Finance Assistant - Purchase Ledger

Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm is a family-run, year round visitor attraction and home to the famous Rattler Cyder! Since the company was founded in 1980, Healeys has grown exponentially. With a multi-faceted production facility specialising in a range of products from ciders, wines, preserves and spirits, and a visitor experience boasting more than 160,000 visitors per year, our business is thriving and has a very exciting future ahead.

A fantastic opportunity has become available to join our busy Finance Team as Finance Assistant - Purchase Ledger. If this has sparked your interest, and you feel you could make your mark in this exciting role please continue reading.

You will play a key role in assisting the Finance Team in the day to day running of the department and provide support to other areas of the business as required. This is primarily a finance role dealing with purchase ledger and associated functions. Providing secondary cover for other financial duties.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Process purchase invoices, reconciling delivery notes to invoices received and purchase orders in accordance with Financial Policies
• Ensure purchase orders are utilised across the business, and cost prices are matched.
• Refer difficult or complex financial issues to the Finance Manager or Head of Finance
• Set up new supplier accounts and maintain existing account details within the purchase ledger
• Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements
• Assist in the preparation of purchase summaries
• Cashbook processing of payments
• Processing BACS payments and preparing BACS import files for upload to the online banking platform
• Investigate and resolve purchase ledger queries as required
• Ensure prompt filing of supplier invoices
• Ensure adherence to month-end deadlines
• To liaise with suppliers concerning invoice queries
• Prompt communication of potential queries/issues to Finance Manager & ensure a timely resolution to queries/issues

Support Duties & Responsibilities

• Petty cash and credit card processing
• Reconcile pay-pal account
• Sales reporting
• Bank & cash procedures including till reconciliation
• Credit control and sales ledger processing
• General administration duties
• To provide any other support to the Directors, Head of Finance, Finance Team, as required

Flexibility in duties may be needed to cover “off-season” to ensure best business practice as well as any other tasks as deemed necessary by the directors of the business.

Salary: £22,000-£25,000 depending on experience

Hours: Contracted to 40 hours Monday to Friday

Experience

• Essential previous purchase ledger experience
• Other accounts experience within a busy finance office

Education / Qualification / Skills Required

• An eye for detail, self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Work with pace, the urgency to meet all deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
• Excellent organisational skills and works well under pressure
• Willing to take on the responsibility
• Team player within the finance department and company-wide

Joining the #RattlerCru is not just about what you can bring to the business. We have a range of great benefits that we hope you will make full use of:

• Subsidised Private Healthcare with Bupa (for permanent staff)
• 50% discount on products
• 50% discount on all food and drink in the restaurant
• Free entry for friends and family, with discounted food and drink
• Free festival tickets
• Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation pass)
• Chill out after your shift with a 50p pint!
• Monthly employee recognition for #FeelGoodFriday
• Monthly breakfast club

We look forward to hearing from you!