Purchase Ledger Supervisor

Description:

We are proud to be a leading independent UK consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment and insurance. Each individual delivers on our shared values and our commitment to ensuring the highest levels of trust, integrity and quality. We aim to continue our growth by recruiting talented and committed individuals that have the desire to learn and develop. We strive to employ staff who share our values and can bring special skills - enhancing the service that we provide to our clients.

At Barnett Waddingham, we are currently recruiting a 6 month interim opportunity for an experienced Purchase Ledger Supervisor to join the Finance business area. This role will be hybrid working and based in our London office. 

The successful candidate will have a Finance and technical accounting background, along with strong experience in managing, coaching and mentoring teams. 

Responsibilities

Ensure all POs raised by the business are coded to correct nominal and balance sheet codes to facilitate accurate Management Accounts reporting for all departments.

Circulate a weekly report to the business of unreceipted POs and invoices awaiting POs. 

Supervise, advise, train and provide technical support for a team of 4 Purchase Ledger Clerks.

Monitor daily, weekly, monthly and Year End tasks for the Purchase Ledger team.

Process manual and BACS run payment runs and ensure the process is on time.

Monitor and review short and long term Purchase Ledger KPIs with the Payables Manager.

Contribute to process improvement initiatives, identify key financial controls to manage risk as and where necessary and innovate system controls. 

Ensure the team reduce manual processing of invoices.

Support, Implement and Maintain Information Security procedures and activities in accordance to Barnett Waddingham’s Information Security Policy

Qualifications/Experience

Previous experience in a similar role within a finance or purchase ledger department.

Knowledge of purchase ledger procedures is essential, including experience with payment runs and complex query resolution.

Ideally an accounting or finance qualification, or working towards such as AAT, although experience will take preference.

Experience of working within an accounting function.

Knowledge of Oracle Fusion is a strong advantage.

Experience of Excel (Intermediate to Advanced).

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and managing stakeholder relationships.

Excellent attention to detail and good analytical skills. 

Benefits Summary

Competitive discretionary annual bonus.

Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading.

A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment.

Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience.

A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover or life assurance to family members, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies.

Accessibility

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition, or individual need, which you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make adjustments to our processes to enable you a fair opportunity to showcase your skills. Please visit AbilityNet should you benefit from advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. Should you require information in a different format, have other accessibility or reasonable adjustment requirements or if you find any problems not listed on this page, please contact  or (phone number removed)