Ledger Supervisor

**Ledger Supervisor**
Location: Boness, Scotland

Contract Type: Permanent

We are looking for a Ledger Supervisor to join our manufacturing site based in Boness, West Lothian. The factory makes chilled salads and ready meals and employs around 1,100 employees. The site is split over two factories situated around 1000 meters apart.

**The Role**

In this busy and exciting role, you will undertake responsibility for the Purchase and Sales ledger team, including the supervision of the four team members.

**Accountabilities**
- Managing, coaching and developing four permanent members of staff, including assisting with their processing workload on a regular weekly basis (2 x Purchase Ledger and 2 x Sales Ledger / Bank)
- Developing and maintaining an appropriate level of financial control, for example:

- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Review of debit balances on the purchase ledger
- Ageing of balances, debtor & creditor days, etc.
- Clearing of debit notes in line with internal controls (Business Control Environment)
- Maintenance of master data - exchange rates, vendor details
- Adherence to agreed spend authorisation matrix
- Ensuring AR portal reconciliations are being completed and any issues escalated to FC
- Being a key point of contact for ledgers for internal & external audits
- Undertaking responsibility for the company’s cash position
- Reporting & analysing Weekly Actual Cash position (WAC)
- Process weekly BACS payments and bank transfers in accordance with company procedures and within cashflow targets as forecasted
- Ensure Citi invoices are uploaded on a weekly basis
- Ensure all manual payments are allocated to the purchase ledger
- Ensuring adherence to and control of vendor maintenance
- New vendor setups and authorisation procedure
- Vendor maintenance (master data changes) and authorisation procedure
- Undertaking month end responsibilities within tight group reporting deadlines, including:

- Review of Bank & Cash Reconciliations
- Reconciliation of key balance sheet control accounts
- Other Financial Accounting tasks including:

- Archiving of AP invoices via third party online archiving system
- Agency labour invoice reconciliations and query management

**About You**

Ideally you will have previous experience of a similar finance role within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.

If you are a driven and dynamic finance professional with excellent supervisory skills, this could be the perfect role for you.

**What you can expect from us**

When joining us you can expect a competitive salary, a strong benefits package and excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group
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