Accounts Assistant - Sales Ledger

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Bicester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Continual professional development

Occupational Health support

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Discounts

Job summary

South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a full-time Sales Ledger Assistant to join our finance team. The role involves inputting invoices, operating the sales ledger system and handling customer queries by phone and email.

We value accuracy, a calm manner and the ability to work effectively in a team. Benefits include the NHS Pension Scheme, ongoing professional development and access to support services.

Qualifications

• Input of customers' invoices to the Trust’s computerised Finance.
• Operation of the sales ledger system.
• Dealing with and clearing customer’s telephone and email queries.
• Ensuring correct and appropriate VAT treatment where HMRC guidance allows.
• Comprehensive credit control activities to ensure prompt receipt of payments.

Responsibilities

• Input customers' invoices into the financial system.
• Operate and maintain the sales ledger system.
• Respond to and resolve customer queries by phone and email.
• Apply VAT rules in line with HMRC guidance.
• Manage credit control processes to secure timely payments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Keyboard skills

Calm demeanor

Teamwork

Job description

South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust is currently looking to recruit a full time (37.5 hours per week) Sales Ledger Assistant.

• The successful applicant will will need to have a calm and professional manner, excellent attention to details, excellent keyboard skills and have the ability to work within a team environment
• Input of customers' invoices to the Trust’s computerised Finance.
• Operation of the sales ledger system.
• Dealing with and clearing customer’s telephone and email queries.
• Ensuring correct and appropriate treatment of VAT where allowable by HMRC guidance.
• Comprehensive credit control activities to ensure prompt receipt of payments.

Benefits We Offer

• Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
• Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
• Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
• NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.

About Us

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.

The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.

We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mike Ilbery Job title: Financial Services Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01869 365000