Assistant Purchase Ledger

Assistant Purchase Ledger

Southwark, London
Up to £31,000 + Benefits

A well-established construction contractor with a turnover exceeding £50m is looking to recruit an Assistant Purchase Ledger to join its friendly and supportive finance team.

Based in a modern Southwark office, this is an excellent opportunity for an accounts professional to join a successful business offering a positive working environment, strong team culture and long-term career development.

The Role

The successful candidate will support the finance team with the day-to-day running of the purchase ledger function, managing a high volume of invoices and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Processing, matching, batching and coding a high volume of purchase invoices.
• Assisting with weekly and monthly payment runs.
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies.
• Managing supplier accounts and responding to invoice queries.
• Liaising with suppliers and internal teams regarding payments and approvals.
• Managing a busy finance inbox and ensuring queries are dealt with promptly.
• Maintaining accurate financial records using Sage 50.
• Supporting wider finance and administrative duties as required.

Essential Experience

• Approximately 2 3 years relevant purchase ledger experience.
• Previous experience using Sage 50 is essential.
• Good understanding of payment runs and invoice processing.
• Experience handling a high volume of invoices.
• Ideally, previous experience with supplier statement reconciliations.
• AAT qualified, currently studying towards AAT, or working towards another relevant accounting qualification.
• Confident communicating with suppliers and managing a busy inbox.

Desirable Experience

• Previous debt collection experience.
• Experience raising and processing sales invoices.

Personal Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confident, engaging and approachable.
• Friendly, positive and professional attitude.
• Able to build strong working relationships with colleagues and suppliers.
• Well organised, reliable and comfortable working in a busy environment.

Benefits

• Salary of up to £31,000.
• Work from home 1 2 days per week following probation.
• Supportive and collaborative finance team.
• Modern Southwark office.
• Regular team social events and team-building activities.
• Long-term career development opportunities.

A great opportunity for an experienced Purchase Ledger professional to join a successful construction business with an excellent working environment and genuine progression opportunities.