Purchase Ledger
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Sutton, Not recorded, SM1 1DA |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 4e03da1a-e109-4812-be6b-13e19978b44b |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Purchase Ledger to join our Finance team and provide an efficient and accurate purchase ledger service across the schools and colleges within Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust. This role is essential in supporting strong financial controls and ensuring invoices and payments are processed in line with Trust Finance Regulations.
Working under the direction of the Senior Finance Officer, you will liaise with finance colleagues, school and college staff, suppliers, procurement teams and external agencies to maintain high standards of service and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
• Process sundry and purchase order invoices accurately, ensuring correct coding, approvals and VAT treatment
• Monitor finance inboxes daily, resolve invoice queries and ensure invoices are processed within agreed timescales
• Prepare and process fortnightly BACS payments and maintain accurate supplier records
• Reconcile supplier statements and regularly review aged creditor reports
• Work collaboratively with schools, colleges and the wider Finance team to improve and maintain purchase ledger procedures
Key Requirements:
• Experience of working in a finance department or section
• Experience in carrying out purchase ledger functions including BACS system of payment
• Experience in the purchase to payment process.
• Experience of working across multi-site/company databases
• Knowledge of financial systems and procedures
What the school offers its staff
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are looking for a Purchase Ledger to join our Finance team and provide an efficient and accurate purchase ledger service across the schools and colleges within Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust. This role is essential in supporting strong financial controls and ensuring invoices and payments are processed in line with Trust Finance Regulations.
Working under the direction of the Senior Finance Officer, you will liaise with finance colleagues, school and college staff, suppliers, procurement teams and external agencies to maintain high standards of service and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
• Process sundry and purchase order invoices accurately, ensuring correct coding, approvals and VAT treatment
• Monitor finance inboxes daily, resolve invoice queries and ensure invoices are processed within agreed timescales
• Prepare and process fortnightly BACS payments and maintain accurate supplier records
• Reconcile supplier statements and regularly review aged creditor reports
• Work collaboratively with schools, colleges and the wider Finance team to improve and maintain purchase ledger procedures
Key Requirements:
• Experience of working in a finance department or section
• Experience in carrying out purchase ledger functions including BACS system of payment
• Experience in the purchase to payment process.
• Experience of working across multi-site/company databases
• Knowledge of financial systems and procedures
What the school offers its staff
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.