Accounts Administrator

Accounts Administrator

About our culture

The Works is such a welcoming place to… well… work! Our atmosphere is supportive, friendly and inclusive. A second home-from-home where you can be your best and authentic you.

We’ve built an environment that’s busy, always moving, and full of energy. Yet we still make space to share must-watch TV recommendations and our favourite page-turners!

It’s the perfect place for people who know how to roll their sleeves up, get creative, and put their passion and imagination to work. If you’re the kind of person who is as ’crafty’, ‘caring’ and ‘can-do’ as we are, then this is the kind of culture for you.

 

About the role

 

The Works is a retail business with over 500 stores and a growing online store, and processes a very high volume of sales transactions from many sites. The revenue & cash team is responsible for ensuring cash and related transactions are accounted for correctly.

 

As an Accounts Administrator, you will be an integral part of the Cash Accounting team whose main function on a daily basis is to ensure accurate, prompt recording of all cash receipts and investigation of descrepancies.

Key Responsibilities

 

• Enter, analyse and resolve cash exceptions
• Analyse & communicate discrepancies with stores, Area and Division Managers & HR
• Resolving cash related store queries
• Month end journals & reconciliations
• Point of contact for G4S queries and administration
• Daily posting of the cash book
• Import daily bank file into Aptos (accounting system)
• Import credit card transactions from Wren
• Raising multi-currency payments on the banking platform
• Administration, coding and reconciliation of credit cards
• Raise invoices for landlords
• Process L2S vouchers
• Any other tasks deemed necessary as the role, team and business develops

 

Knowledge, skills & experience

• You will ideally be experienced in a similar role for a minimum of 12 months
• Used to dealing with high volumes of data, and processing quickly and accurately
• Good Numerical skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable with Microsoft programmes in particular Excel
• A good communicator at all levels

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

A bit about The Works

We are working towards our ambition of becoming one of the most loved retailers in the UK and the go-to place for reading, learning, creativity and play. We believe in the importance of fun and fulfilment and taking time out to do the things you love.

With 525 stores nationwide and a strong multi-channel proposition, our mission is to offer a unique and enjoyable shopping experience, built on core principles of value, variety and quality.

We’re super proud to be certified as two star ‘Outstanding to work for’ via Best Companies for three years running and a Sunday Times 2020 Top 25 Best Big Companies to work for.