Purchase Ledger Clerk

**Who we are** We are a welcoming and friendly organisation who provide homes for people who need them and services to help our customers lead better lives. We own and manage more than 7,000 properties across the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, helping thousands of people in our communities every single day. This includes homes for affordable rent, homes for students and homes for older people. We even develop new homes to help people get on the property ladder. In addition to this, we provide Student accommodation. We support over 4000 learners a year with everything from entry level qualifications, arts and wellbeing courses through to employability support to help people fulfil their potential. This is through Riverside Training, our employment and skills team, and CLIP, an education provider. And last but by no means least is our HomePlus division, we want help people stay in their homes for longer - this is where our adaptations specialists come in. From wetrooms to handyperson services, we’ve got it covered when it comes to future proofing homes to help people live independently. In our teams across our entire organisation, alongside our partners, we have more than 300 people working collaboratively to help raise and realise our customers’ aspirations. Together, we’re honest, positive and ambitious. **Here's what Kev, our Head of Finance has to say about the role**: "We are looking for someone who is energetic, positive and upbeat to take a lead role in our small and busy purchase ledger team, managing workloads and supporting the team on their operational tasks. You will be make payments across all companies within the group, produce analysis on purchase ledger activity, presenting this back to the team on a weekly basis and be the first point of contact for supplier" **What you'll get as part of the team**: - 25 days annual leave increasing by one day per year (capped at 30 days) plus bank holidays - Enhanced pension - matched contributions up to 10% - The opportunity to undertake professional training which will be funded by us, as will any relevant professional membership subscriptions - Staff benefits with Paycare - A fantastic health and benefits scheme - Benefits with Acis Perkz - a discount scheme offering hundreds of savings from food shopping to holidays - Employee recognition scheme. We ensure we recognise and thank our team with various rewards - Enhanced maternity and paternity scheme - Cycle to work scheme - Enhanced sick pay scheme - Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential advice and support - Death in service benefit amounting to 3 times annual salary **What a good Purchase Ledger Clerk looks like to us**: - A great standard of education, with at least a Level 3 AAT qualification or equivalent - A can do positive attitude is a must, bringing energy and excitement to the role - Good knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice and an awareness of relevant legislation - Ability to use Excel spreadsheets to an advanced level - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Attention to detail and accuracy, completing all tasks to a high standard - Ability to analyse and interpret financial data - Ability to plan and prioritise workload and cope with competing demands - Resilience. Working in social housing is a challenging but rewarding career, you’ll be helping to bring real change to our customer’s lives **As a** Purchase Ledger Clerk** a typical day might include**: - Leading the purchase ledger team on a daily basis, managing workloads and supporting the team on their operational tasks. - Collation of transactional data on a weekly basis to produce performance reports and present results at the weekly team check-in to improve practices and reduce creditor days. - Production of weekly payment runs and sundry payments across the entire group. - Being the first point of contact for supplier enquiries, and actioning any chasers sent to the group companies in a timely manner. - Processing, recording, distribution and inputting of purchase invoices, on time, and in accordance with financial regulations and procedures. - Maintaining accurate filing systems, archiving and destruction of records in accordance to our retention policy. - Reconciliations of supplier statements to the purchase ledger in order to ensure the completeness and accuracy of information, transactions and analyse unusual items. - Supporting the collection of finance team KPI’s to identify trends and improve performance. - Housekeeping of accounting system, clearance of historical transactions and regular review and action of withheld and creditor reports across the group. - Providing assistance to the Management Accountant in the operation of the nominal ledger. - Maintaining excellent customer service, and to deal with general enquiries from all stakeholders by providing relevant and accurate information. - Being the first point of contact for customer enquiries, and