Purchase and Sales Ledger Officer

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Purchase and Sales Ledger Officer to join an organisation in Stone on a permanent basis. You’ll be responsible for maintaining the purchase ledger and Sales Ledger as part of a friendly accounts team.
 
Job Description:
 
Duties for the Purchase and Sales Ledger Officer will include:

• Matching invoices to purchase orders
• Investigating any issues e.g. invoices that are received without a purchase order, liaising closely with the purchasing team
• Authorising invoices for payment
• Making supplier payments
• Resolving invoice queries from suppliers
• Managing and resolving any invoice disputes
• Bank reconciliation
• BACS payment runs
• Allocating payments to the ledger
• Processing cash and cheques. Ensuring cheque payments are authorised and that it is the most appropriate payment method.
• Managing the Sales Ledger, ensuring invoices are received
• Chasing outstanding payment due
• Preparing monthly aged creditor and debtor reports
• Assisting with year-end duties

For the ­­­­Purchase and Sales Ledger Officerrole, it would be good to see candidates with:

• Previous purchase ledger and Sales Ledger experience
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• An Enhanced DBS (or subscribed to the update service), ideally
• AAT part or full qualification, desirable but not essential

Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week
Salary: £25,713 per annum
 
This role is commutable from: Stone, Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Trentham, Longton, Uttoxeter, Eccleshall, Hixon
 
The role would suit candidates with the following experience: accounts payable, accounts receivable, transactional officer, accounts assistant, accounts administrator, accounts clerk, purchase ledger, Sales Ledger.
 
Brampton Recruitment are an independent Commercial and Accounts & Finance recruitment agency working in partnership with employers spanning Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, Cheshire, and the Greater Manchester region.