PURCHASE LEDGER ADMINISTRATOR
- Recruiter
- ACAPELLA RECRUITMENT
- Location
- Altrincham
- Salary
- £18k per year + +
- Posted
- 05 Jul 2017
- Closes
- 31 Jul 2017
- Ref
- L170705C
- Contact
- Acapella Recruitment
- Sectors
- Accountancy, Construction & Skilled Trades
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
PURCHASE LEDGER ADMINISTRATOR
BASED IN ALTRINCHAM
SALARY: CIRCA £18,000
Our client is a multi-faceted collection of like-minded businesses whose primary aim is to remove the speculation associated with development. The Group’s operating businesses include; a new generation care provider, a Private Residential developer and a children’s day care operator.
The Group is going from strength to strength, and whilst undergoing a period of substantial growth they are still able to maintain the “family feel” throughout the organisation. Due to the continued success they are seeking to appoint a full-time Purchase Ledger Administrator to work directly with the Purchase Ledger and Finance Team ensuring that all assigned day-to-day accounting functions are carried out with competence. It is essential that the successful candidate has in depth purchase ledger experience in a high volume role as well as the ability to work under pressure and carry out duties in an efficient and analytical manner.
Role Responsibilities:
- Responsible for opening and maintaining supplier accounts on the Purchase ledger.
- Initial entering of all purchase ledger invoices.
- Entering GRNs from site post against purchase order.
- Checking invoices against purchase orders, identifying issues and resolving effectively.
- Working with procurement team and suppliers to resolve any queries efficiently.
- Working with the purchase ledger team to manage the value of queried invoices in line with month end close off procedure.
- Reconciliation of supplier statements and working to obtain documents.
- Dealing with general payment enquires from suppliers.
- Filing of purchase ledger invoices as and when required.
- Responsible for calculating mileage claims in line with employee allowances.
- Coding and job costing of all expense claim forms.
- Calculating VAT from purchase receipts.
- Responsible for collating all staff expenses, entering expenses and preparing for payment.
- Responding to ad-hoc requests from personnel.
- Responding to email and phone queries within the accounts department.
Skills and experience you will bring to the role include:
- A minimum GCSE grade C or equivalent in English and Mathematics.
- At least 3 years’ experience working within a Purchase Ledger in a fast paced environment.
- 12 months’ experience in the construction sector—desirable.
- Excellent problem solving skills and knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Confident and dynamic with the ability to work both within a team and independently.
- Experience of working on Evolution/ Evolution M software application desirable but not essential.
As a family run organisation, our client firmly believes their success is down to the passion and hard work of their staff.
This is a genuinely exciting time to join the company, if you believe you have what it takes please apply ASAP.
*PLEASE NOTE – by applying to this position, you agree for your CV to be submitted to our client, who shall contact you directly, should your application make their short-list*