Job Description:
Purchase Ledger
Location: South Kirkby
Salary: £26,000 – £31,000 DOE
Hours: 37.5 hours | Monday–Thursday 8:00am–4:30pm, Friday 8:00am–1:30pm
Working Arrangement: Fully office-based
The Role:
We are recruiting for an ambitious Purchase Ledger to join a growing finance team within an established manufacturing environment.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with around 2 years' finance experience who wants to progress beyond transactional finance and develop their management accounting skills.
You'll take ownership of the purchase ledger function while gaining valuable exposure to month-end, reconciliations, accruals and wider finance activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end purchase ledger process.
- Process and reconcile supplier invoices and statements.
- Manage supplier queries and resolve discrepancies.
- Prepare supplier payment runs.
- Support month-end, including accruals, GRNI and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Assist with journals, reporting and financial analysis.
- Support finance projects and process improvements.
About You:
We're looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in purchase ledger, finance assistant or assistant accountant roles.
- Ideally AAT qualified/studying or committed to professional development.
- Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail.
- Confident using Excel, including PivotTables and lookups.
- Proactive, organised and able to take ownership.
- Ambitious to develop into a broader management accounting role.
Sage/ERP experience and manufacturing or engineering experience would be advantageous.
Benefits:
- £26,000–£31,000 salary DOE
- 33 days' holiday including bank holidays
- Holiday buy/sell scheme
- Christmas shutdown
- 1:30pm finish every Friday
- 24/7 GP access
- Health benefits and Specsavers vouchers
- Salary sacrifice scheme
- Death-in-service cover
- Free parking
- Training and genuine career progression
If you're looking for a role where you can develop from transactional finance into management accounting, apply today.