Accounts Assistant (Hybrid)

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment company is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Specialist in Swansea. This role offers hybrid working after probation and involves key duties such as processing invoices, month-end support, and reconciliation tasks. The ideal candidate has strong Accounts Payable experience, proficiency in SAP, and solid Excel skills. Additional benefits include generous holiday and opportunities for financial exposure.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Team lunches and events

Study support available

Qualifications

• Strong Accounts Payable experience is essential.
• Comfortable with SAP or similar ERP systems.
• Solid Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase invoices and resolve discrepancies.
• Perform supplier account reconciliations and manage queries.
• Allocate customer cash and maintain logs.
• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts.
• Support with intercompany invoice processing.

Skills

Accounts Payable experience

SAP or similar ERP systems

Excel skills (formulas, pivots, lookups)

Proactive and multitasking ability

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