Cash Accountability
About The Position
The Cash Accountability role helps ensure the store’s finances are accurate and secure. The employee counts and balances registers, manages cash in the safe, investigates discrepancies, and supports cashiers in serving customers. The position is primarily performed in a store environment and involves handling cash, registers, and financial records throughout the shift. It includes occasional deadline pressure and regular access to sensitive financial information, for which safety and confidentiality are priorities. Employment is contingent upon successfully completing a pre-employment drug screen.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent experience.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers accurately and efficiently.
- Ability to follow detailed written and verbal instructions carefully and precisely.
- Ability to file, post, sort, and organize materials and paperwork.
- Ability to read and follow product safety information as needed.
- Ability to maintain discretion and integrity when handling confidential financial information.
- Ability to communicate professionally with customers, cashiers, and store leadership.
- Ability to perform repetitive standing, walking, reaching, and bending associated with order fulfillment, POS transactions, and cleaning or sanitation duties.
- Frequently stand and walk throughout a shift in sales, food service, or delivery areas.
Nice To Haves
- Six months to one year of similar or related experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide prompt, friendly customer service and make customer interactions positive.
- Count registers after each cashier shift throughout the store and balance cash and coin in each register.
- Place each cash pull in the safe, ensure registers have adequate cash, and loan money from the safe to registers as needed.
- Sort checks, coupons, payouts, and charges and file them in the appropriate register files.
- Calculate cash overages and shortages and investigate discrepancies.
- Approve checks written for cash or for merchandise purchases.
- Reconcile money orders, Western Union, utilities, bank cards, gift cards, and other applicable items.
- Perform register operations and remain knowledgeable about look-up numbers, department numbers, and item features.
- Troubleshoot mechanical register issues, such as receipt paper jams, and work as a cashier when applicable.
- Train cashiers and maintain an ongoing training program.
- Operate menu-driven computer programs using a mouse, 10-key keypad, and alphanumeric keyboard.
- Assist in other store areas as needed and complete special projects as assigned.
- Follow personal hygiene and dress standards, Hy-Vee policies, and store guidelines.
- Report to work as scheduled and on time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
