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Forbidden Planet

Senior Purchase Ledger Assistant

🏢 Forbidden Planet

⚡ On-site 📍 London, England 🕒 Today 💰 30,500 GBP /year

Job Description

Established in 1978, Titan Entertainment Group and Forbidden Planet are now the world’s largest and best-known science fiction, fantasy and cult entertainment retailer and the largest UK stockist of the latest comics and graphic novels. We specialise in selling action figures, books, comics, graphic novels, manga and toys and we offer all the best merchandise from the cult cream of movies and television.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Purchase Ledger Assistant to join our fantastic Finance team!

The successful candidate will have previous purchase ledger and payments experience and understanding of bank reconciliation as a must.

Role Overview

Purchase Ledger

- End of month major stock supplier payments

- Request invoices and statements from suppliers

- Use Futura to obtain Goods In Sheets and EposDB for further stock level analysis

- Ensure supplier accounts are reconciled

- Keep track of credit note requests and discount queries

- Contact buyers directly, as well as shops and suppliers, in order to solve queries

- Prioritise accounts in order to meet suppliers terms and internal deadlines

- Create payment packs for management review, send remittances, and set up BACS payment

Create invoice files using scans and delivery notes

Mid-month Comics supplier payment using Filemaker

Non-stock suppliers

- PL management for utilities for each site

- Courier account management

- Ensure invoices are on the system for direct debit accounts

Revenue Management

· Weekly sales report

· Daily store cashbook

· Bank reconciliations

Adhoc

· Attend stock takes

· Annual audit preparation to assist managers and deal with auditor queries

· Store gift voucher order distribution and delivery note creation

· There will be some natural exposure to the production of the management accounts and ad hoc tasks

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £30,500.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Store discount

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 22/08/2026
Expected start date: 03/04/2026

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