Purchase Ledger Assistant

H G STEPHENSON LTD

Purchase Ledger Assistant

Reports to:         Financial Controller

Hours: Mon-Fri:     9.00 – 5.30 & 1 hour lunch 

Sat:  9.30 – 3.30, 30 min lunch

Stephenson’s is an independent family business.  We have been supplying the catering trade with non-food equipment since 1868.    

Purchase Ledger Vacancy to:

• Code and check invoices
• Work out VAT payments
• Pay out money via BACS or by cheque
• Check and reconcile supplier statements
• File invoices and statements

Qualifications:  GCSE Maths & English: A-C or equivalent

Required experience:

• Double entry book-keeping.
• Basic costing principles.
• Purchase, sales and general ledgers, processing high volume invoices, circ 400 per day.
• Software packages such as Excel, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics and BACS.

Personal Qualities:

• Be clear-headed and methodical with a good head for figures.
• Possess great communications skills.
• Strong team player.
• Naturally organised and great at prioritising workload.
• Good awareness of deadlines.

The ideal candidate:

This role is ideally suited to candidates that like a constant challenge of processing large volumes of invoices.  Together with a calm approach to handling the odd occasional complaint from a supplier you will thrive on non-stop work everyday.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 1^st August 2018