Purchase Ledger Clerk

Purchase Ledger Clerk required in central Bath

Client Details

My client is a major employer in central Bath who has undergone a period of growth so they are adding additional heads into the Accounts Payable function.

Description

Responsibilities

• Receiving, coding, posting of purchase invoices with a high degree of accuracy, minimising errors

• Meeting our high daily processing targets, completing daily tasks as required and setting up new suppliers onto the finance system

• Owning of specific weekly/monthly payment runs including requesting invoices for payment and ensuring remittance advices are sent to suppliers

• Helping to ensure we hit our SLA's:

• Processing invoices in the required time frame (Urgent Invoices processed within 24 hours and non-urgent within 3 days)

• Ensuring allocated supplier accounts are tidy at all times. All payments and refunds matched to invoices and credit notes in the month. All payments and refunds are correctly allocated to the supplier account in the month. Suppliers chased for missing invoices and credit notes for all unmatched payments and refunds over 30 days. All monthly and quarterly supplier account tidy up completed to the tidy up schedule unless otherwise agreed with the Financial Controller.

• Completing all allocated Statement reconciliations on a monthly or quarterly basis as required by the tidy up schedule. No missing invoices or credit notes more than 30 days old. No unresolved invoices, credit notes and payments in OA not on statement or different to statement over 30 days.

Profile

To be considered for this role you must be able to demonstrate the following;

• Study towards AAT
• An understanding of the Accounts Payable function
• A true desire to develop a career within accountancy
• Strong MS Excel skills
• Good attention to detail along with excellent communication skills

Job Offer

Basic salary circa £18,000 plus AAT study support