Accounts Payable Clerk

Sewell Wallis is currently recruiting for an experienced Purchase Ledger Clerk to join a well-established business based in Leeds City Centre on a 6-month contract, with the potential to go permanent.

The role has arisen during a period of growth, and the successful candidate will join a friendly and supportive team with excellent employee benefits.

What will you be doing?

• Accurately code, process, and review purchase ledger invoices and purchase orders.
• Process employee expense claims in line with group expense policies.
• Ensure all expenses are correctly input into the accounting ledgers.
• Manage and reconcile purchase ledger control accounts.
• Prepare and submit payment runs for approval and processing by the Cash team.
• Handle and resolve supplier queries efficiently.
• Support inter-company information, recharges, and IM cost allocations (actuals, budget, forecast).

What Skills are we looking for?

• Previous experience within a purchase ledger role is essential.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage and prioritise workload independently.
• Excellent communication skills, able to build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Confident in challenging processes and escalating issues when needed.
• Analytical mindset with great attention to detail, able to investigate and explain variances.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and enthusiastic with a problem-solving approach.
• Team player with a collaborative working style.

Send us your CV below, or contact Emma Johnsen 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 accept 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 a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.