JHE & Partners are working with one of our long standing clients as they look to recruit an experienced Purchasing Co-Ordinator. Joining this growing small to medium sized business, the ideal candidate will have recent experience in a similar role. Reporting to the MD, this role comes with the opportunity to improve processes and systems and have a real impact on the business. 

The successful candidate will develop the purchasing strategy to achieve optimum stock levels, cost efficiencies and timely deliveries of bespoke items, whilst maintaining standards.

The ability to develop excellent supplier relationships is essential to ensure that cost, quality and delivery targets are met.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Processing purchase orders, tracking deliveries and managing lead times
• Maintain excellent supplier relationships, conducting performance reviews and resolving supply chain issues
• Negotiate with suppliers for cost savings, improved payment terms and better quality and service levels
• Monitor stock levels to prevent shortages, minimising stock obsolescense and ensuring ERP system is updated
• Liaise with all internal departments to align with company objectives

Applicants will have a proven track record within a purchasing/procurement administration role with a knowledge of importing procedures being ideal. Confidence with systems and Microsoft Excel is essential as are skills such as communication, the ability to work under pressure and a positive, "can do" attitude.

This is a brilliant job for the right person. Varied, challenging and fast paced, it presents a great opportunity. Offering a competitive salary and benefits, I would urge anyone interested to apply at their earliest convenience.

JHE & Partners are delighted to be working exclusively with a well-established business in Bradford who are looking for a purchase ledger clerk to join their team on a permanent basis. This is a key role for an experienced ledger clerk or accounts assistant, looking for an end-to-end ledger role working in a small team of four in finance.

The role is fully office-based but the client is open to full or part-time hours, however this would need to be over 5 days.

Reporting into the finance supervisor, the chosen candidate will have full ledger responsibility for two businesses within the group on an end-to-end basis. Depending on experience, there can be wider duties to undertake working in this very friendly and collaborative team. 

Duties include:

• End-to-end purchase ledger, matching batching, and processing c50 invoices per day
• Processing expenses and preparing payment runs
• Dealing with accounts queries from customers, investigating discrepancies or pricing anomalies
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Overseeing the administration of utility contracts
• Assisting with sales ledger - processing sales invoices
• General accounts administration
• Reporting on Excel (Pivot table and / or lookup experience desirable)

This is a wonderful opportunity working within a friendly team environment. Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pro-active attitude working in a team. The company has been established for decades and prides itself on its customer retention with an incredibly low staff turnover record. They look after their employees and in return there is a competitive salary on offer for the right candidate. Please apply immediately should you be interested as the client is looking to interview over the next week.

JHE & Partners are delighted to be working with a leading Bradford business who are looking for a management accountant on a permanent basis. This role is a perfect opportunity for a current studier, looking for wider month-end exposure or alternatively a qualified by experience candidate looking for an exciting move.

Reporting into the finance manager and working in a busy team of eight, the role is responsible for managing the reporting processes of the finance function with the fundamental aim of producing accurate and up to date information for the wider group. The company continues to impress, well into double digit turnover with recent acquisitions making a formidable group.

Duties include:

• Contribution to the month-end process by working with the reporting and transactional team to achieve the reporting deadlines
• Production of weekly and monthly profit and loss accounts along with supporting data available to all budget/stakeholders
• Ensure all information required by the year end audit is provided in a timely and accurate manner
• Ownership of the Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, including intercompany balances within agreed timescales
• Continue to contribute to the development financial systems and processes which will enhance the Finance department and the wider business
• Proactively manage personal development to increase personal performance levels and career development opportunities
• Positively contribute to any other ad hoc reporting required by the business to support operational activity
• Ensuring that all stakeholder requirements are considered and department KPI’s are achieved

Person specification

• Part qualified CIMA, ACCA, ACA or qualified by experience
• Operational finance knowledge including monthly management accounts, budgeting / forecasting and cashflow reporting
• Experience in producing management accounts and month end procedures, working to associated deadlines
• An interest in process improvement and in cost and variance analysis
• People Management experience required including 1-1’s, appraisals etc.
• Demonstrates the ability and capacity to develop productive relationships with key stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills including look ups, pivot tables and advanced formulae
• Ability to work well under pressure while maintaining a friendly and professional manner

The role is paying in the region of £35,000 - £40,000, study support is available should this be required. Wider details include one day working from home, healthcare cash plan, birthday off, life insurance, holiday buy in, gym.

Please get in touch should you be looking in the market for a new and exciting opportunity.

JHE & Partners are delighted to be working with an award winning business near Morley as they look to recruit a Purchase Ledger Controller to join their finance team. Offering reduced hours (circa 30 per week) with the opportunity to spread the hours over 5 days or work 4 full days. 

Reporting to a fantastic Financial Controller, this is a great opportunity for someone with experience in this area of finance to take ownership of the ledger in a supportive and friendly working environment. Offering a competitive salary and a whole host of benefits including enhanced holidays with service, I would urge anyone with recent Purchase Ledger experience looking for reduced hours to get in touch asap.

Key duties will include:

• Invoice processing: coding invoices, matching with PO numbers
• Setting up new suppliers on the system
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Handling supplier queries and developing excellent relationships with key contacts
• Preparing payment schedules for management sign off
• Support with month end processes

Applicants will have a friendly, "can do" attitude with a willingness to support the wider team and play a key role in the success of the finance function. Applicants must have good Excel skills and be confident working on finance systems.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate and I would urge anyone interested to apply at their earliest convenience.

JHE & Partners are delighted to be working exclusively with a leading manufacturer in Bradford who are looking for a purchase ledger clerk on a permanent basis.

Reporting in to the Head of Finance and working in a wider team of 6, this is an exciting and challenging role supporting the ledger supervisor. The company has experienced impressive growth, both nationally and internationally, with the company expected to outperform its projections for the year ahead.

Duties include:

• Process daily sales invoice run ensuring any additional invoices are raised
• Review self-bill invoices to ensure all invoices are raised
• Enter all sales invoices onto factoring site
• Matching and coding purchase invoices from various sites onto SAP
• Responsible for all mid and end-of-month payment runs ensuring they are made within the agreed timescales
• Ensure all cash postings are accurately undertaken
• Undertake month-end procedures in a timely manner ensuring correct documentation is maintained
• Reconciliation of supplier statements and request missing invoices as appropriate
• Ensure banking and posting of cash receipts and cheques as required
• Other ad-hoc duties as required to support the operation of the business

This is a great opportunity for an experienced ledger clerk looking for a challenging role in a superb manufacturing business. Salary on offer is £28,000 + 28 days holiday (inc bank) + auto enrolled pension. Hours are 8.30 - 5 Monday - Friday with 30 mins lunch.

Please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

JHE & Partners are delighted to be working exclusively with a lovely business in Bradford who are looking to recruit a permanent finance assistant. This is an opportunity for a candidate with both purchase and sales ledger experience, looking to cement themselves in an established business with potential promotion opportunities.

Working in a small finance team of three and reporting into the finance manager, this is a busy and varied role with the opportunity to take wider duties on moving forward. There is real emphasis and focus on the team, working together as a unit to see the job through therefore someone with strong team working abilities would be ideal for the position.

Duties include:

• Matching up of delivery notes & PO’s and coding purchase invoices / credit notes
• Checking orders are authorised by the appropriate signatory
• Input of purchase invoices onto Sage
• Query resolution
• Setting up new supplier accounts
• Post and allocate supplier payments to ledger
• Assist where necessary in closing month end
• Setting up any new customer accounts on both systems

• Credit control duties sending monthly statements and reminders as and when required
• Post and allocate customer receipts to ledger.
• Inputting costing timesheets daily for various production manual processes to assign costs to individual production jobs (training will be provided)

The ideal candidate will have worked within a manufacturing environment. It is essential candidates have experience working on Sage Line 50. Good Excel will also stand the chosen candidate in good stead.

On offer is a salary in the region of £28,000 working a 37.5 hour working week (8.30 - 5.00), 26 days holiday plus stats, salary sacrificed pension and cycle to work scheme.

JHE & Partners are working alongside a highly successful business who are looking for a Reconciliation Clerk to join their ever-growing team. This is an exciting opportunity that will be both challenging and fast-paced.

Supporting the Management Accountant and working in a small team you will be involved in the day-to-day reconciliations of this subsidiary company. After a period of centralisation and restructure, this is a role that has been newly created working on a mid-size, busy account. This is a complex role and requires a candidate with excellent reconciliations, banking and cash experience.

Duties include:

• Responsible for bank and credit card income reconciliations
• Working on complex spreadsheets on Excel
• Process journals on to general ledger
• Continually monitor any banking and cash discrepancies
• General reporting for management highlighting any areas for concern
• Streamline banking processes
• Liaise with auditors and assist in year-end

This is an opportunity not to be missed for someone with solid experience within reconciliations. You will gain excellent exposure and confidence within this field with the support of a wider team. This isn't for someone looking to coast in their next role, instead this is for someone wanting to progress in their career and embrace change in a fast-paced organisation. There's a very good package for the right person with a salary of £25k+ in addition to study support (AAT or CIMA / ACCA), pension and other perks. Please apply without delay as the client is looking to interview ASAP.