Purchase Ledger Clerk

As a result of an employee being promoted to the Commercial Accounting team, Forza Talent is currently searching for a Purchase Ledger Clerk for a well-established award-winning company based in Manchester.

Your main duties for this role will be to prepare and post a large volume of high-value invoices to the system and correctly applying nominal codes and highlighting supplier payments for the payment run build. You will be in close contact with international and UK-based suppliers and provide statements and issue resolution when necessary acting as a first point of contact for any stakeholder queries.

Other duties will include:

• Supplier account reconciliations
• Issuing weekly self-billing invoices
• Taking payments when necessary and allocating cash
• Filing and ensuring records are kept for regulatory requirements
• Other ad-hoc finance duties for the Finance Manager

This is an extremely busy role and as a result, you will also be required to add support and cover to the wider finance team when necessary. The ideal candidate will be a strong ledger clerk having worked in the role previously or as part of a broader accounts position. Good working knowledge of excel is required and you will be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high volume, processing environment.

The working hours are 9-5:30 pm (37.5 hour week) with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a contribution-based pension. In addition to a range of benefits; the business offers good exposure to wider finance duties enhancing the variety of the role. If you are looking to join an open and friendly team in a busy, fast-paced permanent ledger role then please submit your details for consideration.