Purchase Ledger Officer

Role: Purchase Ledger Officer

Salary: £22,620 – £23,679

Working Hours: 5-days Full-time over 36.25 hours (opportunity for flexibility on working hours to be reduced slightly and/or reduce to 4 days should you desire. This option can be discussed further at interview)

Location: Altrincham Campus (although requirements across the Group may require cover at other sites)

Trafford & Stockport College Group (TSCG) has an opportunity for a capable Purchase Ledger Officer to join our Finance team to help us achieve our vision of unlocking potential and fostering success.

Trafford and Stockport College Group is a thriving FE College with over 12,000 students ranging from 16-19 learners, HE learners, Apprenticeships, adult learners and lots in between. We provide courses for every step in our learners personal and professional development journeys.

TSCG operates over the two boroughs of Stockport and Trafford and has five campuses located in Altrincham, Stockport, Stretford, Cheadle & Marple.

With an ambitious and growth-led mindset for the group, our learners and our staff, it is a great time to join the college and benefit from working in an environment that is always evolving.

The Role:

To process accurate purchase ledger records and to provide financial administrative support to the Financial Services team, ensuring timely, quality financial information is provided and maintained.

Key areas of responsibility:

Accurate and timely processing of high volumes of supplier invoices. To include posting and matching invoices to the system and maintaining accurate accounting records.
Supplier statement reconciliation. To include reconciliation and query resolution.
Supporting budget holders and verifiers through the purchasing process on the finance system (Financials Live), advising on outstanding actions required and how best to resolve them.
Maintaining supplier database, including adding new supplier and verifying bank details.
Assisting the PL Lead with their duties as appropriate.
Assisting, where needed, during student enrolment and examinations.
Any other duties commensurate to the grade.
About you:

If you enjoy working with people and sharing your knowledge, skills and experience and have an enthusiasm for supporting learners on their educational journeys, we want to hear from you.

Skills and Competencies you’ll need for this role:

Experience of working in a finance role or finance department, ideally purchase ledger.
Hold, or be working towards, an AAT (or equivalent) qualification. You could be Qualified by Experience – we’d love to hear from you too.
Good communication and customer service skills.
Have an organised and methodical approach, being able to prioritise workload where necessary.
An excellent attention to detail.
Be able to confidently deal with external suppliers.
The ability to build strong relationships with colleagues across multiple departments.
Good IT skills: Excel, experience with Financials Live would be advantageous but full training will be given.
About TCSG:- A Great Place to Work

The Trafford & Stockport College Group has recently entered the next exciting phase of its journey through the merger with Cheadle and Marple 6th Form College. The merger will provide the Group with a unique opportunity to further shape and direct 16-19 and adult across a wider area with campuses at Altrincham, Stretford, Stockport, Cheadle and Marple.

Every year, thousands of students join us on courses that are designed to further their career prospects, enable transition to higher education or simply satisfy a desire to learn new skills and support well-being.

Benefits:

48 days annual leave (Inclusive of bank holidays)
Generous contributory company pension scheme 
Childcare discounts 
Onsite Costa
Employee Assistance Programme 
Continuous Professional Development 
Free Parking
Exclusive commercial discounts via the CSSC scheme
All employees, including senior managers, will normally be appointed to the minimum point of the pay grade for the job. In certain cases, it may be appropriate to appoint to a higher point in the pay grade at the discretion of the Director of HR & Performance due to the candidate’s current salary, experience or qualifications.

Colleagues at the Trafford and Stockport College Group go above and beyond to ensure that our students get the best possible teaching and support to enable them to reach their ambitions. We expect the very highest standards for all of our students, and this is evidenced year after year by our achievement and progression outcomes.

The Trafford and Stockport College Group promotes, celebrates and values diversity and is committed to promoting equality for all. As part of our commitment to being a Disability Confident Employer, all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the job, as set out in the job description and person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

The Trafford and Stockport College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at the Trafford and Stockport College Group is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. The Group will meet the costs associated with this.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which have might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

This position is open to direct applicants only.

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