Senior Cash %26 Liquidity Accountant

BAE Systems; Pontypool; Hybrid; GBP 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company in Wales is seeking a Senior Cash and Liquidity Accountant to manage payment runs and supervise financial processes. The ideal candidate will possess strong accounting skills and relevant ERP experience. This position offers competitive benefits including flexible working arrangements and employee share plans. Applications are encouraged as the role may close early depending on the volume of applications.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Part-Qualified Accountant or equivalent experience and skills.
• High degree of numeracy essential.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills needed.
• Experience with accounting systems and ERPs is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and supervise payment runs, ensuring timely execution.
• Oversee RPA processes for payment generation.
• Handle failed payments, tasking team for resolution.
• Post daily cash transactions across bank accounts.
• Present daily stand-up meetings to track task completion.
• Act as a contact for external stakeholders for advice and problem resolutions.

Skills

Part-Qualified Accountant (QBE will be considered if experience aligns with the role)

High degree of numeracy

Intermediate to advanced level Excel skills

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

Job description

Overview

Job title: Senior Cash and Liquidity Accountant

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: Circa £47,000 dependent upon skills and experience

Responsibilities

• Scheduling and supervising daily, weekly and monthly payment runs across a number of payment routes (SWIFT, BACS, Wire Transfer, etc...), ensuring that payment runs are made on time
• Being responsible for the RPA (Robotic Process Automation) processes used for payment run generation
• Flagging failed payments and tasking team members to investigate the reasons for failure before resubmission
• Supervising the posting of Daily Cash transactions across a number of bank accounts
• Flagging failed transactions and/or RPA (Robotic Process Automation) transactions and tasking team members to investigate the reasons for failure before resubmission
• Presenting DSUMs (Daily Stand-up Meetings) regularly to ensure that all tasks are covered off within the team and that all targets will be met
• Act as a point of contact for external stakeholders, offering advice on payments and cash postings and resolving queries or problems as they arise
• Audit support (Internal/External), Document record management, authorising payments and acting as a bank account signatory, supporting process automation initiatives and identify areas for continuous improvement

Your skills and experiences

Essential

• Part-Qualified Accountant (QBE will be considered if experience aligns with the role)
• High degree of numeracy
• Intermediate to advanced level Excel skills
• Experience with various Accounting Systems & ERPs (SAP/Oracle/LN…etc)

Desirable

• Experience of working in a customer service excellence environment
• Extensive IT/Systems experience with a will to learn more
• Ability to line manage and support other members of the team

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.

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.

Closing Date: 6th October 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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