Purchase Ledger Clerk

If you’re looking for a role where your accuracy and attention to detail actually matter, this is your chance to make a real impact. As an Accounts Payable Assistant, you’ll be the go-to person for raising purchase orders and processing invoices, supporting a variety of departments and suppliers. You’ll help keep the wheels turning for a leading public sector organisation. This is a role where your knack for numbers, clear communication, and problem-solving will be valued every day.

Reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Raising purchase orders to suppliers based on instructions and approvals from budget holders
• Resolving incomplete purchase order requests
• Accepting invoices from suppliers and securing the relevant approval to pay, ensuring payment terms are met
• Identifying goods and services received without a purchase order, obtaining cost codes, approvals, and justifications to make payment
• Making other payments with appropriate authorisation, such as payment requisitions
• Using the team purchasing card for payments when appropriate
• Contributing to ongoing process reviews to ensure efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Providing excellent customer service to internal and external customers via phone, email, and face-to-face
• Carrying out any other tasks appropriate to the grade of the post, as reasonably requested

What you will need:

• Experience within - Accounts Payable, Purchase Ledger, Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Finance Officer
• Confident IT skills, including proficiency in Excel
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy
• Strong data entry skills, with high accuracy and reliability
• Positive communication skills, including friendly interaction and clear verbal and written communication

What you will get:

• Flexible Working Hours
• Hybrid Working
• Quick start opportunity
• Supportive and Friendly team culture

If you would like to find out more about this role, please apply with your CV or LinkedIn PDF. We look forward to hearing from you! We take your application seriously and WE RESPOND TO EVERY APPLICATION…because getting a job is hard enough. The Niche Partnership is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. The Niche Partnership complies with all relevant UK legislation and doesn't discriminate on any protected characteristics. By completing the application process, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Notice and that The Niche Partnership may contact you in connection with your application in relation to The Niche Partnership providing you with work-finding services. Our Privacy Notice can be viewed under the privacy tab on our website.