Purchase Ledger Supervisor – 12 month Maternity leave cover

The finance team here at Collinson are looking to add to their growing team in our Haywards Heath Location. The role will support and manage a busy finance team in completing monthly information for multiple group companies. We are looking for an experienced manager who can also get involved in hands on tasks from time to time.You will need to provide accurate and timely information on monthly basis to a variety of stakeholders within the finance community.

• Supervise posting of approved purchase invoices.
• Check and approve weekly and monthly payment runs.
• Check and approve all supplier reconciliations for trade.
• Deal with purchase ledger queries, when escalated from purchase ledger administrators.
• Produce a monthly timetable for shared services staff.
• Manage members of staff who directly report.
• Manage staff leave and sickness, ensuring the department is covered at all times.
• Advise Maconomy system administrators of any issues, and help resolve where possible.
• Other ad hoc tasks requested by financial controllers and finance director, including attending meetings in London and Croydon, covering WIP meetings and creating reports.

Ideal Candidate:

• Purchase Ledger Supervisor – 12 month Maternity leave cover
• The finance team here at Collinson are looking to add to their growing team in our Haywards Heath Location. The role will support and manage a busy finance team in completing monthly information for multiple group companies. We are looking for an experienced manager who can also get involved in hands on tasks from time to time.You will need to provide accurate and timely information on monthly basis to a variety of stakeholders within the finance community.
• Supervise posting of approved purchase invoices.
• Check and approve weekly and monthly payment runs.
• Check and approve all supplier reconciliations for trade.
• Deal with purchase ledger queries, when escalated from purchase ledger administrators.
• Produce a monthly timetable for shared services staff.
• Manage members of staff who directly report.
• Manage staff leave and sickness, ensuring the department is covered at all times.
• Advise Maconomy system administrators of any issues, and help resolve where possible.
• Other ad hoc tasks requested by financial controllers and finance director, including attending meetings in London and Croydon, covering WIP meetings and creating reports.

Ideal Candidate:

• Good knowledge of excel
• The candidate will understand good communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work as part of a team, but also capable of working on own initiative.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to accurately complete tasks while meeting key deadlines.

Who we are: Collinson is a global loyalty and benefits company.

We use our expertise and products to craft customer experiences which enable some of the world’s best known brands to acquire, engage and retain the most demanding and choice-rich customers. In particular, our unique expertise and insight into high earning, frequent travellers allows us to create products and solutions for our clients that inspire greater customer engagement to drive more profitable relationships, enrich their travel experiences, protect what matters and assist in in times of need. 

While specialising in Financial Services, Travel and Retail, we also support clients in multiple sectors. We have worked with over 90 airlines, 20 hotel groups and more than 600 financial institutions and banks, with clients including Accor Hotels, Air France KLM, American Express, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Diners Club, Mandarin Oriental, Mastercard, Radisson Hotel Group, Sephora, Visa and Vhi.