Purchase Ledger Assistant

Are you an experienced finance person with Purchase Ledger experience? We offer a professional and friendly environment and it will suit an individual who thrives in a fast paced and vibrant team environment. Work life balance is important to us at Bouygues so the role offers a combination of home and office working.

Essential criteria:

• SAP Experience or similar ERP system
• Purchase Ledger experience
• Detail focused & organised
• Calm, professional and drive to offer excellent service to our suppliers and internal stakeholders

Desirable

• CIS knowledge

Job Purpose and Scope:

To carry out all Purchase Ledger activities to a competent standard and ensuring the Company’s financial transactions are recorded accurately.

Accountabilities and key tasks:

• Manage the Purchase Ledger functions based on assigned letters of the alphabet and for multiple legal entities.
• Verify and process all invoices and credit notes following applicable procedures in SAP. To ensure costs are recorded timely and to the correct areas of business so that suppliers and sub-contractors are paid within their terms
• Reconcile supplier and sub-contractor statements and work with the vendors and our businesses to resolve past due invoices. This will include debit balances, blocked items, aged debt and ensuring evidence of reconciliation is filed electronically.
• Proactively review aged items held within SAP WebCycle and work with our business and vendors to resolve
• Actively monitor and resolve enquiries received in to the shared Mailbox account and within policies
• Proactively understand and resolve the root cause of queries, so to reduce the volume and potential service disruptions
• Weekly payment runs for multiple entities
• Maintain well organised and accurate filing, following the tidy desk policy

Why Bouygues UK

Day in day out our teams deliver some of the most technically innovative and challenging projects across the UK and the world. With a strong corporate culture, we look for people who demonstrate our key values – Teamwork, Trust, Simplicity & Pioneering Spirit. We offer competitive basic salaries coupled with generous company benefits including:

· 26 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days

· pension scheme

· life insurance

· private medical insurance

· BY Extra – opt into lifestyle benefits

· Volunteering opportunities

Bouygues Construction UK was awarded the Top Employers United Kingdom and Top Employers Europe certification!

Together with our partners and clients, Bouygues UK delivers award-winning construction, development and regeneration projects to the most exacting standards across public and commercial private sectors.

Bouygues UK is part of the Bouygues Group, a diverse global business which operates in the construction, engineering, energy, media and telecommunications markets.

With annual sales of over €32 billion and operations in over 100 countries, the financial strength of our group is a key differentiator in these challenging economic times.

Be Yourself!

Here at Bouygues we value the creativity and innovation that our diverse workforce brings, encouraging people from all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented communities to apply. By joining us, you will be inspired to bring your full self to the workplace, speak up and share your unique ideas.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We value your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal details. If you choose to apply for this role, please do not include any sensitive data on your CV which reveals (directly or indirectly); your race or ethnic origins, your political, philosophical or religious opinions, or your membership of a trade union, your social security number, or information which relates to your health or sexual orientation or to any criminal convictions.