Purchase Ledger Clerk

PURCHASE LEDGER EXECUTIVE ROLE DESCRIPTION

**What we value**:
**Reconomy Connect**brings together several of **Reconomy Connect's** market-leading brands and specialist services in the UK waste and resource management space. It brings together over 700 colleagues and serves more than 13,000 customers, creating a powerful proposition that leverages our scale, cutting-edge technology, data-driven insights and expertise to help customers make the best possible use of their materials and drive toward zero waste.

Our core values drive everything we do. We believe in fostering a supportive environment for our **colleagues**, delivering exceptional service to our **customers**, contributing to the **community**, and working towards a more sustainable **environment**. If you share these values and are passionate about making a positive impact, we'd love to have you on our team.

**Who we are**:
We are **Real, Inclusive, Collaborative**and **Inventive**

You will be a passionate and enthusiastic member of the team. Your positive, can-do attitude will deliver excellence throughout the business.

Your commitment to, and confidence in, delivering customer focused solutions will be instrumental in **Reconomy** **Connect** being the best.

The culture that we have created at **Reconomy Connect** has a strong and lasting emphasis on family, friendship and fun. We believe this culture to be highly infectious, making it far easier for new recruits and quieter team members to build their confidence, find their voice and flourish.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Purchase Ledger Team Leader, you will be responsible for the reconciliation of purchase invoices against contracted movements on our bespoke system. Through timely and accurate reconciliation, you will be playing an important part in the wider team’s ability to deliver an excellent service and in prompt query resolution help to protect and improve profit.

This opportunity will suit you if you are a good team player and can work to monthly objectives. If you are a college leaver who has studied Accounting & Business, or you're currently doing a course on AAT or perhaps recently completed one, it will be a great platform to kickstart your career in a Finance environment.

You will be responsible for your own supplier ledger and will work with them to improve processes where necessary by:

- Ensuring supplier invoices are received by the deadline given.
- Receipt of proof of deliveries
- Reconcile/match to orders on our bespoke system.
- Request missing documentation from the service provider and ensure prompt receipt, adhering to month end deadlines.
- Investigate query causes and responses and liaise/escalate where necessary and seek resolutions
- Ensure service providers are notified of invoice queries within agreed timescales.
- Liaise with both internal and external departments
- Liaise with treasury department regarding payments.
- Follow procedure to ensure costs are recovered.
- Reconcile supplier statements where required.
- Maintain strong relationships with service providers.

What we need from you:

- Comfortable with picking up the phone to contact suppliers.
- Ability to problem solve.
- Flexible approach to work to meet the needs of the business.
- Administration experience, with good attention to detail.
- Confident with using Microsoft Office suite - Outlook, Word, Excel, Microsoft Teams.
- Some exposure to Accounts Payable (purchase ledger, invoicing) is desirable.

We will give you:

- A challenging and rewarding role in a successful and growing business
- The opportunity to grow with a business through a tailored performance development programme
- A competitive salary
- Enhanced holiday allowance
- Employee benefits
- Employer contributory pension scheme
- A great place to work

Details:
You will report to the Purchase Ledger Team Leader

40 hours per week, flexi-time, hybrid working on successful completion of probation

This is a 12 month contract to cover maternity leave

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £26,000.00-£26,210.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person