We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.
By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.
THE ROLE:
Our New Look Finance Assistant (25 hours a week) will assist with store and eCommerce bank and takings reconciliation along with other Finance related reconciliation activities in order to ensure that all cash losses are minimised, sales are accurately reported, and store operations are able to function normally.
We are looking for a permanent team member to join our Sales and Takings team. This part-time position is based in our Weymouth office and is spread across five days per week.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
- Perform reconciliation of cash receipts for all tender types
- Highlight, communicate and resolve any banking differences with Internal Audit, stores, and the banks in order to minimize store cash losses to an acceptable level
- Front line support to stores on all till and banking issues
- Maintain Control Accounts to ensure all items are investigated and cleared in a timely manner
- Highlight any areas of potential fraud (internal or external) or training requirements to Internal Audit and Retail Operations
- This role may require the team member to support other areas of the wider Transaction Processing team including but not limited to supplier statement reconciliation and ledger account reconciliation
WHO YOU ARE:
- Accurate and methodical approach essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Results focused
- Flexible
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to work to deadlines
- Good customer focus
- Previous experience in a Finance department and ideally with ledgers
- Working knowledge of MS Office applications
- Pass grade GCSE Maths & English
- Qualification by experience acceptable
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:
- 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
- Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
- Private pension scheme
- Profit related bonus scheme
- Option to join our Healthcare Private Medical Scheme
- Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
- All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
- Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
- Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years service)
- Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
- Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
- We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust
Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.
We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.
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