Accounts/Purchase Ledger Assistant – Cygnet Health Care Ltd
Full Time
£18,000 – 21,000
Cygnet Health Care is one of the UK’s largest independent providers of mental health care. Cygnet is now entering an exciting period of growth and we are looking to appoint a purchase ledger assistant to join our growing Head Office Finance team based in Wrotham Heath, Sevenoaks.
Applicants must have a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) with grades A – C , or relevant accounts experience and display the following skills:

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy when processing data
• Self-driven, determined and highly motivated
• Enthusiasm to learn new skills quickly
• Professionally mannered and well presented
• Basic Excel/Word skills
• Ability to draft emails accurately to external suppliers
• Experience of using Sage or other accounting system
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as being able to manage own workload daily

Duties will include:
• Processing of high volume invoices, credit notes, and staff expenses daily on the system
• Assisting with general queries from external suppliers and internal staff members
• Updating cashbook on a daily basis from the bank statement
• Assisting with payment run twice a month, such as generating reports looking through for errors and forwarding on to authorised signatories.
• Setting up new suppliers on the system and ensuring compliance to internal audit procedures
• Reconciling supplier statements weekly
• Assisting account managers with purchase ledger related queries
• Dealing with Ad-hoc queries.

We offer an excellent package which includes contributory pension scheme, free life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus an additional paid birthday and anniversary leave.
If you are interested in the role and meet the above criteria, please email a copy of your CV and cover letter. Alternatively you can email your details to financejobs@cygnethealth.co.uk
Closing date Friday – 08/07/2018