Job Description

Purchase Ledger Clerk

Application Deadline: 20 November 2026

Department: Central Finance

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Head Office

Reporting To: Victoria Hutchinson

Compensation: £25,500 - £28,000 / year

Description

Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join our team in York.

As a Purchase Ledger Clerk, you will process all invoices and payments accurately and in line with agreed terms and timescales.

Role Details:

• Annual salary of up to £28,000 depending on skills and experience, plus potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 2.5% subject to business performance
• Role based: York, YO32 9PT
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.

In this role, as Purchase Ledger Clerk you will be required to

• Following procedures, process payments and invoices within agreed timescales.
• Controlling the end-to-end scanning solution, developing standardised templates, and processing invoices into SAP for timely completion by the team.
• Apply knowledge of the business to plan and prioritise workload to meet agreed timescales for internal teams and external suppliers.
• Work with the wider finance team to provide excellent support and service to the rest of the business.
• Liaise with wider teams and colleagues to understand requirements and resolve any issues swiftly.
• Be a key point of contact for wider teams to address any queries or concerns.

Benefits & Opportunities as Purchase Ledger Clerk

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day

Our Ideal Candidate as Purchase Ledger Clerk

• Knowledge of administrative processes & procedures within a finance environment.
• Purchase ledger / accounts payable experience.
• Competent in using Microsoft packages including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Minimum GCSE or equivalent including Maths and English.
• SAP experience is desirable

Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing TBC.

NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.