Sales and Purchase Ledger Assistant

Stadler Rail AG; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Stadler offers a wide range of international career opportunities. Here you get the chance to grow beyond yourself, take on responsibility and deliver top performance in committed teams. We are looking for motivated talents who want to shape the mobility of tomorrow with us. Are you ready to achieve great things with us?

Who are we?

Stadler has been building trains for over 80 years. Thanks to our innovation, strength, flexibility and reliability, we are a leading manufacturer of rail vehicles today. Around 13,000 employees work at several production and engineering sites and at over 70 service locations in Europe, North America and North Africa.

Stadler Rail Service UK Limited (SRS UK) is a subsidiary of Stadler. SRS UK provides a train maintenance service for a growing number of clients in the UK. In the next few years over 150 new Stadler trains will be joining the UK Rail Network which signifies the start of an exciting future for Stadler in the UK. Our current depot locations are in Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle and Norwich offering a wide scope of opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in the UK Rail Industry.

We are looking to recruit a Sales and Purchase Ledger Assistant to join our Finance team. This role will be based at our Mann Island office in Liverpool City Centre. Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely completion of the purchase ledger process, supporting the month-end procedures, and ensuring that all invoices are uploaded onto the relevant finance systems for payment. Additionally, the successful candidate will accurately raise sales invoices for our customers.

Your duties will include:

1. Managing both the sales and purchase ledger processes in their entirety
2. Collaborating with managers to secure approvals and sign-off for payments
3. Processing invoices using two separate systems
4. Reconciling supplier statements
5. Handling incoming mail
6. Closing accounting periods and generating sales and purchase ledger reports
7. Ensuring the correct application of payment terms
8. Conducting credit control as necessary
9. Processing credit card transactions including VAT treatment
10. Establishing new suppliers and conducting VAT checks
11. Managing intercompany invoicing and quarterly reconciliations
12. Performing monthly bank reconciliations.

YOUR CONTACT PERSON

David Curtis
HR Assistant
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