Purchase Ledger Clerk

Description

Our Southampton based client is currently looking for a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join them on a full time, permanent basis due to growth within the organisation!

This will be on a hybrid working pattern, 3 days from the office and 2 from home working 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday.

Reporting into the Management Accountant and supporting the wider Finance team, your duties will include:

• Processing purchase ledger invoices – ensuring that the correct authorisation procedure has been followed, entering invoice details onto the ledger to the appropriate nominal ledger code, department and office or matter, preparing invoices for payment, filing and archiving
• Processing agents ledger invoices – entering invoice details onto the ledger to the appropriate client matter, preparing invoices for payment, filing and archiving
• Processing of staff expenses – ensuring that the correct authorisation procedure has been followed, entering expense details onto the ledger, preparing expenses for payment, filing and archiving
• Entering new suppliers into the finance system
• Examining supplier statements and investigating differences
• Investigating queries from suppliers and fee earners as required
• Providing holiday and sickness cover for the other Accounts Assistants in the department
• Such other duties may be required from time to time

The successful candidate will:

• Have prior experience of working within a finance role [Essential]
• Have prior experience of processing purchase ledger invoices [Preferred]
• Have prior experience of working with Aderant / CMS [Preferred
• Have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Exhibit good inter-personal skills to be able to work collaboratively with other members of the finance team, and with fee earners and paralegals from various technical areas
• Demonstrate good time management skills and the ability to work to tight dead

In return, our client is offering a salary of up to £25k.

Interested? Email your CV to Emma at EM Recruiting TODAY!