Temporary Purchase Ledger Clerk - South Leeds

Sewell Wallis are currently recruiting for a Temporary Purchase Ledger Clerk to join a well known, established business based within the South Leeds area. The successful candidate will join a large, supportive Finance team and whilst this is initially a short term role, for the right candidate it may lead to a more longer term permanent opportunity. In return you will be entitled to free onsite parking and will gain holiday pay and benefits.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:-
•Matching, batching and coding in excess of 100 purchase invoices per day.
•Liaising with suppliers on a day to day basis and resolving any queries as and when required.
•Supplier statement reconciliations.
•Helping to prepare weekly BACS and cheque runs to pay suppliers and ad-hoc foreign payments.
•Entering and paying cash expenses and petty cash claims.
•Ensuring that the purchase ledger is as up to date as possible at month end.
•Contributing to the achievement of departmental service level agreements.
•Liaising with internal and external audit members to enable an efficient and thorough audit.
•Other ad-hoc assignments as and when required by senior finance staff.

You will:-
•Ideally have experience of working within a fast paced purchase ledger environment.
- Ideally have experience of using the SAP software package.
•Have strong Word and Excel skills.
•Be able to communicate at all levels and be able to liaise with managers and clients.
•Be able to prioritise your own workload to meet deadlines.
•Have strong numeracy skills.

For further details please contact Gemma Watmough.

Sewell Wallis acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers