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What does a Payroll and Purchase Ledger job involve and what skills are needed?

May well be offered the above job soon. What should I learn? Any particular Excel skills?

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1. You may use Sage, for payroll - it's a very popular software tool we use proprietary software for both functions...It is unlikely you'll use excel - on its own - for either function, but - in our case - we do a lot of extract reports from the software, which we import into excel spreadsheets
2. Excel is good. Knowing a high level programming language is better.
3. hi i would for a large car company and manage the purchase ledger account. so basically i control all money leaving the company. we have a online system we use, to register and pay nvoices. excel isnt really used. as for payroll this is done on sage, safer and easier. skills needed, dont pay them unless they have paid u!!! good luck x
4. Well, you're certainly lucky to be offered a job you know little about... A Purchase Ledger Clerk involves keeping the accounts of a company, so I am guessing your new job would be the recording of all the financial transactions including that of the payroll department; Maths being your primary skill. If it's an internal promotion why not ask your boss for advice and training. For a new career you better start swotting up online and get some library books. Both Sage and Excel should put you in good stead, but really, in future I suggest you apply for something you at least have a little interest in... Saying that, good luck. (You're going to need it...)
5. hiya i am a payroll nd purchase ledger - it envolves a lot of accounting skills you need to no a lot about SAGE which is a software that most companys use nowadays i went to college to learn how to do accounts. i learnt payroll at my first job coz i was working with a payroll clerk and she learnt me everything i needed to know. so i cant understand that u wil be offered the job cause most plp that dont have any expreience wouldnt even be asked to the interview as it ishard enough as it is to get a job even when you are qualified coz they is that many plp that work in this industry - if you do you are 1 hell of a lucky s**t ha ha good luck
6. So let me get this straight. You don't know what the job involves or what skills are needed but you may be offered it anyway. Sign of the times I guess...
7. Ha ha, the two people with thumbs down should get ten points apiece. Was that you? Hit a nerve did it? There's probably hundreds of people out there with the right qualifications desperate for a job, and then you come along scratching your a*s and wondering if it's your elbow... Well done. No. Really. Well done. You must be special.
8. No wonder you're called Rage with all the idiot answers you are getting. Anyway, I think your smartest bet would be to try and research the job itself if possible, to get an idea of what is expected from you and what programs/methods they use. A Payroll and Purchase Ledger is basically a company's expenditure file. Your job will be to keep track on all outgoings: invoices, wages etc, so a methodical brain and good maths skills are a must. It's difficult to say what exact skills you will need without knowing what programs are used but there is a chance that Excel and SAGE might figure somewhere. If so: Here is an on-line guide for Excel: http://youlearnexcel.com/ Here is a help site for Sage: http://sage.support.makingithappen.co.uk/ If those sites don't provide the answers and you wish to pay for a training course then: Excel: http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=learn+excel&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-msgr&x=wrt&meta=vc%3D Sage: http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=learn+sage&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-msgr&x=wrt&meta=vc%3D You will more than likely receive in-house training and you seem confident of being offered the job so I wouldn't worry too much. I wish you luck and hope the mentioned sites help.