JHE & Partners are delighted to be working exclusively with a well-established client based in Huddersfield, who are looking to recruit a highly organised and detail-oriented Purchase Ledger Clerk and Payroller to join their finance team.
This is a great opportunity to take full ownership of a high-volume, multi-currency purchase ledger within a supportive and growing business. The ideal candidate will have strong accounts payable experience, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment. The role will be split into 80% purchase ledger and 20% payroll. Hours 9-5:30pm fully office based.
Key Responsibilities:
Payroll
- Take full ownership of the weekly payroll process, working closely with the Finance Director to ensure compliance with all monthly and annual payroll reporting obligations.
- Manage weekly payroll operations across four UK sites, covering approximately 140 weekly-paid employees.
- Retrieve weekly timesheet data for the Huddersfield location.
- Collect and verify timesheet amendments from three departments at the Huddersfield site.
- Process payroll each week through to the payment authorisation stage,
- Submit Real Time Information to HMRC on a weekly basis.
- Respond to ad-hoc payroll and wage-related queries
- Experience using Sage 50 Payroll is advantageous.
Purchase Ledger
- Full responsibility for a high-volume, multi-currency purchase ledger
- Managing approximately 325 accounts, processing around 14,500 invoices annually
- Monthly journal entries (full training provided)
- Timely processing and management of purchase invoices
- Matching goods received notes (GRNs) to purchase invoices
- Maintaining an invoice register for invoices with pricing or quantity discrepancies
- Processing matched invoices promptly and accurately
- Downloading and distributing non-PO invoices (e.g. utilities, card payment providers)
- Distributing non-PO invoices to appropriate internal approvers
- Scanning and archiving all processed invoices
- Preparing monthly payment runs for bank authorisation
- Allocating payments against invoices in the ledger
- Reconciling supplier statements and resolving any discrepancies
- Handling supplier payment queries professionally and promptly
- Creating and posting the monthly GRNI journal
If you’re a motivated finance professional looking to take the next step in your career within a secure and friendly working environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Contact:
For a confidential discussion, please contact:
charlie@jherecruitment.co.uk