Hays
Senior Purchase Ledger Clerk
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Hays Accountancy & Finance are delighted to be supporting a well-established business in Great Yarmouth in their search for an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk to join them on a 12-month fixed-term contract. Operating within a complex commercial environment with a significant inventory portfolio, this organisation requires a highly organised finance professional who can manage a demanding workload while maintaining exceptional levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
Your new role
Working as part of a busy finance team, you will take ownership of a high-volume purchase ledger function, ensuring supplier invoices are processed accurately and on time. The role will involve investigating and resolving invoice queries, reconciling supplier statements, and supporting month-end activities within a fast-paced environment. Working closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders, you will play a key role in maintaining strong financial controls and resolving payment and invoice queries. Key responsibilities will include:
- Processing and maintaining a high-volume purchase ledger.
- Matching supplier invoices against purchase orders and delivery notes.
- Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies.
- Managing supplier account set-up and maintenance.
- Investigating and resolving invoice and payment queries.
- Preparing monthly payment runs and supplier settlements.
- Processing foreign currency payment runs.
- Allocating supplier payments and maintaining accurate records.
- Reconciling company credit card, expense and petty cash transactions.
- Supporting month-end activities and ledger reconciliations.
- Working collaboratively with operational and procurement teams to ensure purchasing documentation is accurate and complete.
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What you'll need to succeed
The successful candidate will have proven experience within a high-volume purchase ledger environment, with strong supplier statement reconciliation skills and the ability to accurately match invoices, purchase orders and delivery notes. You will possess excellent attention to detail, confidently resolve supplier queries and discrepancies, and be comfortable handling large volumes of financial data using Excel.
Whilst previous ERP system experience would be highly advantageous, candidates with strong purchase ledger experience and the ability to learn new systems quickly are also encouraged to apply.
What you'll get in return
Joining this business on a 12-month fixed-term contract offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your purchase ledger experience of high-volume and complex invoicing, supplier statement reconciliations and using an ERP integrated system.
The business will pay £30,000 - £35,000 (depending on experience), 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays working Monday to Friday on-site in Great Yarmouth.
What you need to do now
If you're an experienced Purchase Ledger professional looking for your next challenge and have a proven track record managing high-volume invoice processing, supplier reconciliations and ERP-based purchase ledger activities, I would like to hear from you.
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Desired Skills and Experience
- Processing and maintaining a high-volume purchase ledger.
- Matching supplier invoices against purchase orders and delivery notes.
- Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies.
- Managing supplier account set-up and maintenance.
- Investigating and resolving invoice and payment queries.
- Preparing monthly payment runs and supplier settlements.
- Processing foreign currency payment runs.
- Allocating supplier payments and maintaining accurate records.
- Reconciling company credit card, expense and petty cash transactions.
- Supporting month-end activities and ledger reconciliations
Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
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