Overview
Location
Hybrid working: 1-2 days in our Support Centre
This role is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract.
Why The Works?
10th Best Big Company to Work For 2024 – ‘Best Companies’
We don’t just sell products.
We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.
The Works. It literally means everything. And whatever your story or background, we’re all about unlocking imagination and making creativity accessible to everyone. Whether you’re engaging with customers on the frontline or supporting our colleagues behind the scenes, your impact can be profound and far-reaching.
This is more than toys and books and art supplies. This is about inspiring people to read, learn, create and play. So, with the right passion, it all starts with you.
Become a Cash & Accounts Payable Administrator
As a Cash & Accounts Payable Administrator, you will confidently manage the entire invoice process, from receipt through the Kefron scanning solution to payment. You’ll ensure timely approval of invoices, actively engaging with the business to meet payment terms. You’ll support the Cash Team to ensure the accurate and prompt recording of all cash receipts, investigate discrepancies, process manual payments onto the bank and support with credit control duties. By building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers, you will be able to promptly address queries that arise and deliver excellent customer service.
Your Mission
- Processing, of all invoices received by the business. Approved in a timely manner in line with the delegation of authority.
- Supplier Management, ensure all new supplier set up is carried out in line with agreed protocols and checks to ensure the risk of fraud is minimised.
- AP Payments, creating weekly BACS runs and manual payments as required.
- Month End, support the AP Supervisor & Cash Control Manager with the required month end duties of the teams.
- Oversight, oversee cash allocation and assist in escalating cash, card, or voucher discrepancies.
- B2B sales ledger, chase and collect overdue debt as required.
- Reconciliation, perform daily bank reconciliations and prepare reconciliations at period end.
- Manual Payments, ensure all manual payments are processed accurately on agreed dates.
- Customer Service, working with the buying, merchandising and imports teams and collaborate with our stores to resolve any banking and cash loss issues to ensure we deliver great results for the business.
- Administration, deal with emails received into the team’s mailbox in line with agreed SLA’s.
Skills/Behaviours That Will Set You Apart
- Attention to detail, you have a forensic attention to detail to help us get things right the first time.
- Problem solving, you proactively identify issues and their causes, coming up with actionable solutions.
- Proactive, using your initiative, you always look for the next thing to do and help where might needed.
- Highly organised, you can prioritise your workload, set expectations and keep your promises.
- Computer skills, you are familiar with MS Office and have intermediate Excel skills.
Our PERKS really are ‘The Works’
- 25% Colleague Discount! – Plus, exclusive Double Discount days!
- MyWorks – Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities deals, tech and more
- Family Friendly Leave – Enjoy some time well spent with enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
- Holiday – 33 days including bank holidays.
- Holiday Purchase – Purchase an additional 5 days
- Can-Do Academy – Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you.
- Wagestream – Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them – for when ‘life’ happens!
- Share Scheme – Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works!
- 24/7 support for you and your family – Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!
- Healthcare Cash Plan – To support your everyday healthcare costs
- And loads more! – Long Service Awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work and optional charity giving.
Our Purpose
To inspire reading. learning, creativity and play – making lives more fulfilled.
Our Values
We are Crafty | We are Caring | We are Can-do
We Listen. We Care
Each year, we run an anonymous colleague engagement survey. This is so important for us to hear your feedback and suggestions. We want to know what’s going great, and what needs a couple of tweaks to help make The Works the best place you’ve ever worked! You’ll have opportunity to help give us that direction.
Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Applying Reasonable Adjustments
At The Works, we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all, including under-represented groups such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, carers & members of the LGBTQ+ community (including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, non-binary, or use another term).
We are open to discussions around working hours and flexible working. And, where possible, we’ll try to support this. If you need reasonable adjustments for an interview you might attend with us, let us know in your application and we’ll be happy to help!
