Overview
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
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