Purchase Ledger

**Purchase Ledger Clerk**

**Altrincham**

**£100-115 per day, UMBRELLA**

**Full time, 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)**

**Hybrid**

**12 months**

Tate are working with a very well respected and long serving client who are an established growing and sustainable energy company looking to recruit a Purchase Ledger Clerk to work on a hybrid basis between home and their Altrincham office.

**The Role & Responsibilities**

As a Purchase Ledger Clerk, you will be responsible to assist the Finance Manager in matters relating to the Finance Department, manage all processes of purchase invoices and credit notes, maintain goods receipted spreadsheet and circulate periodically toBranch Coordinators.

Responsibilities/duties will include the following:
- Core Purchase Ledger Duties
- Processing of all purchase invoices and credit notes, matching to purchase orders as appropriate
- Maintain goods receipted spreadsheet and circulate periodically to Branch Coordinators
- Perform supplier statement reconciliations, including liaison with suppliers to correct any discrepancies and posting of corrected information as required
- Liaison with internal staff and external suppliers to resolve queries
- Preparation and review of proposed supplier payment runs
- Filing of invoices
- Preparation and submissions of remittance advices to suppliers
- Dealing with enquiries from suppliers with regard to payment dates
- Provision of assistance to branches regarding the procedures and controls operating in respect of purchase order processing
- Obtaining approval of invoices, in particular, goods receipting, and chasing branches to clear information promptly

2. Non-Core Purchase Ledger Duties
- Processing of all purchase invoices and credit notes, matching to purchase orders or coding to branch and GL code as appropriate
- Analysis and posting of credit card statements, including liaison with staff to ensure that all vouchers are submitted
- Processing of composite invoices (e.g. Lex, Redfern) where the company is charged in respect of multiple cost centres/branches and updating Excel
- spreadsheets when applicable
- Perform supplier statement reconciliations, including liaison with suppliers to correct any discrepancies and posting of corrected information as required
- Filing of invoices, both electronically and physically
- Preparation and review of proposed supplier payment runs
- Provision of assistance to branches regarding the procedures and controls operating in respect of purchase order processing

3. expenses
- Analysis and posting of employee expenses information, including liaison with internal staff for full guidance where necessary
- Preparation and review of proposed payment runs for employee expenses
- Provision of assistance to branches regarding the procedures and controls operating in respect of expenses administration

4. General ledger journals
- Preparation of general ledger journals
- Posting of general ledger journals to Sage

**Essential skills**:

- Independence: Demonstrates required job skills and knowledge
- Decisiveness: Takes responsibility for actions
- Problem Analysis: Recognises potential problems and develops solutions
- Creativity: Offers constructive suggestions for improvement
- Attention to Detail: Conscientious attitude with strong attention to detail
- Oral Communication: Regularly communicates and works well with customers, colleagues and manager Risk Taking: Routinely balances the needs of customers with the needs of the company
- Planning and Organising: Well organised and works well under pressure
- Compliance: Understands the need to follow procedures
- Integrity: Keeps promises
- Service Orientation: Customer focused
- Adaptability & Flexibility: Is flexible and adaptable

Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.