Purchase Ledger Assistant

Title:

Purchase Ledger Assistant Type:
Permanent

Hours:

Full Time (Monday Friday)

Location:

Inverness (Office Based) Salary: £30,000 approx Details:
Our client is looking to appoint aPurchase Ledger Clerkto  join their busy Finance Department based in Inverness. The purpose of the role is to assist the team with invoices, queries, reconciliations, and payments across a number of divisions within the group. This is a busy and varied role and applicants must be able to work with accuracy and attention to detail.

Duties include:

Match, code and input large volumes of purchase invoices for payment. Investigate discrepancies and liaise with department managers and suppliers to resolve. Deal with Purchase Orders and Credit Notes. Obtain authorisation for payment. Carry out extensive ledger reconciliations. Ensure all invoices are scanned and archived appropriately. Ensure all invoices are correctly calculated (including VAT) and sufficiently detailed and meet standard set out inpurchaseledgerprocedures.

Check goods received with invoices on accrual. Reconcile suppliers statements monthly. Investigate internal and external queries. Answer incoming calls and invoice enquiries. Contribute to continuous improvement of procedures to improve efficiency within the purchase ledger operation. Adhere to quality processes and procedures. Extensive daily use of MS Office and the firms financial software system. Produce reports as required. Person Specification Previous experience in a similar accounts payable role.

Strong IT skills including MS Office and financial software systems. Sound organisational and administrative skills, including managing time effectively. Ability to deal confidently with people with clear and effective communication skills both verbally and in writing. Good numeracy skills, IT literacy and experience of Microsoft packages. Proactive, enthusiastic, self-motivated. Ability to prioritise and multitask. Responsible and reliable with a flexible attitude.

Good customer service skills when dealing with customers and colleagues. The ability to work with minimal supervision and make decisions relevant to the operation. Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail. Benefits Death in service Private health care 30 days holiday Staff discount