Purchase Ledger Assistant

About the us:

We are a national waste broker, located in Newark on Trent, specialising in providing bespoke recycling and waste management solutions to our customers. We partner with accredited waste suppliers who align with our company values and who we believe best fit the needs of our customers. We work alongside our customers to plan and tailor their waste management needs around their business to help strengthen their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR), maximise recycling and deliver cost savings. Our ethos is to be a trusted partner that can be relied on as a safe pair of hands.

We value each team member and invest in their growth by offering fantastic training opportunities. We fully embrace new ideas and challenge old practices to find the very best solutions for our customers, suppliers, and people.

About the role:

The Purchase Ledger Assistant will be responsible for reconciling supplier invoices, accurately and within specified deadlines.
Responsibilities will include but not be limited to: 

• Ensuring all invoices are efficiently and correctly entered on to the Company’s software programme. 
• Matching invoices with services provided and liaising with other departments with regards to reconciliation issues and discrepancies. 
• Providing detailed and well written query reasons when disputing an invoice in preparation for submission to suppliers. 
• Creating and distributing monthly supplier query spreadsheets and liaising with suppliers and internal departments to resolve invoice queries. 
• Processing supplier credit notes. 
• Accurately inputting overweight data. 
• General office and administration duties including but not limited to, answering the phone and door, filing, scanning documents, sorting incoming mail, and recording outgoing mail. 
• Any other duties as reasonable from time to time, including providing support to the Purchase Ledger Supervisor. 

About you:

Skills:
The ideal candidate will have a strong confident personality with extensive experience of working in a data role. You must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to enable you to communicate with customers and suppliers at all levels. The successful candidate will be able to manage their own workload and time efficiently and work well under pressure.

Benefits: 

• Competitive salary and benefits 
• Company Pension scheme and Life Assurance scheme 
• 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays 
• Career development and training opportunities 
• Eatzone – our on-site subsidised canteen 
• Subsidised gym memberships 
• On-site parking 
• Employee Assistance Programme