Purchase Ledger Clerk
Job Reference: 887568
Ipswich
£25,000 - £30,000 per annum
MacKenzie King are working with one of our trusted clients to recruit a Purchase Ledger Clerk into their growing business. The client’s friendly and successful team are looking to welcome an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk who can manage the end-to-end purchase ledger process, ensuring accuracy and efficiency to keep operations running smoothly. The successful candidate will have experience including, but not limited to, high-volume invoice processing, monthly statement reconciliations, and creating and processing payment runs and expense management. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys taking ownership of a function, can handle challenges with confidence, and is able to build strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
Key tasks and responsibilities
Main responsibilities will include:
- Match/process purchase invoices, reconciling to purchase orders on the business CRM system
- Set up new suppliers and subcontractors maintaining existing account details within the purchase ledger
- Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements, raising queries and chasing Project Managers and Suppliers
- Weekly and end of month Payment Runs
- Issue payment remittances to Suppliers
- Process staff business expenses
- Process business credit card transactions
Other responsibilities as necessary:
- Bank reconciliations
- Credit card reconciliations
- Sending monthly CIS statements to subcontractors
- Raise sales ledger invoices and upload to customer portal
- Other ad hoc duties
Qualifications and experience
- Previous experience in a similar role is essential.
- An aptitude for IT – knowledge of software packages like Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, PDF etc) and CRM Systems.
- Experience of Sage Line 50
- Experience of working in the Construction Industry and CIS scheme.
- Attention to detail
- Self-discipline and ability to work on own initiative
- Good team working skills
- Great interpersonal and communications skills
Benefits
- Pension
- 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays, including long service benefit
- Company discretional bonus scheme
- Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with 24/7 online GP service available to you and your family, following successful completion of 3 month probation period.
- Free Parking
If you would like to talk to a consultant about this role, contact:
Ben Dotesio-Eyers
“This is an opportunity to manage an end-to-end process and be a crucial part of a growing business”
Ben Dotesio-Eyers