The AF Group

Purchase & Sales Ledger Assistant

  • Full-time
  • Finance
  • Honingham Thorpe

Description

Overview of Role

Working within the Finance team, you will provide Purchase Ledger Assistance in relation to supplier statements reconciling all types of supplier accounts. Assist the Sales Ledger team during corrections week as required.


Duties and Responsibilities

  • Ensure statements are received from suppliers selected that month and are reconciled using the agreed processes
  • Ensure rotation of reconciliation so that you do not reconcile the same supplier in consecutive months
  • Contact suppliers with regards to any statement reconciliation discrepancies using the NetSuite SRM system
  • Internal communication to be maintained with line manager on any items held under query
  • Ensure supplier queries are resolved in a timely manner, usually 1 month
  • Ensure all year end reconciliations are available for annual audit and deal with any queries arising from Auditors visit
  • Liaise with colleagues to understand any issues affecting supplier accounts
  • Follow and keep up to date with any relevant legislation
  • Assist with ad hoc administrative tasks as and when required
  • Cover for Precision payments to suppliers as required, ensuring VAT invoices are received in a timely manner
  • Accurate processing of corrections paperwork to assist Sales Ledger team during corrections week as required

Person Specification

Skills

  • Strong IT and data presentation/analytical skills, including Microsoft Office – especially Excel
  • Excellent attention to detail, together with a ‘can-do’ attitude in resolving issues


Experience

  • Previous experience of working in a Purchase Ledger environment


Knowledge

  • Knowledge of vlookups in Excel - desirable
  • Knowledge of Harrier and NetSuite - desirable


Qualifications

  • GCSE Maths and English


Personal Attributes

  • Confident at communicating in a professional manner with all of our stakeholders
  • Drive, enthusiasm and resilience, for working in a multi-faceted and challenging environment
  • Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success
  • Commitment to attain goals and personal objectives
  • Expert at building rapport
  • Views problems as challenges that we work together to resolve

Benefits

Salary: Circa £25,000 per annum


Hours: 37.5 hours per week


Additional Benefits:

  • 8% employer pension contribution
  • 26 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays. This rises with each years service by an additional day, up to 7 extra days
  • Have your birthday off as an extra days holiday, if it falls on your working day
  • Free lunch daily from our onsite Café
  • AF Membership (giving discounts at hundreds of retailers and suppliers)
  • Life assurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Hybrid working
  • Free onsite parking