Purchase Ledger Manager in Sheffield

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working with a reputable Sheffield-based organisation that is looking to recruit a Purchase Ledger Manager following an internal promotion. This South Yorkshire-based role will be pivotal in ensuring the effective operation of the Purchase Ledger function throughout the organisation.

The key duties will involve:

• Ensuring accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to protect the integrity of the volume and range of financial transactions overseen.
• Ensuring monthly supplier reconciliations are completed on all accounts, identifying and resolving any discrepancies in a timely manner to ensure the account is up to date.
• Ensuring the weekly payment run is accurate and paid on time through the exercise of robust controls and appropriate review and follow up.
• Establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with suppliers and key internal and external stakeholders, regularly liaising with them to ensure effective ways of working and process adherence.
• Managing & resolving Email Management System query queues to agreed SLA's.
• Working as a part of a senior leadership team, providing reports and analysis, mitigating risks and working on shared tasks and projects.
• High volume transactional processing ensuring that the charity's policies and processes are adhered to in respect of these transactions and that financial and reputational risk is minimised.
• Applying subject-specific technical expertise and insight, initiative and judgement to ensure the highest standards of enquiry resolution and process adherence and compliance are achieved.
• Ensuring that evolving technical requirements are appropriately recorded, process-mapped and agreed with stakeholders, to ensure continued compliance.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant laws, accounting standards and policies. Understanding and working within GDPR and confidentiality practices.
• Fostering and maintaining a spirit of continuous development, looking to grow excellent service delivery to customers and create a positive working environment for team members.
• Establishing, leading, guiding and developing the purchase ledger team. Implementing a performance management culture in line with policies, including making sure that 1-1s, performance and development reviews and team meetings take place regularly and with recorded outcomes and actions.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience of running a large accounts payable function and the operation of a strong financial control environment.
• Experience of working with large, complex finance data sets, managing month and year-end finance processes.
• Experience in leading people through organisation, process and technology change.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and demonstrable experience of leading a team to deliver within these parameters.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid, flexible working.
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years.
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.
• Excellent pension scheme.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful.