Accounts Assistant (Hybrid)

Accounts Assistant - Accounts Payable Specialist | Swansea | Hybrid after probation

Are you an experienced finance professional looking to take ownership of a key role in a high-performing finance team? This role offers more than just Accounts Payable work - it provides hands-on exposure across the wider finance function and opportunities for career progression.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process purchase invoices: Download, review, and enter supplier invoices into SAP accurately, resolving discrepancies proactively.

• Supplier account reconciliation: Match invoices to statements, perform monthly reconciliations, and resolve queries with suppliers and internal teams.

• Customer cash allocation: Allocate incoming payments, ensure full remittance documentation, and maintain audit-ready internal logs.

• Credit control support: Review customer accounts, maintain credit limits, resolve credit balances or allocation issues, and attend team meetings to action outstanding points.

• Intercompany invoice processing: Check, input, and reconcile invoices across UK and European entities, flagging issues to relevant teams.

• Month-end support: Assist in preparing monthly management accounts, ledger summaries, and contributions to financial statements.

• Ad-hoc tasks: Provide holiday cover, support cash allocations across UK/European operations, and assist with additional finance projects as needed.

What''s in it for you:

• Hybrid working after probation (3 days in office)

• Social workplace with team lunches, events, and overseas trips most years

• Generous 25 days holiday

• Opportunity for exposure across wider finance functions, including balance sheets, profit & loss, journals, accruals, and prepayments

• Study support available

What we''re looking for:

• Strong Accounts Payable experience

• Comfortable with SAP or similar ERP systems

• Solid Excel skills (formulas, pivots, lookups)

• Proactive, accurate, and able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

• Ambition to grow and gain broader finance exposure