Purchase Ledger Assistant

Yu Energy; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing finance organization in Nottingham is seeking a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join their team. The role involves processing invoices, performing reconciliations, and assisting with various finance-related tasks. Candidates should have intermediate Excel skills and effective communication abilities. Previous finance experience is preferred, but training is provided for the right candidate. This full-time position offers a salary between £25,000 and £27,000 yearly, along with a range of benefits including annual leave, learning opportunities, and more.

Benefits

24 days annual leave + bank holidays

Holiday buy – up to 5 additional days

Day off on your birthday

Employee Assistance Programme

Annual salary review

Learning and development opportunities

Enhanced maternity and paternity policies

Long service recognition

Company sick pay

Death in service cover

Qualifications

• Experience in finance team preferred but full training provided.
• Confident in using Excel for data analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase invoices and perform coding.
• Assist with reconciliations for monthly accounting.
• Resolve supplier queries related to payments.

Skills

Effective decision-making skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Ability to adapt

Education

Working towards an AAT qualification

Tools

Financial Force

Excel

Job description

Purchase Ledger Assistant

Department: YUR - 2135 - Retail Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Nottingham

Reporting To: Accounts Payable Manager

Compensation: £25,000 - £27,000 / year

Description

Reports to: Accounts Payable Manager

Location: Nottingham

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Purchase Ledger Assistant to join our growing Finance team.

Based in Nottingham, we are looking for Purchase Ledger Assistant to work in our growing Finance department. You will be responsible for a broad spectrum of activities ranging from general finance and accounting administration, processing purchase invoices, accounting system and spreadsheet work, assisting with reconciliations, resolving queries, credit card and statement recs.

Passionate and motivated people are the power behind our growth so we’re looking to expand our team and you could be part of our success story.

What We Need from Yü

Here’s a taste of what you’ll be doing:

• Processing purchase invoices, which would include matching, checking and coding invoices
• Analysis work, including the use of spreadsheets.
• Assisting with reconciliations to support the monthly management accounting activities, and to ensure that the money leaving our bank account matches the invoices received.
• Resolving various queries with suppliers related to payments.
• Credit card and statement reconciliations, ensuring that the transactions made with credit cards. match the transactions that show up on the general ledger.
• Other Ad Hoc finance admin tasks.
• Builds strong relationship with other teams across the business.
• The role would suit people keen to advance their career within finance. You will learn how a finance department functions and have the ability to expand your role as the Group continues to grow all under the supervision of the Accounts Payable Manager and wider finance team.

About Yü

About Yü If you have what it takes you could be just what we’re looking for…

• Sharp – Effective decision-making skills to manage a changing workload.
• Experienced –Finance team experience is preferable but not essential as full training will be given. For the right individual, we will support you in obtaining a recognised accountancy qualification
• Practiced – Confident with Excel to an intermediate level including but not limited to pivot tables, VLOOKUPS and table formatting, Outlook, Financial Force experience desired but not necessary
• Great communicator – you have first-rate communication and interpersonal skills Analytical – naturally curious, immaculate attention to detail
• Motivated – you have a “can do” attitude and love to see success
• Team player – you enjoy working closely with a team to help them develop
• Flexible – you’re a strong team player who can adapt as the role and business develops
• Perform ad-hoc tasks and analysis to meet the needs of the business
• Collaborate with the organisation and forge strong relationships with key stakeholders across the different functions
• Previous experience within a finance team would be preferred, or working towards an AAT qualification

Yü Come First

We have a wide range of benefits for our employees including:

• 24 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Holiday buy – up to 5 additional days
• Day off on your birthday
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual salary review
• Learning and development opportunities
• Enhanced paternity, maternity and adoption policies
• Yü made a difference Awards
• Travel Loan Scheme
• 3 days additional annual leave if you get married/civil partnership etc.
• Appointment allowance
• Long service recognition
• Refer a friend payment
• Company sick pay (subject to length of service)
• New modern facilities
• Death in service and critical illness cover
• Plus, many more

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have an indefinite right to work in the UK.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to help you apply for a role, please let us know and we will see what we can do.