Accounting Ledger Clerk (Permanent) in Castleford

Job Description There are purchase ledger jobs where you spend three months trying to work out what you're actually supposed to be doing. This business need someone who already knows their way around a purchase ledger and can come in, get to grips with the systems and start being useful fairly quickly. You'll be joining an established finance team, reporting to the Transactional Finance Manager, with responsibility for keeping the purchase ledger accurate and making sure suppliers get paid when they should. Processing, coding and entering supplier invoices accurately onto the finance system Preparing and running weekly supplier payment reports Closing the creditors ledger and producing monthly reports Preparing month-end clearing account accruals Completing month-end clearing account reconciliations Completing balance sheet reconciliations Preparing monthly Intrastat reconciliations and arrivals submissions Supporting the wider finance team with general finance administration Previous purchase ledger experience is essential. Not "I occasionally helped out with invoices". They need somebody who has actually worked in purchase ledger/accounts payable before and understands what good looks like. Strong Excel and data manipulation skills Experience using Microsoft Word, Outlook and finance/accounting systems A reliable, flexible and practical approach The ability to work comfortably as part of a wider finance team This will probably suit someone who is immediately available, or available at relatively short notice, and wants a sensible temporary assignment where their previous purchase ledger and sales ledger experience will actually be useful.