Sr Cashier - Dining Services

Senior Cashier

The Senior Cashier position in the Dining Services department at MD Anderson Cancer Center, located in the Texas Medical Center, is responsible for performing monetary transactions, including calculating meal costs, accepting payments, making change, and reconciling cash totals with register counts. The Senior Cashier counts and packages money, prepares reports of daily transactions, and forwards cash, receipts, and related records to the accounting department. This role may also include preparing beverage orders as needed.

Schedule: The hours for this position will be 9am-5:30pm, with rotating weekends and holidays required. The hours of operation for the venue are 5:00am-10:30pm, and the position may require being moved to different venues or shifts within MD Anderson as operations and cross training dictate.

What You'll Do:

• Cash Handling: Verifies that the assigned cash bank is accurate and properly sets up the register. Performs cash handling transactions in accordance with institutional and departmental guidelines, ensuring each customer is accurately checked out by verifying employee IDs, reviewing items on trays, and properly charging for all items. Provides customers with error-free transaction totals, issues receipts, and returns correct change. Prepares and verifies daily sales totals with the supervisor at the end of each shift and deposits money accordingly. May also verify the daily sales totals of other cashiers in the absence of supervisory personnel.
• Customer Service: Exhibits excellent guest relations skills with patients, visitors, employees, and managers, maintaining a high level of professionalism through cooperation and receptiveness to others. May prepare and serve beverages and food items while offering assistance to individuals of all ages, races, cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and medical conditions. Ensures that paper menus and daily menu strips are posted and kept up to date. On weekends, ensures that all areas of the food service venues open on time and promptly notifies management of any call-outs. Completes cashier audits at the end of each month and verifies daily cashier change orders. May also train new employees as assigned by management.
• Inventory Management/Sanitation and Safety: Maintains the work area by replenishing condiments, food items, trays, plasticware, and napkins as needed. Ensures a safe and sanitary environment by disposing of clutter, regularly cleaning countertops, and keeping the workspace free of personal belongings. Demonstrates flexibility to be reassigned to new locations or shifts as operational needs dictate, with cross-training potentially involving shift changes.

What We're Looking For:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two years of Cashier experience in a high-volume retail or hospitality business.
• A positive attitude, strong time management skills, and commitment to teamwork.
• Texas Food Handlers Certification (must be obtained within 30 days of hire).

Benefits and Why MD Anderson?

At MD Anderson, we recognize that our employees are the heart of our mission. Along with a chance to make a meaningful impact every day, we offer an outstanding benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans
• Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) paid leave accruals
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service
• Clear pathways for advancement within MD Anderson

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition. This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment. It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.