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Posting number: 01374

Department: Budget and Cash Management

Division: Finance Administration

Job classification: Senior Cashier

Posting type: Open

Categories: Utilities, Customer Service

Summary

The
Senior Cashier performs advanced duties related to the handling of cash, check payments, and balancing cash drawers against receipts. This position provides assistance to the Junior Cashier staff.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Examples of duties

- Receives cash payments from customers in partial and full payment of deposits, service fees, bills, invoices and other fees
- Uses cash register and keys in amounts paid; makes change as necessary
- Receives and verifies check payments to ensure the correctness of the data, payee, payer, dollar amount, signature, and the amount written in words
- Accepts mail payments and payments dropped in the overnight depository, and records amount paid on cash register
- Clears cash register at the end of the day; totals stubs and receipts; counts cash and checks and compares total on cash register with currency in register to verify balances
- Prepares deposit slips and daily cash summary showing monies collected; prepares daily cash collected for pick-up
- Assists supervisor in reconciling daily cash collected with payment stubs




- Reconciles cash posting differences and bank discrepancies; corrects errors or lists discrepancies for adjustments
- Computes and compiles summaries of cash receipts and reconciles such receipts with cash deposits
- Accepts responsibility for shortages in cash collected; refers to supervisor all non-routine problems
- Resolves most questions and problems and refers only the most complex issues to higher levels
- Serves as a resource to junior cashiers in the resolution of complex problems and issues
- May assist in orienting, training, assigning and checking the work of lower level customer accounts employees

Qualifications

- Thorough knowledge of regulations, practices, and procedures applicable to the collection and depositing of revenues
- Ability to meet the character and reputation standards of a bonding company
- Ability to keep records of cash received and to prepare a variety of routine reports on such transactions
- Considerable knowledge of standard office practices and procedures
- Some knowledge of the method and equipment used in data entry and computer utilization
- Ability to plan work and carry through to completion without close supervision
- Ability to plan, assign and supervise the work of a small number of subordinate clerical employees
- Ability to use adding machines, copy machines and computer terminals
- Ability to review documents to verify completeness and accuracy of information
- Ability to deal effectively with all persons contacted during the course of work.
- Skill in counting money and recording transactions with speed and accuracy
- Skill in the operation of adding machines and other mechanical office aids
- High degree of initiative and dependability

Supplemental information

High school diploma, or equivalent, including or supplemented by courses in commercial subjects and seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in public contact work with a utility company, five (5) years of which involved collecting and accounting for large sums of money.

📌 Senior Cashier STT (St. Thomas)
🏢 Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority
📍 St. Thomas