Accounts Receivable Associate

Supply Chain Coordination Limited; Alfreton CP; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Annual bonus schemes

Training & development

Well-being day

Pension 12%

Flexible Benefits

Volunteer leave

NHS Discounts

Job summary

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for an Accounts Receivable Associate to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

Hybrid working and development opportunities are offered to support your career growth within our finance team. You will be part of a dedicated function delivering essential services acrossEngland and Wales.

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain external stakeholder financial relationships.
• Ensure regular communication and the optimisation of business results
• Demonstrating a proactive attitude and ownership of the taks
• Ideally will have had 2/3 years experience within a similar role

Responsibilities

• Chase all outstanding customer debt in accordance with terms and promptly resolve queries.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
• Maximise cash-flow and minimise the levels of overdue debt.
• Raising awareness and involving wider business in collection of debt.
• Developing and maintaining effective customer relationships
• Actively chase outstanding customer debt in accordance with agreed terms, policies and procedures and promptly resolve queries and/or Process and reconcile customer transactions and debt in accordance with agreed standards
• Analyse customer data to identify adverse behaviours and prevent exposure to risk

Skills

Stakeholder relationships

Regular communication

Proactive ownership

2-3 years exp

Job description

Job Posted: 7 September 2026
Job Updated: 7 September 2026

Job Title: Accounts Receivable Associate

Function: Finance

Location: Hybrid Worker – Expectation is two days per week on site at our Alfreton office

Contract type: 9 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: Offered on a starting salary of £ 26,753

Closing Date: Monday 21 st September 2026

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for an Accounts Receivable Associate to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

Every day you will …

• Actively chase all outstanding customer debt in accordance with agreed terms, policies and procedures and to promptly resolve queries. To process customer transactions and debt in accordance with agreed standards.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
• Maximising cash-flow and minimizing the levels of overdue debt.
• Raising awareness and involving wider business in collection of debt.
• Developing and maintaining effective customer relationships
• Actively chase outstanding customer debt in accordance with agreed terms, policies and procedures and promptly resolve queries and/or Process and reconcile customer transactions and debt in accordance with agreed standards
• Analyse customer data to identify adverse behaviours and prevent exposure to risk

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• The ability to develop and maintain external stakeholder financial relationships.
• Ensuring effective working relationships, regular communication and the optimisation of business results
• Demonstrating a proactive attitude and ownership of the taks
• Ideally will have had 2/3 years experience within a similar role

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.