Purchase Ledger Assistant
Department: YUR - 2135 - Retail Finance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Nottingham
Reporting To: Accounts Payable Manager
Compensation:£25,000 - £27,000 / year
Description
Reports to: Accounts Payable Manager
Location: Nottingham
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week
We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Purchase Ledger Assistant to join our growing Finance team.
Based in Nottingham, you will be responsible for a broad spectrum of activities ranging from general finance and accounting administration, processing purchase invoices, accounting system and spreadsheet work, assisting with reconciliations, resolving queries, credit card and statement reconciliations.
Passionate and motivated people are the power behind our growth, so we’re looking to expand our team and you could be part of our success story.
Responsibilities
* Processing purchase invoices, including matching, checking and coding invoices
* Analysis work, including use of spreadsheets
* Assisting with reconciliations to support the monthly management accounting activities, ensuring that the money leaving our bank account matches the invoices received
* Resolving various queries with suppliers related to payments
* Credit card and statement reconciliations, ensuring that the transactions made with credit cards match the entries that appear in the general ledger
* Other ad‑hoc finance admin tasks
* Builds strong relationships with other teams across the business
* The role would suit people keen to advance their career within finance; you will learn how a finance department functions and have the opportunity to expand your role as the Group continues to grow under the supervision of the Accounts Payable Manager and the wider finance team
Qualifications
* Effective decision‑making skills to manage a changing workload
* Finance team experience preferable but not essential; full training will be given, with support for obtaining a recognised accountancy qualification
* Intermediate level Excel skills including pivot tables, VLOOKUPS, table formatting. Outlook and Financial Force experience desired but not necessary
* First‑rate communication and interpersonal skills, analytical mindset, immaculate attention to detail
* "Can do" attitude and love to see success
* Team player who enjoys working closely with a team to develop others
* Flexible and able to adapt as the role and business develop
* Perform ad‑hoc tasks and analysis to meet business needs
* Collaborate with the organisation and forge strong relationships with key stakeholders across functions
* Prior finance team experience preferred, or working towards an AAT qualification
Benefits
* 24 days annual leave + bank holidays
* Holiday buy‑in – up to 5 additional days
* Day off on your birthday
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Annual salary review
* Learning and development opportunities
* Enhanced paternity, maternity and adoption policies
* Yü Made a Difference Awards
* Travel Loan Scheme
* 3 additional annual leave days if you get married or enter a civil partnership, etc.
* Appointment allowance
* Long service recognition
* Refer a friend payment
* Company sick pay (subject to length of service)
* New modern facilities
* Death in service and critical illness cover
* Plus, many more
This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have an indefinite right to work in the UK.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to help you apply for a role, please let us know and we will see what we can do.
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