WHSmith is one of the UK’s most successful and established retailers. Celebrating our 230th anniversary, we’re still breaking stereotypes and progressing year on year. We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Accounts Assistants to work join our High Street and Travel Financial Accounting team. The role will be based at our High Street Head Office in Swindon and we are looking for a talented, dynamic individual to join us.

Join WHSmith as a Processing Clerk

Location: Greenbridge, Swindon

Are you highly organised, detail-oriented, and ready to take the next step in your finance career? Join one of the UK’s most established and recognisable brands, right here at our Swindon Head Office.

As a Processing Clerk at WHSmith, you’ll be a key part of our Accounts Payable team – ensuring our financial processes run smoothly and efficiently. This is an ideal role for someone with finance admin or AP experience who thrives in a fast-paced, supportive environment or for someone looking for an entry point into a career in finance.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Accurately entering invoices and credit notes into the AP system
• Matching invoices to purchase orders and raising queries on discrepancies
• Ensuring correct authorisation is obtained for invoices without orders
• Reconciling supplier statements to ensure timely, accurate payments
• Handling supplier payment queries professionally and efficiently
• Supporting the wider team with ad-hoc finance tasks

What We’re Looking For:

• Previous experience in Accounts Payable or a similar finance role
• High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
• Analytical and confident working with numbers
• A proactive team player who isn’t afraid to ask questions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excel skills (VLOOKUP experience is a big plus!)

What You’ll Get in Return:

We don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. At WHSmith, you’ll find support, development, and plenty of opportunities to grow. In return for your hard work, we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Profit-related bonus
• 24 days annual leave (plus your birthday off!)
• Holiday trading scheme
• Company pension
• Access to excellent training & development programmes
• Career progression in a nationally recognised brand

Apply now and become part of WHSmith’s journey – a brand with a proud history and an exciting future, right here in Swindon.

If successful, candidates will be required to provide a valid passport and provide 3 years of continuous educational, professional or employment references. Due to the high number of applications we receive, it is with regret that we are unable to respond to all applications and therefore will only contact short listed candidates.

About us

WHSmith have occupied our place in our customers’ hearts for over two decades. You’ll find our stores and our family of brands in airports, hospitals, railway stations, on high streets and in shopping centres – as well as right across the world! We are an ambitious team that thrives on pace, collaboration and innovation resulting in a real entrepreneurial culture.

Celebrating 230 years, we’re proud to have grown and evolved into a globally recognised brand present in over 30 countries around the world, and we’re proud to be that air of familiarity people love and trust on their journey, both in life and through life. As a diverse group of over 12,000 colleagues, we are all on the same journey to a better business through our commitments to our planet, people and the communities we serve.

WHSmith are proud to be an inclusive employer, we want our colleagues to feel welcome, and free to be themselves with us.