Purchase Ledger Assistant

Salary/Rate:£26000 - £28000 per annum
Job type:Perm
Location:Doncaster, South Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is currently working with a leading manufacturing business who are based in Doncaster, which is looking for a Purchase Ledger Assistant. This business is recognised nationally and has huge plans for growth in the future.

Due to expansion, they're looking for an organised and driven Purchase Ledger individual who has experience with processing a high volume of purchase ledger invoices.

What will you be doing?

  • Processing supplier invoices accurately and in line with company guidelines.
  • Reconciling supplier statements and resolving any queries.
  • Following up on disputed invoices, liaising with suppliers and budget holders to reach resolution.
  • Preparing and processing company payments, including sterling and foreign currency accounts.
  • Reconciling company bank accounts and maintaining the cash book.
  • Processing expense claims, petty cash and company credit card bills.
  • Completing GRNI reconciliations and assisting with year-end audit requests.
  • Producing ad hoc reports for budget holders and supporting process improvements within purchase ledger.
  • Providing cover for other members of the sales and purchase ledger team as required.

What skills are we looking for?

  • Previous experience in a purchase ledger role or similar position.
  • Strong IT skills with good attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities.
  • Confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage a busy workload.
  • Experience using Epicor is desirable.

What's on offer?

  • 30.5 days holiday including bank holidays.
  • Flexible start and finish times with an early finish on a Friday.
  • Free on-site parking.
  • Retail discounts
  • Health & wellbeing programme.
  • Death in service benefit (2x annual salary).

Apply below, or contact Lewis for for information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

Job ref: LW/6245Post Date: 23.09.25

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Lewis Walker

Lewis Walker

Senior Consultant | Transactional Finance

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