Accounts Assistant - Maternity Cover (11 Months)

Real pride. Real advantage.

A role has arisen for an 11 month fixed term contract, based in Head Office Finance in Farnborough. Working in a team of four you will be responsible for international multi-currency payments, processing Head Office employee expenses, bank reconciliations and various other activities.

As an Accounts Assistant your main responsibilities will involve:

Make payments to overseas suppliers, overseas payroll and top up overseas offices imprest accounts as advised using Citibank.

Make manual payments to UK suppliers using Lloyds bank.

Carry out checks to ensure no duplicate payments are made.

Process employee expenses.

Deal with internal and external customer queries on foreign payments and employee expenses.

Complete monthly reconciliations of allocated nominal accounts.

Review Amex aged debt and contact overdue account holders to ensure expenses are up to date.

Complete analysis of allocated nominal accounts for tax department.

As a Accounts Assistant your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

Previous experience of working in a purchase ledger environment, ideally with foreign payments experience.

Experience of processing electronic and manual expenses

Good IT skills including Word, Excel, and outlook

It would be advantageous but not essential to have experience, of CODA Dream, Concur, online banking systems for Citibank and Lloyds.

It is essential that you have proven experience and the confidence to deal with personnel at all levels of the business.

What we're looking for in you

Due to the nature of this role you will need to have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills. Experience of working in a challenging and changing environment.

Grade: P3

Head Office

BAE Systems Head Office is in Central London, with a number of support functions and functional specialists based in Farnborough, Hampshire. Head Office is home to a wide range of vital departments, from Strategy and Legal, to HR and Procurement. It is an exciting environment, where people at all levels in the business exchange ideas and develop new projects.

We pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around. Join us and you'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

Performance. It brings us together.

BAE Systems welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Salary: . Date posted: 05/03/2013