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Our client is looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Purchase Ledger to join their finance team on a short-term basis. This role is ideal for someone with previous accounts or finance administration experience who enjoys working with high volumes of data, has strong reconciliation skills, and is confident using Excel.
Job Responsibility
Processing supplier invoices accurately and efficiently into the accounting system
Managing purchase ledger activities and maintaining supplier accounts
Performing daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly reconciliations
Investigating and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
Reconciling high-volume fuel supplier invoices and matching transactions against system records
Daily reconciliation of multiple bank accounts, including: Supplier payments, Customer refunds, Expense claims, Credit card receipts, Payment allocations
Monitoring stock movements and maintaining stock spreadsheets using supplier notifications and accounting records
Posting stock invoices and ensuring all entries reconcile back to the accounting system
Liaising with fuel suppliers and internal departments to resolve account queries
Assisting with the management of finance inboxes and distributing correspondence appropriately
Processing supplier credit notes and customer credit notes
Ensuring correct VAT treatment and coding of invoices to the appropriate cost centres
Processing journals relating to daily cash movements
Identifying missed transactions and communicating issues to the relevant departments
Requirements
Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant, Purchase Ledger or Finance Assistant role
Strong reconciliation experience
Intermediate Excel skills, including working with large volumes of data
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
Good communication skills and confidence dealing with suppliers
A proactive approach and ability to manage deadlines
Strong IT skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly
Nice to have
Experience within a high-volume transactional environment
Experience working with stock reconciliation processes