We are Wales Millennium Centre - Fire for the Imagination
Role Title: Purchase and Sales Ledger Clerk
Salary: £21,840 - £24,201
Hours of Work: 35 per week
Type of Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 07/11/2024
Interview Date: [TBC]
WMC is a home for the arts in Wales, and a cauldron of creativity for the nation. We fire imaginations by curating world-class, critically acclaimed touring productions, from musical theatre and comedy to dance, cabaret and an international festival. We kindle emerging talents with fresh, provocative, and popular pieces of our own, rooted in Welsh culture. And we ignite a passion for the arts in young people with life-changing learning experiences and chances to shine in the spotlight.
About WMC/Our Department:
The Finance team leads on matters relating to risk and finance at WMC. We develop processes and procedures that allow WMC to operate effectively and efficiently, whilst minimising risk. The finance team aims to provide a value-added service through the production of accurate and timely financial information and effective finance business partnering.
About the Role and Responsibilities:
The Purchase and Sales Ledger Clerk is a role essential to the seamless running of the Finance Department, particularly important in its role as a business support unit to the whole of Wales Millennium Centre, from the Theatre and Artistic Programming departments to the Security and Venue Operations teams.
You will be responsible for transactional tasks within the finance team, including:
- Ensuring purchase invoices, employee expenses and employee debit card transactions are posted to the finance system in a timely manner.
- Setting up new suppliers on the finance system, maintaining the preferred supplier list and communicating with staff when renewals are required.
- Raising ad-hoc BACS payments as they arise.
- Processing sales invoices as required, including regular invoicing to partners.
Other duties will include
- Performing credit control, analysing aged debtors and debt chasing as required.
- Supporting the team at Month End and Year End.
- Being a point of cover for other finance roles when necessary and appropriate.
Your role will be subject to a DBS check
Key Requirements:
The successful candidate will be AAT qualified (part qualified considered) or qualified by experience. Good communication skills are required to liaise with the rest of the finance team and the various members of staff in the wider organisation. The successful candidate will also be comfortable with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and will have experience of using financial software.
What’s in it for you?
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holiday, based on a 35-hour week, pro rata for part time. Enhanced pension scheme – different to security
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave (subject to length of service)
- Health cash plan: receive money towards dental and optical care, complimentary treatments such as chiropractic, osteopathic and acupuncture treatments.
- Medical Assistance membership which includes remote access to GP, counselling, and physiotherapy sessions
- Employee assistance programmes which include access to support services for legal, financial, and family concerns
- Life assurance of 4x annual salary.
- Opportunity to apply for tickets to productions
- CLWB – Our employee social group
- NEWID – our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion networking group who meet monthly to discuss new ideas and training opportunities to improve all aspects of employment at WMC.
- Free access to learn Welsh online
- £5 all-day parking available on working and non-working days.
- 35-hour working week including a flexitime policy to assist with varying start and finish times around personal commitments (and operational needs)
At Wales Millennium Centre, our commitment to diversity and inclusion goes beyond words; it is a fundamental aspect that guides our actions. Adhering to the principles outlined in Section 158 of the Equality Act 2010, we actively embrace positive action in our recruitment and selection processes. Recognising the underrepresentation of specific groups, particularly individuals with disabilities, and those from Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse backgrounds, within our workforce, we have implemented proactive measures to address this disparity.
Through our positive action approach, applicants of our advertised roles from these underrepresented groups, meeting the minimum criteria detailed in the role profile, will be shortlisted for interview selection. Our commitment extends beyond meeting legal obligations; we aspire to cultivate a workplace that authentically embraces the rich diversity of our global society.