Assistant Accountant (Cash & Liquidity)

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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.

Salary: £31,484 per annum

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.