Purchase Ledger Assistant

Salary/Rate:£25000 - £25500 per annum
Job type:Contract
Location:Doncaster, South Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is extremely excited to be working for a leading business who are based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Due to expansion, they're now looking to recruit a Purchase Ledger Clerk on a 6-month contract.

The candidate will ideally be experienced with purchase ledger and be able to process a high volume of purchase invoices. The business offers some fantastic benefits, including the opportunity to work from home a few days per week.

What will you be doing?

  • Processing invoices for the group by following company procedures.
  • Reconciliation of supplier statements and escalation point for query resolution.
  • Responsible for clearing aged invoices and managing the timely processing of unapproved invoices.
  • Point of contact for queries and escalations for Suppliers, supported by Senior members of the team.
  • To support Senior team members of the team as and when necessary with ad hoc tasks.
  • Prioritisation of workload effectively throughout the day to ensure all requirements are met.

What skills are we looking for?

  • You have strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
  • Time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
  • Experience of the process and principles of Accounts Payable within the Finance department
  • Computer literate.
  • Good working knowledge on Open Accounts (desired but training will be given) or a similar accounts payable system.

What's on offer?

  • Hybrid working.
  • Various discounts.
  • Free parking.

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Lewis.

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: LW6638Post Date: 23.02.26

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Lewis Walker

Lewis Walker

Senior Consultant | Transactional Finance

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