Purchase Ledger Assistant

Purchase Ledger Assistant
Sudbury / Hybrid (relocating to Colchester)
£24,000 to £25,000 pa
37.5 hours per week

There when it matters

We have an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team as Purchase Ledger Assistant.

Initially working in our Sudbury Office, the role will be moving permanently to our Colchester office later this year.

About the role (for full Job Description, please see attachments):

• Preparing and help in the preparation of payment runs of invoices for payments in a timely and accurate manner by matching invoices to Purchase Orders and ensuring the correct approval process has been followed before inputting into the Finance system.
• Being an active member of the Purchase Ledger Team, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the purchase ledger function by processing invoices, credit notes, direct debits and expenses on weekly payment runs.
• Responding to internal and external queries regarding payments of invoices.
• Reviewing supplier statements and balance accounts accordingly
• Ensuring high standards of work within the department
• To work with the Treasury team to review direct debit payments and seek invoices and reconcile supplier statements
• To work with those in Sue Ryder Direct on drop-shipping reporting and payments where suppliers fulfil orders direct to shops or customers.
• To carry out the duties of a purchase ledger department within the team, setting priorities where needed, and helping to ensure targets are met and reporting problems to the Procurement Manager or Purchase Ledger Team Leader.
• To help with the month end and year end processes of the team to generate accurate expenditure and accruals by helping to ensure that all actions required by the purchase ledger team are carried out in a timely manner.


About you:

• Experience of working within a purchase ledger environment or within an accounting function.
• Experience of working within a busy finance environment/team.
• Numerically astute
• Evidence of good literacy skills
• Experience of Mid-level Excel ability
• Proven experience of working to finance deadlines.
• Experience with Access Accounting systems would be beneficial

Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.

We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date should we feel we have a sufficient number of suitable applications.

Benefits
• Company pension scheme
• 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop.sueryder.org
• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/why-work-for-sue-ryder

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process by emailing recruitment@sueryder.org

https://www.sueryder.org/jobs/equity-diversity-inclusion

If you want more than just a job, we want you.

Join the team and be there when it matters.