Purchase Ledger Administrator - Bournemouth, United Kingdom - Beyond Retail

Description

Purchase Ledger Administrator

UK Remote Working available

£22,000 - £23,000 per annum

Who We Are
Beyond Retail is an award-winning multi-website online retailer offering bathroom, kitchen and heating products to retail and trade customers.

Over 8 million people visit our websites each year, benefiting from keen pricing, design-led products, top-class service and continuous investment in technology.

We've only just over 10 years old, and in that time we've accelerated from zero to £50m/year revenue, won local and national awards, and grown to 160-plus people.

Our three websites

• Drench, Tap Warehouse and Only Radiators are growing from strength to strength and we're looking for a Purchase Ledger Administrator to join our Finance team on our growth journey.

Who We're Looking For
Our Finance department is looking for an experienced Purchase Ledger Administrator to join their team. You'll assist with looking after our accounts payable processes and ensuring our ledgers are up to date.

You'll also assist with day-to-day administrative tasks, dealing with statement reconciliations and query resolutions in a very busy Purchase Ledger department.

You will have the experience, energy and motivation to deal with high volumes of invoices, as well as checking, matching and processing purchase orders.

You'll be joining a distributed team who primarily work from home - however, there will be an expectation to get together at least once a quarter in our awesome Bournemouth office so please factor this into your plans if you wish to apply


The key responsibilities of this role are:

• Matching purchase orders to invoices using the sheet process where applicable
• Checking and reconciling supplier statements to the ledger within the agreed time frame and using the sheet process where applicable
• Investigating and resolving any outstanding invoice queries with suppliers
• Chasing for credit notes from suppliers either to support an invoice discrepancy or clear an open PC
• Escalate these when necessary to senior buddy in a timely fashion
• Report sheet issues immediately using the shared channel
• Reporting price discrepancies to suppliers
• Building excellent working relationships with our suppliers
• Continually review supplier accounts maintaining accurate information and updating credit limits when necessary

We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• At least 18 months of previous purchase ledger experience
• Experience working with stock & suppliers in a purchase ledger role is essential
• AAT level 2 or above is preferred but not essential
• Digitally competent and confident
• A key team player who can also work independently
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Ability to quickly identify errors and resolve them
• Strong attention to detail
• Top class time management skills
• Ability to quickly adapt to new systems

What we can offer you:

• Flexible working hours — we work 40 hours per week, typically starting and finishing between 8am and 6:30pm Monday to Friday
• All the tech you need + remote working budget for setting up your home office
• Monthly financial support for remote working
• A fantastic office, or flexibility to work at home the choice is yours
• A companywide commitment to learning and development
• A friendly, customerfocused environment built on teamwork, collaboration, ownership, and transparency
• Team and companywide social events
• No corporate dress code
• Electric Vehicle Leasing
• Free fresh fruit and healthy(ish) snacks in the office + library, board games
• Headspace subscription

- £500 refer-a-friend recruitment reward

• Buy & Sell Holiday
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Fully Paid Sick Leave
• Eye care vouchers
• Discounts for staff, friends and family

Work is not a place, it's what you do...
At Beyond Retail, we believe the future of work is about flexibility. Not everyone does their best work from an office, and not everyone wants to work from home exclusively. Our employees can choose to work flexibly either from home or in our office.

We have a fantastic Home Working Support Scheme to demonstrate our commitment to this

We want to ensure that those who do choose to work from home can still work in the best possible environment, and are not left out of pocket.

• In a nutshell, we offer:_
• A oneoff allowance for you to set up your home office_
• A monthly 'topup' to cover any additional WFH costs (eg: utilities, equipment_

- maintenance etc)._


Our Benefits
Our wonderfully refurbished HQ is located near Bournemouth Airport, with plenty of free parking.

We also have some office dogs who reside with us, a brand new gym which is free for all employees to use, free healthy snacks and fruit, and most importantly free tea and proper coffee We also operate an informal dress code and have regular team socials.

We think it's a great place to work


Our Values