Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen at a well renowned Sheffield based organisation, who are looking for a skilled Accounts Assistant - Purchase Ledger to join their dynamic team on a full-time permanent basis.The successful candidate will be joining an experienced, well-established team. The candidate will require a high attention to detail and be a team player, the main purpose of the role is the processing of supplier invoices alongside being responsible for the maintenance and reconciliation of the purchase ledger.
Your duties will include but are not limited to:
- Issuing and maintaining approved purchase orders.
- Processing of supplier invoices
- Matching purchase orders with invoices and investigate any discrepancies
- Liaising with senior management regarding the approval of invoices
- Maintaining an excellent working relationship with suppliers.
- Reconciling the purchase ledger with supplier statements
- Maintaining purchase ledger cash book postings
- Ensuring all company procedures are followed in relation to the purchase order system
- Liaising with other departments regarding purchasing matters
- Assisting with occasional sales ledger duties
- Reconciling petty cash
- Posting journals to the nominal ledger
- Reviewing expenses claims for employees for payment
You must have:
- Minimum 2 years experience working within purchase ledger.
- High attention to detail for accurately processing customer transactions
- Good organisation skills, including the ability to multi-task and prioritise, to manage multiple accounts.
If this role sounds of interest, or you would like any further information, please don't hesitate to get in touch!
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.
