payments and multi-currencies. With excellent communication skills
Once appointed, you will take advantage of an enviable remuneration and benefits package including career development and progression.
Key responsibilities and tasks include;
- Passing invoices and credits for select suppliers (high Volume)
- Raising payments on sage and through bank
- Keeping accounts on sage up to date
- Ensuring all credits / payments are allocated accordingly to ensure no transactions are left outstanding on accounts
- Ensuring payment amounts and supplier names are updated to the payment sheets in a timely manner for Team Leader to process on to cash flow sheets
- Escalating query invoices with operations when and were needed
- Ensuring any issues or potential problems are flagged to team leader at the earliest opportunity so these can be dealt with swiftly
- Bank Recs
- Processing weekly bank rec's for selected accounts across RBS banks
- Ensuring all accounts balance back to nominal
- Ensure all relevant paperwork is saved correctly to the shared drive
The Ideal applicant will;
- Be a professional transactions supervisor with a proven background in accounts payable
- Have knowledge of working within a large, fast moving business with a global reach
- Be a self-driven, results orientated individual with a positive and enthusiastic outlook who can work independently with minimal supervision
- Be a skilled communicator who can influence others and engage with a wide range of stakeholders including non-finance