13101 – Purchase Ledger Clerk / Accounts Payable Job Spec
Location: Kettering

Summary of the Role
Our client based in Kettering is seeking an experienced purchase ledger clerk on a full-time on-going interim basis.

The successful candidate will be focused on supplier reconciliations, matching invoices, bank management & ensuring process / payment terms compliance.

Key duties include:

• Ensuring supplier invoices are approved, manage queries & resolve in a timely manner, identify issues & take corrective action,
• Supplier payments to terms, update stakeholders & internal,
• Bank / statement reconciliations, payments & postings (BACS, DD, Same Day Payment, etc),
• End-to-end process review, identifying & implementing areas of improvement,
• Identify areas of non-compliance for non-purchase orders, urgent payment requests and the invoice pool. Work to resolve with procurement dept,
• Identify / deliver process review & efficiency improvements,
• Support AP team leader with resolution of invoice queries and other relevant queries where escalation is required,
• Audits relevant to AP & Bank.

The Right Person

• Immediately available / able to start on short notice,
• Min. two-years’ experience of working in high-volume purchase ledger,
• OCR / electronic invoicing experience would be ideal,
• Excellent numeracy, literacy & attention to detail,
• Confident, outgoing & excellent communication skills,
• Be focused & not easily distracted,
• Experience of Microsoft Excel / Pivot Tables / V-Lookups would be an advantage.

Package

• Appointment Type: Interim Ongoing
• Rate: Negotiable (subject to experience)
• Hours: 35hrs per week
• Partial remote working available after two-week introductory period… but you must be local / willing to commute to Kettering on a regular basis

If you – or someone you might know – are interested & think this opportunity may be suitable, APPLY ONLINE or call Paul Mitchell Associates (quoting ref: 13101) on (phone number removed).