Senior Purchase Ledger Clerk Review

Collecting invoices from manufacturer portals. Organising holiday cover for the team. Prepping and posting Direct Debits each day. Sorting out debit balances on all accounts. Looking into unallocated documents on the system. Prepping and completing supplier statements. Authorised unpassed documents. Internal and external queries. Sorting documents for payments. Uploading documents onto the system.

Developed my microsoft skills, excel, word. Developing my skills of new systems such as kofax, biscuit, google chrome. Developing communication skills, in person and also on the phone, emails, microsoft teams etc while not being in the office due to Covid. Organisation skills, how to prioritise the most important tasks.

I thoroughly enjoy my programme, I started being quite wary of the programme as it was out of my comfort zone and wasnt sure if it was exactly what i wanted/needed. But i was made to feel comfortable, helped boost my confidence to believe that i could achieve the set goals. It has helped me to relate the course to my job to, which is helpful.

My programme is very organised and structured, i always know exactly where i am and what i need to be doing. I have the support from work to be able to complete my programme during the work time, so it doesnt impact me working out of hour times etc. I have support from my tutors too, if i ever needed to miss a session, it is recorded for if we need to watch it back, helps for if there is ever a reason we needed to miss out.

I receive enough support from my employer, i feel if i was struggling more with the work then it may snowball and i may feel i need more support. However i have been lucky that i havent needed to rely on the support, i have been able to get on with the work myself. Maybe if i needed more support, it would be there for me, and maybe i just havent needed the support so havent needed to go searching for it. I am supported in all other roles and aspects of my job so therefore i would value this highly.

I receive a great amount of training to work towards my qualifications. I can very easily ask my tutor for extra guidance on topics and 9/10 times i get a reply within an hour, and its never longer than a day. This makes it so much easier to go back and work on the topic than needing to wait days etc. I also receive a lot of help in terms of mentor, i can easily book in for a meeting if i want a chat, about the work or personal aspects etc.

When i started my apprentice i was a PL clerk, and since then i have been promoted to Senior PL Clerk. This gave me the opportunity to get the role, as i was open to improving myself. I also have a better understanding of the areas and aspects of the current role and how i can help others.

Due to covid these have been limited, and being at home. However, work have set up activities for at home, or for the people in work. Yoga at home sessions, Charity fundraising days, Halloween dress up days with prizes for winners etc, Apprentice of the year competitions, chocolate/sweet treats for those at home and constant letters/emails checking in with us. Easter and Christmas treats.

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It is a great company to work for, with a path of improvement for each employee. They always try and encourage you to improve and to take courses to help improve your work knowledge. There is a lot of incentives, personal and team driven. Regular check ins to show improvements and reflections.

Be prepared to work hard, but also be rewarded. The work is intense, fast, but it is enjoyable, it isnt too serious and professional that it becomes a chore and boring, but it is professional in the sense that if you work hard you get rewarded. It doesnt feel a chore coming to work each day.