Overview
Purchase Ledger Officer – Leigh
Number of Positions: 1
Salary: £26,211 – £29,627 per annum
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Turner House, Leigh
Job Category: Finance and Revenues
Region / Division: Leigh and/or Ashton Under-Lyne
Business Unit: Finance & Revenues
Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?
Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days).
We offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year and we offer compressed hours of work with the option to work a 4-day working week in a number of our roles, with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period. This allows for a great work/life balance for many employees.
As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.
If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company then please read on.
Who we are:
Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.
We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.
About the department:
No business can run successfully without a smooth financial operation and Jigsaw is no different. This role sits within Purchase Ledger team who process in excess of 60k invoices each year, deal with all supplier queries and statements and build relationships with internal and external customers to ensure the purchase to pay process runs as smoothly as possible. The team is an integral part of the wider finance team of over 100 staff which includes management accounts, service charge accounting, revenues, treasury, financial planning and income.
Role information:
As a Purchase Ledger Officer you will be joining our finance team, in a challenging, fast paced but rewarding role.
You will ensure that all incoming invoices are scanned, registered and electronically distributed on a daily basis.
You will post approved invoices to the Purchase Ledger system, ensuring they have been correctly authorised in accordance with Group financial regulations.
You will check supplier statements and follow up on any outstanding invoices or queries.
You will monitor the Purchase Ledger outlook mailbox and resolve queries in accordance with set timescales.
You will deal with external and internal queries as and when required.
You will process periodic supplier payment runs for approvals and payment processing in accordance with Group procedures.
This is a great opportunity to make a difference and contribute towards a culture which is customer focused, committed to securing best value and to providing high standard services.
If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
