Purchase Ledger Manager

Salary/Rate: Up to £45000 per annum + hybrid working

Job type: Perm

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

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 overseeing various process and efficiency improvements, involvement in a new system implementation and developing a supportive team.

What will you be doing?

• Ensure accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, with controls to protect the integrity of the volume and range of financial transactions overseen.
• Ensure monthly supplier reconciliations are completed on all accounts, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner to keep accounts up to date.
• Ensure the weekly payment run is accurate and paid on time through robust controls and appropriate review and follow up.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and key internal and external stakeholders, regularly liaising to ensure effective ways of working and process adherence. Be the stakeholder's main point of contact and resolve queries.
• Manage and resolve Email Management System query queues to agreed SLAs.
• Work as part of a senior leadership team, providing reports and analysis, mitigating risks and contributing to shared tasks and projects.
• High volume transactional processing ensuring that the charity's policies and processes are adhered to and that financial and reputational risk is minimized.
• Apply subject-specific technical expertise and insight, initiative and judgement to ensure high standards of enquiry resolution and process adherence and compliance are achieved.
• Ensure evolving technical requirements are recorded, process-mapped and agreed with stakeholders to maintain ongoing compliance.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, accounting standards and policies. Understand and work within GDPR and confidentiality practices.
• Foster and maintain a spirit of continuous development, aiming to improve service delivery to customers and create a positive working environment for team members.
• Establish, lead, guide and develop the purchase ledger team. Implement a performance management culture in line with policies, with regular 1-1s, performance and development reviews and team meetings documented with 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, and 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 with 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.

Send us your CV below or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.

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 note that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with extensive experience in accounting and finance recruitment. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we cover South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and related roles.