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Purchase Ledger Assistant

United Kingdom, Poole Employment contract 28000.00 - 29000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted May 29, 2026
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Job Description

Forming part of the Manufacturing Finance team based in Poole, working alongside three other Purchase Ledger Assistants. You will be responsible for day-to-day finance function tasks whilst working under the supervision of the Finance Manager.

Job Responsibility

  • Ensuring timely and accurate recording of invoices on the accounts system, processing them onto the paperless office approval system, and verifying pricing while obtaining authorisation for all invoices in a timely manner. Processing volume of 1,100 Invoices on average per month
  • Keeping supplier accounts up to date, including sending payment remits as required, reconciliation of supplier statements and answering any queries
  • Preparing weekly payment runs (GBP and multi currency)
  • Processing of proforma payments & chasing of final invoices to process
  • Manage supplier and internal colleague communications via email and answering phone calls
  • Answering coding and document queries raised by the team on both POs and S&A payments
  • Monitoring & reporting on Aged Creditor and GRNI balances
  • Amending access, creating new users on paperless system and answering user queries
  • Processing credit card receipt submissions and assisting company Credit Card users with queries and changes needed
  • Preparation, payment and reconciliation of Expense claims, including expense claims in advance as and when required
  • Processing Intercompany purchase invoices from both UK entities and overseas group entities and raising queries where needed
  • Analyse financial transactions for specific accounts as part of the month-end closing process

Requirements

  • 2-3 years of experience in a finance role and working in a team
  • Experience working for a manufacturing company and a good understanding of 3-way match processing
  • Experience with systems, including Therefore, QAD, ERP Next, ABBYY, Xero and Google Suite would be advantageous
  • Strong Excel, IT and online banking skills
  • Great communication skills and a friendly telephone manner
  • ‘Can do’ approach with the ability to work as part of a team and build and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
  • Culturally, someone who is interested in Lush and our ethics
  • Studying towards a finance qualification is desirable but not essential

Nice to have

  • Experience with systems, including Therefore, QAD, ERP Next, ABBYY, Xero and Google Suite
  • Studying towards a finance qualification

What we offer

  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • 6 months of full pay for parental leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • Bonus scheme
  • Day off for weekday birthdays
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • 50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted rail and bus season tickets
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Flexible working
  • 10% Employee Owned
  • Wellbeing & mindfulness sessions
  • Access to employee-led Community Networks
  • Tailored gender affirming care
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