Assistant Cash & Liquidity Accountant

Job title: Assistant Accountant (Cash and Liquidity)

Location: Glascoed

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1000

Grade: GG08

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Correct & prompt processing of any non-automated payments and resubmissions if payments have failed

Posting of prior day cash transactions onto our ERP systems before a set daily deadline

Preparation, presentation and submission of weekly cash forecasts

Provide support for our RPA (Robotic Process Automation) processes used for payment run generation

Act as a point of contact for external stakeholders, offering advice on payments and cash postings and resolving queries or problems as they arise

Identify areas for continuous improvement

Support process automation initiatives

Audit support (Internal/External)

Document record management and stakeholder query resolution

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Advanced Excel skills (Piviot, Vlookup)

Experience with various Accounting Systems & ERPs (SAP/Oracle/LN/Sage)

Experience of cash and bank account reconciliation

Processing payment runs

Preparing cash forecasts

Desirable:

AAT qualified /part ACCA

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cash and Liquidity team:

The successful candidate will work as part of the Cash & Liquidity Team to provide a first class service to all stakeholders. As such, they may be required to assist with the delivery of a range of treasury accounting activities. Tasks undertaken will vary from time to time to ensure the whole team experiences a broader range of activities and ERPs, at the same time ensuring that there is adequate cross-training within the team to deliver an excellent service provision and business continuity.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.