About Us:
WH Smith is a leading global travel retailer with over 1,700 stores across 30 countries worldwide. WHSmith North America, incorporating Marshall Retail Group (MRG) and InMotion, represents over half of the Company’s international store estate, with a collection of attractive, successful specialty retail stores located in airports and resorts across North America.
Marshall Retail Group prides itself on creating unique experiences for customers by developing distinctive retail store concepts that feature and highlight the local culture, community, and lifestyle of the cities in which they are located. InMotion Entertainment Group is the largest airport-based electronics retailer in travel locations globally, with access and insight into the latest technologies for business and leisure travelers, InMotion offers lifestyle products and electronics that include a wide breadth of headphones, mobile power, Bluetooth speakers and travel
Summary:
A key member of the finance department, this position will be responsible for various aspects of the payables process including invoice entry for goods and services (PO and Non-PO based), monitoring open/un-invoiced purchase orders, participation in the weekly check run, and responding to vendor payment status requests and related communications, among various other tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Process invoices in a timely and accurate manner.
- Verify vendor invoices against purchase orders and contracts.
- Maintain vendor relationships and resolve any discrepancies.
- Reconcile vendor statements.
- Audit, Input and verify invoices on a daily basis - review payable invoices for accuracy, matching to purchase orders and coding payable invoices with correct general ledger codes
- Handle customer service calls and emails from internal & external customers – research and resolve a variety of internal inquiries concerning account status
- Make appropriate invoice distribution entries to ensure accurate accounting of expenses – analyzing, researching, identifying and reconciling accounts for accuracy and current status in accordance with company accounting rules
- Respond to the vendors and internal departments units with timely and accurate information
- Assist with Special Projects when needed
Requirements
· 3+ years’ experience in retail/inventory related accounts payable
· Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance, preferred
· Vendor statement reconciliation expertise required
· Purchase order matching and inventory issue resolution
· Experience with Great Plains and APTOS a plus
· Prior retail accounting experience a plus
· Highly skilled in Excel and Word
EEO/ADA/DFWP
WHSmith North America is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin/ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, military/veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other basis prohibited by law. At WHSmith North America, it’s about each person bringing passion and skills to a dynamic and inclusive workplace
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Schedule:
Work Location: In person