Purchase Ledger Assistant (Part Time - Maternity Cover) in Highbridge

At Yeo Valley, we’re more than just an organic dairy company — we’re a community rooted in the land, committed to sustainability, and passionate about producing quality food that nurtures people and planet. We are currently looking for a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join us on a 9‑month Fixed Term Contract to cover maternity leave. The working hours for this role are 20 hours per week and this role is based at our Highbridge office, Acorn House.

Reporting into the Purchase Ledger Manager, you will look after all aspects of your section of the purchase ledger accounts (including stock suppliers, non‑stock suppliers and retailers where relevant). You will match, post and pay all invoices within your section of the purchase ledger in a timely and accurate manner. You will produce monthly supplier statement reconciliations to ensure all creditor balances are accurately stated.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include:

• Input non‑stock and stock invoices onto the IFS system for a selection of suppliers as directed by the Purchase Ledger Manager.
• Match all stock and non‑stock invoices to purchase orders or goods received notes as appropriate, and solve invoice or supplier queries in an efficient and timely manner.
• Generate weekly/monthly supplier payments and match those payments to invoices on the suppliers’ accounts.
• Reconcile the monthly supplier balances to statements received for all major suppliers (particularly large raw material and packaging suppliers).
• Develop understanding of the specialist category of supplier, and work alongside the key stakeholders from their respective departments to ensure efficient processing.
• Assist other members of the purchase ledger with their workload on completion of your own objectives and take on other suppliers as required by the Purchase Ledger Manager.
• Post supplier invoices for other group companies and carry out all administration required of the role.
• Assist in the preparation of purchase ledger related information for the year‑end audit file and respond to auditor queries during the audit visit.
• Ensure all company purchase ledger processes are complied with and implement process improvements where required.
• Assist in the daily post rota to open, sort and distribute the post for the Shared Services department.
• Respond to purchasing queries raised by site teams and action or redirect as appropriate.

Essential:

• Purchase ledger experience within a busy finance environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team within a fast‑moving business.
• Possess good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Committed to meeting deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy.
• Possess a positive attitude, open to change.
• Great telephone manner and willingness to help.

Desirable:

• Experience of IFS.

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1,900 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

Benefits:

• Competitive holiday allowance
• Non‑contributory pension scheme
• Life cover
• Healthcare cash‑back plan
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• Preferential rates with our partners
• Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow.

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away - and don’t miss the opportunity to join us! Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time. Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.