Purchase Ledger (AAT Apprentice)
Be a part of something bigger...
Our Story
At Radar Healthcare, we’re dedicated to improving patient safety by bringing together the expertise of healthcare professionals and the power of intuitive software. Our innovative platform has been developed in partnership with industry experts to ensure organisations always meet regulatory standards – making it easier than ever for healthcare providers to deliver top-quality care to their patients.
We’re on a mission to become a world-leading, health-tech pioneer, and we know that we can only achieve this with the help of talented individuals like you. We are proud to say that we are now a private equity backed business, and so you'll be joining us during an exciting period of growth!
If you’re passionate about improving healthcare outcomes and want to work in a team of like-minded individuals, we invite you to join us on our journey.
Our Values
At Radar Healthcare, we are all proud of our values-led, open, supportive and inclusive culture. It's just as important that anyone joining our friendly team share the same values as us, to ensure we're all on the same page from day one, so we're looking for people who feel aligned to the following:
🤝🏽 Customer focused with a partnership approach
📖 Open, honest and transparent
🧠 Innovative
🫶🏼 Ethical, trustworthy and caring
Our People & Culture
At Radar Healthcare, we understand and celebrate the fact that our people are our best assets! We are proud to showcase our diverse and passionate talent that encapsulates our vision, purpose and values in our shared mission of innovation in healthcare. We’re an ambitious but caring team, and so supporting our colleagues and partners is always a top priority. Not to mention, we’re not all work and no play – we love getting together to celebrate our achievements together in various settings, whether it be our winter and summer socials, our people-led full company days, team get togethers or simply just interacting and supporting one another over coffee breaks either remotely or in person at our amazing Leeds office.
We're also super proud to be Great Place to Work-Certified, based on outstanding feedback directly from our team earlier this year, with 91% of the team agreeing that they "would strongly endorse my company to friends and family as a great place to work" 🫶🏼
The Opportunity
Radar Healthcare's new ⭐Purchase Ledger⭐
We are looking for an AAT Purchase Ledger apprentice to join our Finance team at Radar Healthcare. By supporting in the management of the company's purchase ledger operations, you will gain practical experience and knowledge of financial processes within the health-tech sector.
This exciting apprenticeship role involves assisting with invoice processing, payment management, and financial record-keeping, whilst developing skills in financial software, data analysis, and regulatory compliance.
Closing date for this role is 29th November 2024
What you’ll be doing to make a difference:
Invoice and Expense processing:
- Receiving, verifying, and coding supplier invoices.
- Managing the employee expenses process from start to finish.
- Entering invoice data accurately into the financial system.
- Matching invoices with purchase orders and goods received notes.
Payment management:
- Preparation of payment runs.
- Scheduling and processing supplier payments.
- Maintaining accurate records of payments made and outstanding.
Supplier account maintenance:
- Reconciling supplier statements with internal records.
- Resolving discrepancies and queries with suppliers.
- Maintaining up-to-date supplier information.
- New vendor verification.
Financial record-keeping:
- Maintenance of the purchase ledger system.
- Filing and organising financial documents.
- Preparing reports on accounts payable status and aging.
Banking:
- Data entry for bank transactions.
- Bank reconciliation.
- Payment run management.
Payroll:
- Processing payroll in accordance with third party instructions.
Data analysis and reporting:
- Compiling data for purchase ledger reports.
- Analysing spending patterns and supplier performance.
- Preparing financial summaries for management review.
Compliance:
- Assisting in ensuring adherence to financial policies and procedures.
- Helping maintain records for audit purposes.
- Supporting the team in staying updated on relevant financial regulations.
Process improvement:
- Identifying and suggesting improvements to purchase ledger processes.
Stakeholder communication:
- Responding to supplier inquiries.
- Preparing information for internal stakeholders.
Learning and development:
- Actively participating in apprenticeship training programs.
- Completing assigned coursework and assessments.
- Applying learned concepts to practical work situations.
Team support:
- Assisting other finance team members as required.
- Contributing to maintaining a positive and collaborative work environment.
What you bring to the table...
Experience:
- Ability to work with numbers and perform simple calculations accurately.
- Familiarity with basic office software, particularly spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel.
- Basic understanding of financial concepts: Knowledge of terms like invoices, purchase orders, and credit notes would be helpful.
- Interest in finance and/or the health tech sector: Demonstrating enthusiasm for the field.
Skills:
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members and suppliers.
- Capacity to manage and prioritize tasks efficiently.
- Eagerness to learn.
- Time management: Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
- Problem-solving skills: Capacity to identify and resolve simple discrepancies.
- Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively in a finance team environment.
Qualifications:
- Working towards their AAT level 2
Even better if you…
- Have experience using Sage Intacct
The Bigger Picture
Whilst we value professional experiences and qualifications, we’re committed to maintaining a culture of growth and development here at Radar Healthcare. We take into account each candidates demonstrable skillset, drive and ethos so even if you don’t feel 100% qualified for the role – we welcome you to connect with us. We’d love to hear from passionate candidates from all backgrounds that align themselves with our company values and are excited to make a difference in healthcare!
What we offer in return...
💰 A competitive salary, dependent on experience.
💜 Values-led culture - we’re extremely proud of our culture. Learn more about what makes it special here.
📖 Learning & development budget of £1,000 each year to drive your own professional development.
🏢 Flexible working – We believe in empowering our team to work in a way that suits them best. Whether you’re an early bird or prefer working from home most of the time, we trust you to get the job done around our core hours.
🏝️ 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) continually increasing with service, plus the option to buy up to a week to suit whatever exotic adventures or big life events you have planned for the year ahead.
🎂 Birthdays off and a surprise through the letterbox - we love to make a song and dance about every year around the sun!
🤝🏽 Charity leave – giving back is important to us, so we empower all our team members to support charity every year on company time.
🧠 Mental healthcare - Face to face counselling support, an app, and an Employee Assistance Program and many colleagues trained in mental health first aid.
👩🏾⚕️ Healthcare - Cover with Medicash, you get money back when you spend on health appointments e.g. physio, dental, optician, prescriptions, private GP + more.
💛 Life cover – a pay-out of 3x your salary to support your beneficiaries if the worst happened.
💐 Compassionate leave of up to 5 days time off if you lose a loved one.
🤕 Paid sick leave - Enhanced sick pay after 6 months (increasing with service).
🍼 Enhanced family leave - Primary caregivers (maternity/adoption); 16 weeks full pay, 10 weeks half pay & secondary caregivers (paternity); 2 weeks full pay and another 2 weeks full pay to take in your new arrivals first year of life (once you have been with us for 1 year).
💵 Pension - We’re invested in your future, we contribute 3% of your salary to your pension pot, helping you save up for those golden years!
💻 Technology – Rest assured, we'll have a laptop all set up and ready for you on your first day. Additionally, in your first week, we’ll conduct a WFH risk assessment to ensure you have everything you need, including a second screen, keyboard, mouse, and any other goodies!
🐶 Dog friendly office.
🎈 Socials – we get together as a full company at least four times per year, plus at least once a quarter in individual teams, too. Not including all the fun activities being planned by our newly formed social committee.
🧩 Discounts on cinema, vouchers, gym memberships, days out and much much more...
✨ PLUS a monthly £ allowance on our flexible benefits platform to spend on whatever else you might be after (private medical insurance, dental insurance, critical illness cover, or upgrade any of the covers above) with the ability to top up from salary if desired. We’re all different, after all!
Accessibility
If you require any special considerations or adjustments to our application and interviewing process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We understand and celebrate the fact that every person that we connect with is different and therefore requires different starting points on their journey with us. If you have a medical condition or disability we are committed to ensuring that our process is inclusive and accessible for all, let us know how we can best support you.
Connect with us!
We'd love to hear from you! If this role isn't quite right for you but you feel like Radar Healthcare could be, click the Connect button on our careers site and we'll keep you in the loop of new opportunities as they arise. You can also find out more about our mission, values and culture by checking out our various channels:
🎧 Listen to Our What the HealthTech podcast
🔗 Connect with us on Linkedin
📱 Check out our social media channels including our Instagram takeovers and join us on a day in the life at Radar Healthcare! Get an inside look at our innovative and friendly culture as we share our stories with you.
💚 Discover why Radar Healthcare is a fantastic place to work from our very own people on Glassdoor!
Connect with us on our journey and get to know the people who make us shine!
- Say hello 👋
- Finance
- Role
- Purchase Ledger (Apprentice)
- Locations
- Leeds
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Leeds
Our Perks & Benefits
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🏄🏻♀️ 25 days annual leave
We value work-life balance and making sure our team get more time with family and friends. Therefore we offer everybody 25 days paid holiday, in addition to bank holidays.
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🕐 Flexible working hours and hybrid working
We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible working hours and hybrid working environment.
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🕺 Regular social & team events
We get together regularly to celebrate our successes as a team.
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🚴🏽💻Cycle & tech scheme
Our cycle and tech schemes support with the purchase of a bike to get to work, or that new piece of tech you've had your eye on. Interest free and deducted from salary, saving you money in the long run.
Our Values & Culture
Values and culture are what makes Radar Healthcare the company you see today, and we're extremely proud of the staff here who shape that culture. “Open”, “honest”, and “inspiring” are just a few words to describe the people at Radar Healthcare.
We're an ambitious but caring team with a shared mission, and so supporting our colleagues and partners is always top priority. We welcome anyone who feels aligned with these values to join our journey in making healthcare safer.
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