Assistant Accountant
Location: Grangetown
Salary: Circa £32,000 per annum plus benefits
Contract: Permanent / Full-Time
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9:00am – 5:00pm, with an early finish at 2:30pm on Fridays
Reports to: Finance Director
The Opportunity
Môrwell Talent Solutions is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Assistant Accountant to join one of its clients’ finance teams in Cardiff. This will be a varied role offering exposure across multiple areas of finance, with responsibility for managing the purchase ledger function end-to-end while supporting wider accounting, statutory, and reporting requirements across several entities.
The successful candidate will be highly organised, accurate, and proactive, with the ability to manage deadlines and support a busy finance function. This position would suit an individual who enjoys working within a collaborative environment and is comfortable handling a broad range of financial responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities will include
Purchase Ledger
- Processing, matching, coding, and posting supplier invoices accurately and efficiently
- Managing supplier invoices and resolving payment queries
- Preparing and processing supplier payment runs
- Supporting intercompany purchase ledger transactions
- Reconciling accounts payable ledgers
Banking, Reconciliations & Cashflow
- Completing weekly and monthly bank reconciliations
- Preparing weekly and monthly cashflow reports
- Investigating and resolving reconciling items
- Assisting with monitoring cash balances and supporting cashflow visibility
Company Credit Cards & Expense Analysis
- Processing and analysing company credit card transactions
- Ensuring accurate nominal coding and VAT treatment
- Reconciling company credit card statements
- Liaising with cardholders to obtain supporting documentation and receipts
VAT, Tax & Statutory Returns
- Assisting with government returns, including packaging data and mineral oils usage
- Supporting CT61 returns and other statutory reporting requirements
Intercompany & Accounting Support
- Raising and reconciling intercompany invoices
- Supporting month-end accounting processes
- Providing audit support and assisting with year-end requirements
- Assisting with monthly management accounts preparation
Systems & ERP Support
- Supporting ERP system implementation projects
- Assisting with onboarding, testing, and go-live activities
- Contributing to process improvements and systems optimisation
- Oracle NetSuite experience would be advantageous
General Finance Support
- Handling supplier and internal finance queries
- Providing cover within the finance team during annual leave or absence
- Supporting ad-hoc finance tasks as required
- Contributing to continuous improvement within the finance function
Skills & Experience Required
- Previous experience in a Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant, or Purchase Ledger role
- Strong purchase ledger experience with end-to-end responsibility
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
- Confident communication skills with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers
- Intermediate Excel skills preferred
- Experience working with ERP systems advantageous
- Oracle NetSuite experience beneficial but not essential
Benefits
- Salary circa £32,000 per annum
- Monday to Thursday, 9:00am – 5:00pm with an early finish at 2:30pm every Friday
- Free on-site parking
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme
- 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Holiday entitlement increasing up to 26 days after five years’ service
- Supportive and collaborative working environment
- Opportunity to gain broad exposure across a varied finance function
About the Role
This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional looking to join a well-established organisation in a varied and hands-on position. The role offers strong exposure across transactional finance, statutory reporting, reconciliations, and wider accounting support, making it ideal for someone looking to further develop within a dynamic finance team.