Purchase Ledger Clerk

Posted 23 May 2023
Salary £24000 - £28000 per annum
LocationDenton
Discipline Transactional & Part Qualified
ReferenceKA/37460/SPL
Contact NameKallista Armitage

Job description

Purchase Ledger l Denton l £24,000 - £28,000 l

A fantastic opportunity to join a great employee owned business. This company makes sure staff come first and moral is always high, which is why they have a high percentage of staff that have been with the company for over 10 years!!! 

Location: Denton Head Office, Mon -Thurs 8-5, Fri 8-4

Key Responsibilities:
  • Day to day support for the Purchase Ledger function
  • Training and upskilling in the role to cope with increasing demands and a growing business
  • Pricing invoices to the ledger accurately
  • Work with the Purchase Ledger manager to resolve any queries
  • Intercompany reconciliations and adjustments
  • Month end supplier reconciliation and payment proposals
  • Credit cards and expenses
  • Ad hoc reporting and support as required.

Key Requirements
  • Computer literate, ideally with experience on Sage200.
  • At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role or within an accounting dept
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Desire to develop and grow via on the job training (plus external training as required)
  • Demonstrates the company values, Teamwork, Trust, Integrity and Hard Work
  • Fits into the team and acts as a team player supporting where needed

Benefits package
  • Salary that is on or above industry / regional benchmark (based on experience levels)
  • Holiday entitlement of 25 days running January to December (four days taken during Christmas shut-down period)
  • Pension contributions in-line with the company policy as per People’s Pension scheme
  • Preferential loan arrangements to support the purchase of shares of a material value to help create long term wealth opportunities
  • Training opportunities as required
  • Various internal management and supervisor courses led by our in house skills coach
  • Birthday card with £25 gift voucher
  • Rely on Me scheme paying all staff £300 per year
  • Discretionary bonus scheme of 3% paid every 3 months, based on business performance.
  • A one off discretionary bonus of £200 was paid in November and January to all staff.
  • Covid: we topped up all employees to full pay for between Apr20 and Jul20
  • Long Service Awards rewarding length of service with gifts up to +£1,000
  • Opportunity to buy real and legal shares in the business at a heavily discounted rate, last year these paid a cash dividend of 14% as well as growing 14% in value.