Interim Finance Recruitment Solutions
Interim Purchase Ledger Officer Immediately Required
Location: Somerset (Substantially Remote)
Contract Type: 10 months (Maternity Cover)
Hours: 21 hours (Mon-Fri)
Salary: £11.50 - £12.20 per jour via Umbrella
Ref: 7125410
This is a very important role to deliver an excellent, efficient and accurate purchase ledger service in accordance with the Groups’ payment procedures.
Responsibilities include:
- Establish and maintain accurate Group-wide computerised payment procedures, including the input, coding and authorising of invoices on a daily basis
- Ensure that all purchase ledger invoices are entered accurately and allocated to the correct company within the group and to the correct originator/authoriser in a timely manner
- Associating PO invoices to the system
- Returning invoices received without a Purchase Order to the supplier, advising of the correct procedure. Monitoring the amount of returns
- Ensuring that the approval and authorisation controls in place are adhered to and that all payments going through the purchase ledger are subject to this control
- Be aware of potential purchase ledger fraud scams and be vigilant through entire process to remove risk of becoming victim to these
- Promoting the use of purchase orders throughout the group’s companies
- Process payment runs on a rota basis, including preparing BACS files and cheques as appropriate within agreed timescales
- Provide an effective telephone response service to all callers to the department, including enquiries by phone or in person, internally and externally
- Assist with the approval of new customer requests, and amendments to existing customer details, ensuring adherence to internal policies on the verification of customer details
- Attend all staff meetings and training sessions as requested
- Take account of all legislation and procedures relating to the role
Desirable Skills:
- AAT Qualified
- Experience working in a transactional processing role
To apply for this role or to find out about other Housing jobs, please contact Peter Roberts or Riley Garnett from the Bristol Finance Recruitment team on 01179 308760 or proberts@venngroup.com
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.