Accounts Assistant - Sales Ledger | South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Bicester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities

Occupational Health support

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Discounts

Job summary

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Sales Ledger Assistant to join the Finance team in the Bicester area. The role involves inputting invoices, operating the sales ledger system, and responding to customer queries by phone and email.

You will ensure VAT is handled correctly and support credit control to improve timely payments. The successful candidate will have meticulous attention to detail, a calm professional manner, and good keyboard skills, working

Qualifications

• Calm and professional approach to invoicing and customer queries.
• Proficient keyboard skills and accurate data entry.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Input invoices into the Trust’s computerised Finance system.
• Operate the sales ledger system and perform monthly reconciliations.
• Handle customer telephone and email queries promptly and professionally.
• Ensure correct VAT treatment in line with HMRC guidance.
• Assist with credit control activities to help prompt payments.
• Maintain filing system for sales documents and generate reports.

Skills

Calm and professional manner

Attention to detail

Excellent keyboard skills

Team player

Job description

Company:

Company: South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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.

Maintaining an efficient filing system for all sales documents

Liaising with budget holders to resolve queries where required

Ensuring timely flow of outstanding invoices from budget holders

Ensuring appropriate coding and authorisation of all sales invoices

Closure and reconciliation of monthly sales ledger and production of reports

Assisting as required with miscellaneous office duties as directed by the Financial Services Manager, including assisting other areas of the Finance Department during periods of annual leave/staff absence.

For more information, please view the attached job description.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust