Purchase Ledger Clerk

**Polypipe Building Products** are focused on delivering solutions to the residential sector. Polypipe Building Products works with national and local developers, plumbing and heating engineers, general builders and groundworkers to deliver above and below ground drainage systems, rainwater solutions as well as hot and cold plastic plumbing products.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Purchase Ledger Clerk to join our company and work within the Finance team based at our Kirk Sandall site in DN3.

**Role**: You will be responsible for processing purchase ledger transactions accurately and promptly and ensuring purchase ledger balances are reconciled to supplier statements. You will also be responsible for processing the bank statement transactions and ensuring that the cashbooks are reconciled to the bank statements. Assisting the Finance Manager in their day-to-day duties, including analysing and reporting on key financial data within the organisation ensuring that managers receive timely, accurate and relevant information.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensuring timely processing of supplier invoices - both national and international.
- Validating invoices against purchase orders, goods received notes and agreed buying prices.
- Investigating and reporting price discrepancies to the relevant departments in a timely manner to enable the final authorisation of invoices.
- Liaising with Goods-In department to resolve booking in issues in a timely manner.
- Liaising with suppliers regarding pricing and delivery discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Processing and obtaining correct authorisation for employee expenses
- Maintain a conscientious approach to payments to suppliers and manage the purchase ledger payment cycles in line with agreed supplier trading terms.
- Process the weekly BACS payment and posting of supplier remittances.
- Creating and maintaining notes on supplier accounts.
- Ensure appropriate records are maintained for all transactions to support year-end audit and statutory returns.
- Liaising with other members of the department, company, and suppliers to ensure a professional service
- Planning and organising work schedules to ensure that work is completed within specified deadlines therefore providing accurate expenditure data
- Processing transactions and reconciliation of GBP and USD Cashbooks
- Customer Refunds relating to ‘100% Guarantee’ processed in a timely manner and costs recovered from Supplier
- Opening, sorting and distribution of the daily post.
- Ensuring Pool Vehicle Fleet compliant and roadworthy
- Ensuring that monthly supplier statement reconciliations are carried out for all suppliers and corrective actions are completed in a timely manner.
- Ensure that all intercompany balances are reconciled monthly, and recharges billed accordingly.
- Print all relevant month end reports for the Finance Manager.
- Preparing non-stock accruals for the Finance Manager at month end in a timely manner.
- Ensuring that the estimated material costs within inventory are updated monthly. Analyse and investigate variances. Findings reported to senior management for action to be taken.
- Ensure that key financial data updated monthly (Raw Materials Data, Supplier Spends and Intercompany Pricing) and distributed to Senior Manager in a timely manner

**Requirements**:

- Previous experience of purchase ledger processing in a mid to high volume business.
- Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office Packages)
- Confident telephone manner
- Excellent written, verbal, and numerical skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Good follow up skills and a positive attitude
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
- Must be able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Good timekeeping

**Hours of work**: This is a full time permanent role working Monday - Friday 8:30am until 5:00pm - 40 hours per week.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Doncaster, DN3 1QR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- What are your salary expectations?

**Experience**:

- Purchase Ledger Clerk: 1 year (preferred)
- Accounts: 1 year (preferred)