• Location: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
• Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits

Purchase Ledger Supervisor

AFH Wealth Management is proud to be oneof the UK’s leading independent financial advisory and wealth management firms.

We believe that our success starts with our people. If you are determined to succeed and eager to take on new challenges, you’ll find a variety of exciting career opportunities at AFH. This is afull-time, permanent opportunity, withhybrid working, and a competitive salary andrange of benefits.

The purpose of the Purchase Ledger Supervisor is to manage and support the Purchase Ledger team by maintaining the day to day operations as well as looking for areas in which processes can be improved, and further training can be provided. This role is not exclusively working with Purchase Ledger but also Sales Ledger, VAT, Bank Reconciliation, and other areas of transactional finance.

As our Purchase Ledger Supervisor, you will be responsible for:

Line management of a small team of ledger accountants and occasional placement students including responsibility for their training and development plans

Overseeing the purchase ledger processes day to day including ownership of the purchase ledger processes and controls to maintain best practice

Review of payment runs and management of the payment request process from users outside of the finance team

Building key relationships with department managers to ensure timely approval and payment of invoices and to assist with queries as they arise

Overall responsibility for VAT returns for the group and acquisitions. Calculation of any payments, creating the payment request and loading VAT payments that are approved by the financial controller

Completion of process improvement projects within the transactional finance team

What we are looking for in our ideal Purchase Ledger Supervisor:

Experience of people management in a similar role

Keen interest in training and development of team members

Effective organisational and planning skills

Able to work to deadlines

Benefits and Perks at AFH

Flexible working & holidays - Enjoy flexible working and competitive holiday allowance, with annual buy & sell scheme options and your birthday off. Plus, additional holiday days for long service.

Social perks - To recognise and celebrate employees' great work we are all invited to our annual Christmas and Summer parties.

Pension - We offer a contributory pension scheme with Royal London as well as death-in-service benefit.

Bonus scheme - All AFH employees are offered a competitive salary and a discretionary annual bonus, following completion of a year’s service.

Health and wellbeing - The MediCash app puts your health in the palm of your hands. Claim cashback on a wide selection of health and wellbeing initiatives, including discounted health club memberships and free healthcare benefits.

Professional development - We are committed to helping you reach your potential by offering tailored learning and development programmes to pursue your career goals.

Shopping discounts - Our employees can choose from many retailers to get discounts or cashback on everyday purchases from our favourite high street clothing stores to our go-to supermarkets, as well as access to free online training courses.