Purchase Ledger Manager

Ref: 94-JH

Role: Purchase Ledger Manager

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid Working)

Salary: Up To £45,000 Per Annum

Working Patter: Monday – Friday

The Company:
Our client is a large, well-established organisation operating at the heart of its community, with a strong national presence and a clear social purpose. Following an internal promotion, they are now seeking an experienced Purchase Ledger Manager to lead a high-volume finance function during an exciting period of change and development.

The Role:
The Purchase Ledger Manager will take full ownership of the Purchase Ledger function, ensuring robust financial controls, accurate processing, and the timely payment of supplier invoices. You will lead and develop a sizeable team, drive continuous improvement, and act as a key stakeholder across the wider finance and leadership teams.

This role offers genuine scope to influence processes, develop people, and contribute at a senior operational level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end Purchase Ledger function, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and strong financial controls

• Ensure supplier invoices are processed correctly and paid on time through controlled weekly payment runs

• Complete and review monthly supplier reconciliations, resolving discrepancies promptly

• Act as the primary point of contact for suppliers and internal stakeholders, managing and resolving queries to agreed SLAs

• Oversee high-volume transactional processing, ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures

• Manage month-end and year-end processes relating to the purchase ledger

• Produce reports and analysis for senior leadership, identifying risks and improvement opportunities

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, relevant legislation, GDPR, and confidentiality requirements

• Document, review, and improve processes to meet evolving technical and compliance requirements

• Lead, coach, and develop the Purchase Ledger team, embedding a strong performance and development culture

The Successful Candidate:

• Proven experience managing a large, high-volume purchase ledger function

• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial control environments

• Experience handling complex finance data sets and supporting month-end and year-end processes

• Demonstrable leadership experience, with the ability to motivate and develop teams

• Excellent stakeholder management and customer service skills

• Confident communicator, able to operate effectively at all levels

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, including Maths and English