Job Title: Purchase Ledger Controller
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 36.5 hours, Monday to Friday, flexible on start and finish times (hybrid working available)
Location: South Birmingham and homeworking
Salary: £23,000 - £25,000 per annum
Benefits: 30 days annual leave (increasing to 34 days with service), plus bank holidays, 8% company pension contributions, employee EAP programme, life assurance of 4 x times your salary, health cash plan and free parking
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Purchase Ledger Controller to join our client, a well-established Charity based in South Birmingham. Our client offers a hybrid working policy that allows employees to work from home, alongside flexible hours and fantastic benefits. The successful candidate will be an experienced Purchase Ledger Controller who will be overseeing the company's purchase ledger and processing all financial transactions. This role plays a crucial part in upholding the financial integrity and ensuring the seamless operation of the business.
Duties include:
- Paring invoices with purchase orders, coding and administering.
- Completing outgoing payments in line with financial procedures.
- Managing day-to-day financial transactions, confirming and recording accounts payable data.
- Reconciling the accounts payable ledger to ensure precise posting of all bills and payments.
- Creating detailed reports.
- Posting invoices and credit notes, ensuring accurate coding in the system.
- Handling staff expenses processing and accurate posting in the purchase ledger.
- Investigating and resolving discrepancies by reconciling supplier accounts and conducting monthly supplier statement reconciliations.
- Updating customer bank details.
- Assisting with the year-end audit processes.
- Work together with the finance team on process enhancement initiatives to improve efficiency.
Skills and experience required:
- Previous experience in a Purchase Ledger role.
- Strong communications skills, both written and verbal.
- A high degree of self-management and initiative.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office, Excel and Word.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent time management, with the ability to work to deadlines.
- AAT qualified or equivalent is desirable.
If you feel that you have the necessary skills and experience required to fulfil this role, apply or get in touch for more information.
If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
If successful, one of our consultants will be in touch via phone or email for a confidential conversation about your experience, skills and suitability for the role. Please check your spam folder for any missed communication from us and ensure your contact details are up to date.
If you are already registered with Tirebuck Recruitment or Allocate Recruitment, please contact your consultant to discuss suitability for this position. Tirebuck Recruitment and Allocate Recruitment only operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently eligible to live and work in the UK. We operate a strict equal opportunities policy. Tirebuck Recruitment and Allocate Recruitment are divisions of Tirebuck Recruitment Ltd. Tirebuck Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003.