Purchase Ledger Clerk

Alexander Daniels are working with an established business based in Burton-on-Trent to recruit an experienced Purchase ledger clerk to join their busy finance team on a full time, permanent basis. Reporting into the Head of Purchase ledger, you will be responsible for maintaining the purchase ledger, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, payments, and reconciliation of accounts.

Daily Duties:

• Processing a high volume of invoices to make sure payments are correct and on time.
• Requesting receipt of statements from invoicing businesses when they are not provided.
• Preparing and processing supplier payment runs and ensure they are reviewed and approved by the correct approvers.
• Matching invoices and Purchase Orders.
• Preparing monthly statement reconciliations.
• Dealing with internal and external queries by phone and email.
• Distributing invoice copies to finance staff and other relevant departments.
• Posting invoices and credit notes and ensuring they are coded correctly in the system.
• Investigating and resolving outstanding creditor items.
• Performing other ad hoc tasks.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel including the use of VLOOKUPS and Pivot Tables.
• Knowledge of CIS.
• Proven ability to input invoices quickly and accurately.
• Solid understanding of basic accounts payable principles.
• Extensive experience in high volume accounts payable within a engineering environment.

If you are an experienced accounts payable clerk looking for a new challenge then please apply below!