Job Title: Purchase/ Sales Ledger Clerk
Department/Function: Accounts/Finance
Location: on-site 160 Dollman Street, Birmingham, B7 4RS
Contract Type: Full-time
Working Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:00 – 5:00. Friday 8:00 – 1pm
Salary Range: £29K - £32K
About the Role
This role is for an experienced purchase/sales ledger clerk who can competently cover all aspects of day-to-day accounts admin work in order to support the wider team.
Key Responsibilities
- Posting of invoices, matching and reconciling.
- Data entry
- Purchase/sales ledger
- Chasing overdue payments
- Credit control support
Success Outcomes
- First 30 Days:
- Demonstration of previous experience: competent in maths and understanding of general accounting terminology.
- Displaying confidence in undertaking basic accounting procedures
- Speed of work is reasonable
- Accuracy of work is high
- Basic payroll experience
- Understanding of nominal codes and importance of these being correct
- Supporting with the accounts email inbox
- Confidently answering and supporting with incoming phone calls
- Chasing overdue payments
- First 90 Days:
- Posting cash and taking despatch payments
- Posting purchase invoices
- Managing the accounts email inbox independently
- Confidently answering and dealing with incoming phone calls
- Dealing fully with basic incoming customer queries
- Beginning to support the team with more advanced levels of admin
- Very few errors being made
- 12 Months:
- Confident on processing weekly payroll
- Errors are very rare
- Month end preparation
- Very confident dealing with incoming accounts issues and queries from customers/suppliers
- The wider team are now able to focus on developments to the department and processes due to the strong admin support they have in place
Skills
Required
· Experience with an ERP system
· Computer literacy
· Able to work at a competent speed e.g. typing at approx. 26 words per minute
· Competent in Microsoft Excel
· Strong maths skills
· Excellent telephone manner
Desired
· Previous experience with SAP
· Previous experience with Sage payroll
Experience
· Previous experience with a range of accounts admin is a must
· Ideally with a background in similar sized SME companies
Traits & Behaviours
- Team player
- Ability to work independently and use initiative
- Problem solver
- Attention to detail
- Positive can-do attitude
- Helpful/supportive
- Punctual
Disqualifying Behaviours
- Error prone
- Unable to learn from repeated mistakes
- Slow pace of work
- Lateness/absenteeism
- Lack of interest/initiative
About the Company
Founded in 1929 and based in Birmingham, Armac Martin is now an award-winning, fourth-generation family business and a leading name in the luxury interiors industry.
We have a passion for exceptional design; celebrating true craftsmanship and the use of the finest materials to form made‑to‑last brass hardware and accessories.
Our reputation is built on both heritage and craftsmanship, and our luxury hardware is favoured by architects, designers, property developers and homeowners the world over.
Our foundational mission “to be a great brand, that nurtures great people to produce great products” puts people at the centre of everything we do. We apply a culture first approach to building our team by ensuring we find people with values that align with our own, our core values are:
- To be Inclusive and Caring
- To Demonstrate Honesty and Integrity
- To hold ourselves Accountable
- To have a Can Do and Forward-Looking attitude.
- To foster Innovation
- To have a Dedication to Excellence
Benefits
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free on-site parking
- Free tea, coffee and fruit
- Regular work socials
- Regular opportunities to help support our chosen charity (during paid working hours)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (additional service day for every 5 years worked)
- Annual bonus
- Christmas bonus
- Ongoing investment in training
Pay: £29,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Experience:
- Accounting: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person
