Purchase Ledger Clerk - Temporary

Our client is seeking a Temporary Purchase Ledger Assist to cover a period of absence within their team this is initially for 4 weeks but could be possible longer. The successful candidate will have previous experience of purchase ledger transactional accounting and will need to be immediately available.

What you can expect:

• Monday to Thursday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm (30 mins lunch) / Fri 9.00am - 4.30pm (30 mins lunch) - 37 hour working week
• £14.00 per hour
• 20 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)

Duties and responsibilities:

• Booking in goods and matching invoices to delivery notes, raise and resolve any queries with the purchasing office
• Ability to extract data and run reports as required
• Support/update cash flow forecasts
• Post invoices onto Sage 200
• Supplier statement reconciliations & query resolution
• Setting up new suppliers
• Raise pre-payment schedule
• Preparation of payment runs (BACS)
• Reconciliation of expenses and credit cards and analysis of spend
• Bank reconciliations
• Allocation of payments onto system
• Updating customer and billing information on the system

Skills and experience required:

• Minimum of 2 years of previous experience within purchase ledger
• Good working knowledge of Sage 50 or Sage 200 required
• Numerate with a good eye for detail
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and support other areas when needed
• Good working knowledge of Excel is essential