Accounts Assistant

Temporary Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Assistant

Location: Bridgend

Contract: 3-month temporary role, with potential extension

Start: Immediate / ASAP

Pay Rate: Up to £16 per hour + holiday pay

Môrwell Talent Solutions is recruiting for a Temporary Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Assistant to join the finance team of a fast-paced business and provide additional support during a busy period.

The role will have a strong focus on clearing an existing Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable backlog, ensuring supplier and customer accounts are accurate and up to date, while also providing general support to the wider finance team. The successful candidate will be a hands-on finance professional who is comfortable working at pace, managing a high volume of transactions and queries, and able to make an immediate impact within a busy finance function.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable

• Work through and clear the existing Accounts Payable backlog.
• Process a high volume of supplier invoices accurately and efficiently.
• Match invoices to purchase orders and supporting documentation.
• Prepare and process supplier payments.
• Reconcile supplier statements and investigate discrepancies.
• Resolve outstanding supplier queries in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate supplier account records.
• Assist with aged creditor reviews and ensure outstanding items are followed up.
• Ensure invoices and payments are correctly coded and processed.

Accounts Receivable

• Work through and clear the existing Accounts Receivable backlog.
• Process customer invoices and credit notes.
• Allocate customer payments accurately.
• Reconcile customer accounts and investigate outstanding balances.
• Assist with aged debtor reviews and follow up outstanding items.
• Investigate and resolve customer queries relating to invoices and payments.
• Maintain accurate customer account records.
• Support the finance team with cash allocation and debt collection activities where required.

General Finance Support

• Assist with account reconciliations and finance administration.
• Provide support to the wider finance team during busy periods.
• Assist with month-end activities where required.
• Ensure financial records are accurate, complete and up to date.
• Investigate discrepancies and resolve issues promptly.
• Support the team with general accounting duties as required.
• Assist with the transition to and implementation of the new ERP system.
• Support data checking, cleansing and validation as part of the ERP implementation.
• Assist with testing finance processes within the new system and highlight any issues.

About You

• Previous experience within an Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable or transactional finance role.
• Strong experience processing high volumes of AP and/or AR transactions.
• Good understanding of supplier and customer account reconciliations.
• Experience dealing with invoice and payment queries.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach.
• The ability to work through a backlog efficiently whilst maintaining accuracy.
• Good Excel skills and confidence using finance/accounting systems.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to liaise with suppliers, customers and internal stakeholders.
• A flexible, proactive and hands‑on approach.
• The ability to hit the ground running and work effectively in a busy finance environment.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced AP/AR professional looking for an interesting interim assignment within a busy finance team.

The role offers a varied workload covering Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, reconciliations, backlog clearance and ERP implementation, making it ideal for someone who enjoys being hands‑on and wants to make a real impact from day one.