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Purchase Ledger Supervisor

Finance

United Kingdom, England, Doncaster, DN4 8WA

About Heras

Heras are a dynamic and expert international company with a strong European presence in the perimeter protection industry. Our products are sold globally, and in the UK we are proud protect vital infrastructure including water supply, the criminal justice system, and the national food chain.

We have strong plans for future growth and we are investing heavily in our people including training and development, wellbeing, engagement, and rewards.

About the Role & the Team

Are you a reliable and committed Purchase Ledger Supervisor with the ability to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic, and exciting environment? If so, we would love to receive your application to join the Heras family.

This role will provide an opportunity to be responsible for the Purchase Ledger function as well as Expenses and Fleet. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Purchase Ledger professional to expand their skillset and broaden their skillset as this role will also house responsibility for Expenses and Fleet.

This role will be office based at our Doncaster branch in Balby with the potential of some occasional travel across other Heras sites in the UK.

Role Overview

  • Leading a small Purchase Ledger team (2 employees) including setting and monitoring KPIs and managing performance
  • Being a go-to person for the team for guidance on process and complex supplier accounts/queries
  • Continuous improvement of existing processes
  • Ensure process flow and working instructions are kept up to date and user friendly
  • Ensure supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner and are paid in accordance with agreed payment terms
  • Ensure subcontractor invoices are processed accurately and prepare the monthly CIS return
  • Prepare monthly EC purchase listing
  • Review weekly payment runs and manual payment requests, ensuring all KPIs are met
  • Ensure staff expenses are paid in accordance with the expenses policy and queries answered in an efficient manner
  • Ensure authorisations are in accordance with the purchase policy and approvals matrix (includes coding invoices to jobs and general ledger)
  • Managing the company’s fleet of vehicles, ensuring that staff are fully informed of fleet related information and guidance
  • Ensure the daily finance post and email inbox are distributed

Benefits

  • Welcome Onboarding Pack
  • Comprehensive Induction Programme
  • Enhanced Holidays: 33 days (Including Bank Holidays)
  • Holiday Purchase Scheme (buy up to 5 days extra holiday per year)
  • Simply Health Healthcare Cash Plan (via Salary Sacrifice)
  • Life Assurance x2 of your annual salary
  • Regular competitions and engagement initiatives
  • £500 Employee Referral Scheme
  • Heras Workplace Pension
  • Free On-Site Parking
  • Bi-Annual Appraisals to compliment development
  • Role Specific Training & Development to Support Individual Growth
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Healthy Living App
  • Parental Support
  • Regular Wellbeing Support & Communications
  • Wellbeing Hubs in Doncaster and Middleton
  • Specsavers Eye Care Vouchers

About You

Essential

  • Substantial Purchase Ledger experience with the ability to implement process improvement and to act as an escalation point for complex queries
  • Demonstrable people management experience, capable of motivating a team to achieve high performance
  • High attention to detail with a high level of accuracy when dealing with data and numbers
  • Ability to take ownership of tasks and queries, seeing them through to completion and thinking of solutions to problems
  • Positive outlook with the ability to build great working relationships
  • Intermediate Excel skills
  • Ownership: You look after tasks, queries, and problems and take responsibility from start to finish, ensuring a great service
  • Resilience: You are able to recover from setbacks quickly, and are able to thrive within a fast paced, busy environment

Desirable

  • Experience of Fleet administration/management would be highly advantageous
  • Experience of using Navision would be highly advantageous
  • Experience of processing/managing expenses
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • AAT qualified

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have any particular needs arising from a disability then please outline this on your application so that we can offer the right support for you.