Rowland Recruitment are working to support a diverse, growing organisation based near Canterbury. This is a successful and rapidly expanding organisation with great ambition. Due to growth, they are looking to build their finance team. As a business, they are all about their people; it is collaborative and fast paced.
They are looking for a capable Sales & Purchase Ledger professional who enjoys variety and rolling up their sleeves. Alongside end to end ledgers, you will support broader accounts activity (bank recs, journals, VAT support, month end prep) and jump in where needed across the group.
Key Responsibilities:
Sales Ledger:
- Raise and post sales invoices/credits, ensuring correct VAT treatment and coding.
- Allocate receipts daily; reconcile customer accounts and resolve query backlogs.
- Produce and send monthly statements; manage aged debt and support targeted collections.
- Maintain clean master data (terms, limits, contacts) and support revenue cut off at month end.
Purchase Ledger:
- Intake and process high volume supplier invoices, coding to cost centres and projects.
- Reconcile supplier statements; resolve price/quantity discrepancies with Ops/Procurement.
- Prepare weekly BACS runs; maintain AP inbox SLAs and vendor master data.
- Support year end AP procedures and audit samples.
Wider Accounts Exposure:
- Daily/weekly bank reconciliations across multiple entities.
- Prepayments, accruals and journals; assist with trial balance reviews.
- Assist with VAT returns (UK) and supporting schedules.
- Help compile month end packs (AR/AP ageing, cash summary, KPI slides).
- Ad‑hoc finance admin and process improvement across the shared service.
Ideal Candidate:
- Solid experience in both Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger within a medium sized SME or multi entity environment.
- Comfortable inputting and processing high volumes with accuracy; confident handling invoice disputes and debtor conversations.
- Strong Excel skills; able to prioritise, meet deadlines, and communicate well with non finance teams.
- AAT Qualified (or QBE) preferred.
- Experience in Xero / Sage 50 (or similar)
- Excel (lookups, pivot tables), OCR invoice capture and bank portals are desirable
What’s on Offer:
- Varied, hands on role across the group.
- Supportive management, training on systems, and the chance to broaden into month end.
- Free parking; friendly office culture.
- 25 days AL plus BH
- Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Parking on Site
- Flexible and Hybrid Working (after probation)
- CPD
- Full‑time (flexibility around start/finish times and reduced hours would be considered).
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, fast moving group where your work will make a real difference day to day. If you are seeking a hands on role with stability, variety and room to develop your broader accounts experience, I’d be delighted to hear from you.