Urgent temporary role for an experienced Purchase Ledger / Accounts Assistant in Bury St Edmunds Your new company We are supporting a leading business in their sector, who are looking for a temporary finance clerk to work in their finance team, where you will take responsibility for a high-volume and complex purchase ledger.Your new role In this temporary Purchase Ledger / Accounts Assistant job, you will play a vital role in ensuring their UK and European suppliers are paid correctly and on-time. This will involve managing daily, a busy Purchase Ledger / AP in-box of queries, responding to scanned invoices which will need a PO, adding the invoice to the system, obtaining approval for payment and setting up a BACS payment. You will also manage any credit notes, reconcile the GRN''s/supplier statements and deal with supplier queries as well as internal requests. This will be a 6-month temporary / contract job, so I am looking for a candidate who can give the commitment as this is a crucial role in a busy AP / Purchase ledger department where you will be supported by the wider finance team, but your key responsibilities will be managing the AP in-boxes. What you''ll need to succeed You will be highly organised with experience of working in a fast-paced AP or AR transactional finance team and be confident with systems along with intermediate Excel skills.What you''ll get in return As explained, this is a 6-month temporary finance job and, based on your experience, will pay ci