Purchase Ledger & Billing Assistant

Join Our Finance Team as a Purchase Ledger & Billing Assistant

Location: Hongingham, NR9 5BZ

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Department: Finance

Are you detail-driven, curious about how things work, and passionate about getting things right? Do you enjoy solving puzzles and collaborating with others to make a real difference?

We’re on the lookout for a Purchase Ledger & Billing Assistant who’s not only great with numbers and spreadsheets but is also curious, collaborative, and cares about doing a great job.

You'll be a vital part of our Finance team, ensuring our supplier accounts are accurate, reconciled, and well-managed.

What you'll be doing:

As a key player in our Finance team, you’ll:

• Reconcile supplier statements using agreed processes.
• Rotate reconciliations to ensure balanced supplier account management.
• Investigate discrepancies with curiosity and confidence, using our system.
• Communicate effectively with suppliers and internal teams to resolve queries quickly.
• Provide essential support during our year-end audit, ensuring all reports and reconciliations are clear and complete.
• Process invoices and credit notes using our inhouse system.
• Tackle queries from our shared inboxes and incoming supplier post.
• Work flexibly across ad hoc administrative tasks to support the wider team.

Who we're looking for:

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Have a strong attention to detail and a drive to challenge the status quo to improve processes.
• Are confident in communicating professionally with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Have strong IT skills, especially Excel and if you know your way around VLOOKUPs, even better!
• Love solving problems and working as part of a team.
• Have experience in a purchase ledger or similar finance environment.
• Take pride in your work, with a sense of ownership and a commitment to meeting deadlines.

Our Values - Being better, together:

• Care – We treat others with kindness, care about the impact of our work, and support each other when it matters most.
• Collaborate – We work together openly and honestly to achieve shared goals.
• Communicate – We communicate clearly, respectfully and in a way that builds trust.
• Curious – We always ask ‘why’ and seek to understand more.
• Creative – We look for better ways, not just the usual ways.
• Challenge – We’re not afraid to ask difficult questions if it helps us improve.

Why work with us?

We believe in recognising the great work our people do and creating an environment where everyone can thrive, including offering:

• Salary of up to £26,000 per annum
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays, rising with each year of service (up to 7 additional days)
• Your birthday off (if it falls on your working day!)
• 8% employer pension contribution
• Free lunch daily from our onsite café
• AF Membership – enjoy exclusive discounts at hundreds of retailers and suppliers
• Life assurance
• Health insurance
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Hybrid working – one day at home per week
• Free onsite parking