Banking and Purchase Ledger Assistant

Job Purpose:

The main duties of the Banking & Purchase Ledger Assistant includes entering and coding invoices, reconciling supplier statements & Making Payments to Suppliers and Investors and responding to ad hoc requests from other functions within the organisation.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Matching, checking and coding invoices

• Banking - making payments to suppliers, investors

• Liaising with investment team on investments received, payments, standing orders

• Running inter-company schedules

• Providing monthly standing order maturities for investments

• Setting up of new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details

• Reconciliation of supplier statements

• Filing invoices

• Assisting in process & system changes

• Data entry

• Being first point of contact for all relevant enquiries

• Maintaining strong relationships with customers and suppliers

• Reviewing systems and processes and making improvements where necessary

Experience, knowledge, skills/ability

• 2 year experience in Purchase Ledger & Banking
• Practical knowledge of Purchase Ledger systems
• Practical knowledge of Accounting systems, Sage 50 ideal
• Excellent communication skills
• Solid team working skills
• Self-disciplined and efficient, with a flexible and proactive nature
• Experienced in Excel and Microsoft office packages
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Property/Construction background

Benefits package

• Study support and Training & Development plans
• Pension contribution
• Eye care voucher
• Membership of our private healthcare policy with BUPA
• Payment of professional body membership fee
• Subject to approval, 2 paid days off per annum to carry out charitable work/fundraising