Lead Cashier - Melville, United States - Newsday Media Group

Newsday Media Group

Verified Company

Melville, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Summary of Position

The Cashier Lead is responsible for the daytoday operations of the Cashier Department for Advertising, Circulation, and Miscellaneousrelated functions, and will be expected to interact internally with Advertising, Circulation Distribution, Customer Service, and other members of the Finance Department and with external vendors and banks to ensure all account and subscriber payments are properly applied on a timely basis.

Essential Duties & Functions

Review and approve all the company's daily bank deposits for advertising, circulation, and miscellaneous cash receipts.
Prepare and process cash and RDS bank deposits for Circulation and Advertising payments
Ensure accuracy of all cashier worksheets to be used within the department before forwarding to Circulation or other Finance areas.
Post daily deposits into Cashier database (MS-Excel) for reconciliation to the general ledger system at corporate period end.
Manage all gifts certificates and reimbursement of petty cash
Responsible for daily mail for Circulation, Advertising, and miscellaneous check payments remitted to Newsday
Process and forward discrepancies, due to duplicate or unidentified payments to Credit, Billing, or Customer Service departments for followup
Follow current internal controls outlined in Sarbanes-Oxley documentation
Perform other related ad hoc tasks and assignments as needed

Essential Job Knowledge & Skills

Associate or Undergraduate degree not required but preferred
Experience in a Cashier or Finance environment
Proficiency with numbers, handling money and operating currency machinery
Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and successfully meet aggressive/tight deadlines
Excellent PC skills including knowledge of Microsoft Excel required
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
Must have aptitude with financial information with focus on accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule including extended hours, weekends and holidays as needed to support business needs

Compensation

The hourly rate for this position is $27.40.

Physical Requirements

Employees are generally required to work in the office and/or out in the field a minimum of three (3) days per week.

Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer.

Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or disability or other classifications protected by applicable law.

In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.