Accounts Assistant (Hybrid)

Yolk Recruitment; Gorseinon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant in Gorseinon. This hybrid role involves handling Accounts Payable, managing purchase invoices, and providing broader finance support. Candidates should have solid Excel skills, experience in Accounts Payable, and comfort with ERP systems like SAP. The position offers opportunities for career progression and generous benefits, including 25 days of holiday.

Benefits

Hybrid working after probation

Social workplace events

Generous holiday

Study support

Qualifications

• Strong Accounts Payable experience.
• Comfortable with SAP or similar ERP systems.
• Solid Excel skills including formulas, pivots, and lookups.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase invoices accurately and resolve discrepancies.
• Perform monthly reconciliations and resolve queries with suppliers.
• Allocate incoming payments and maintain audit-ready logs.
• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts.

Skills

Accounts Payable experience

SAP or similar ERP systems

Solid Excel skills

Proactive and accurate

Ability to handle multiple tasks

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

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