Senior Cash & Liquidity Accountant

BAE Systems; Glascoed; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology and defense company is seeking a Senior Cash and Liquidity Accountant in Glascoed. In this role, you'll manage payment runs, supervise cash transactions, and support RPA processes. The ideal candidate is a part-qualified accountant with strong Excel skills and experience in accounting systems. BAE Systems offers a competitive pension scheme, flexible benefits, and aims to foster an inclusive work culture. Join us to make a meaningful impact in a diverse team environment.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Part-qualified Accountant considered if experience aligns with the role.
• Strong numeracy skills required.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and supervise payment runs across payment routes.
• Responsible for RPA processes used for payment generation.
• Present Daily Stand-up Meetings for task coverage.
• Act as a point of contact for external stakeholders.

Skills

Part-Qualified Accountant

High degree of numeracy

Intermediate to advanced level Excel skills

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

Experience of working in a customer service excellence environment

Extensive IT/Systems experience

Ability to line manage and support team members

Job description

Job Description - Senior Cash & Liquidity Accountant (00132822)

Senior Cash & Liquidity Accountant - 00132822

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

What you’ll be doing

• 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

• 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)
• 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

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: 14th January 2026

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.