Purchase Ledger Assistant (13 months Maternity Cover)Location: MiddlesbroughSalary: £27,000 per annumBenefits: 34 days holidays, Pension: Employer contribution, Employee contribution ,
Do you thrive in an environment where accuracy and teamwork are essential? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
Role Overview:
To provide finance and administrative support to the Finance Director and Accounts Assistants. To ensure the end-to-end process from purchase through to payment of suppliers is carried out seamlessly, efficiently and to a high standard.
Key Responsibilities
1. Ensure all purchase (SGR) requests are processed in line with the finance service level agreement and all POs are raised to correct nominal codes, in line with requirements Process supplier invoices and credit notes, matching them to the correct purchase order ensuring all queries are resolved in a timely manner
2. Prepare weekly payment run ensuring suppliers are paid within terms and allocate payments to correct invoices
3. Prepare and post monthly foreign supplier payments
4. Post BACS payment run
5. Post all DD payments ensuring correct supplier invoices are allocated
6. Prepare, issue and post credit card statements of employees validating the nominal codes and the correct treatment of VAT
7. Prepare and post journal for expense claims from employees validating the nominal codes and the correct treatment of VAT and send to payroll dept for payment
8. Prepare and post job journals in Navision for allocation of expenses and credit card payments
9. Monitor the office inbox, ensuring all emails are actioned within required timescales
10. Issue supplier remittances weekly
11. Reconcile suppler statement monthly ensuring all queries are resolved in a timely manner
12. Prepare the month-end accruals journal for all outstanding purchase orders
13. Set up new suppliers following correct approval process
14. Assisting with other Finance tasks contributing to the success of the department, as directed by the Finance Director.
Essential
15. GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English
16. Excellent organisational skills
17. Goodmunication- oral/written
18. Ability to work under pressure
19. Proactive
20. Adaptable, flexible and able to embrace change
21. IT literate (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Internet)
22. Attention to detail and to be able to handle confidential documents and information with discretion Flexibility
Desirable
23. AAT qualification or working towards
24. Effective use of Oracle and proficient in Microsoft Excel