JobTitle: AssistantFinancial Accountant
Location: Glascoed.We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements –please speak to your recruiter about the options for thisparticular role.
Salary:£30,390
Whatyou’ll be doing: You will provide criticalsupport in the preparation and management of financial records,ensuring the accuracy of financial data, compliance withregulations. This role involves assisting with journal entries,reconciliations, and month-end and year-end closingactivities:
* PrepareJournal Entries:Assist in maintaining and updating the general ledgerto ensure accurate financial records. Create journal entries for routinetransactions, including accruals, prepayments, and recurringentries. Adjustjournal entries to correct errors or reflect changes inestimates.Ensure supporting documentation for each journal entryis complete and stored for audit purposes. Correct anymisclassified transactions or errors identified during reviews orreconciliations
* PayrollAccounting: Record payroll-related journal entries in the generalledger. Preparepayroll reports, including summaries of payroll expenses, benefits,and liabilities
* AccountReconciliation: Perform regular reconciliations of payroll-relatedaccounts, such as accrued wages, payroll liabilities, and employeebenefits. Investigate and resolve discrepancies in a timelymanner. MonitorGL accounts to ensure proper classification and allocation oftransactions
Month-End and Year-EndClose: Support month-end and year-end closing processes, includingpreparing schedules and reports. Ensure all journal entries are posted in atimely manner and align with reportingdeadlines Process Improvement:Identify and implement enhancements to financial processes andsystems to increase efficiency andaccuracy Cross-DepartmentalCollaboration: Work closely with other departments to understandand address their financial needs, providing insights and financialguidance General Administration andSupport: Maintain and organise financial records and files. Respond to queries frominternal departments related to general ledger accounts andfinancial data.Provide administrative support for general ledgerprocesses as needed
Your skills and experiences:
* Basicunderstanding of accountancy and practical experience in a financerelated role
Proven excelskills Accountancy related degreeor studying towards AAT orequivalent
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systemsalso offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexiblediscounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including agreen car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – youmay also be eligible for an annualincentive. TheShared Services Financial Accounting team: This team provides a number offinance activities to business units across BAE Systems. Theactivities undertaken within the team include Financial Reporting,Fixed Asset Accounting, Leasing Accounting, Payroll Accounting, andGeneral Accounting (accruals, prepayments and provisions) which aresupported using various technologies includingrobotics. The Financial Accounting team is partof a large Finance function within BAE Systems with manyopportunities forprogression. To help support a positive work lifebalance, the team operate in a hybrid working environment, allowinga mixture of both home and office based working the suits the needsof both the individual and thebusiness. Why BAESystems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a realdifference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that valuesdiversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll beempowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from allbackgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who arecurrently underrepresented within our industry, including women,ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are asinclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition(for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that mayaffect your performance in certain assessment types, please speakto your recruiter about potential reasonableadjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems aresubject to both security and export control restrictions. Theserestrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, anynationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birthcan restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within theorganisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve BaselinePersonnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levelsof National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on thevetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningfulsecurity vettingchecks. ClosingDate: 10th February 2025
We reserve the right toclose this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications forthe role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit yourapplication as early as possible.
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