Accounts Receivable Manager

NHS; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Worthing is seeking an Accounts Receivable Manager to oversee the management of financial services including the Accounts Receivable and Credit Control functions. The successful candidate will manage staff, ensure accurate invoicing, and collaborate with senior managers. Candidates should possess an AAT or equivalent qualification and be studying for a CCAB qualification. This role offers hybrid work options after training.

Qualifications

• Minimum AAT qualification or equivalent.
• Studying for a CCAB accountancy qualification.
• Specialist knowledge in finance management.

Responsibilities

• Manage Accounts Receivable and Credit Control teams.
• Coordinate with other finance teams to resolve issues.
• Oversee financial performance and internal controls.

Skills

Financial management

Staff management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

AAT qualified or Foundation level qualification

Studying for CCAB qualification

Tools

Financial systems

Spreadsheets

Job description

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to manage the Financial Services' Accounts Receivable and Credit Control functions. These teams are responsible for the accurate and timely raising of invoices to external customers and the collection of debt from the Trust debtors.

The Accounts Receivable Manager will line manage two members of staff and support the Credit Control Supervisor in the management of a team of four Credit Controllers.

They will also represent finance at management and operational committees when required and will work with the finance and other senior managers to ensure that the Trust meets its financial targets.

This role will be based at Worthing with the option of hybrid working once fully trained.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Accounts Receivable day to day working relationship with the Trust's other finance teams, in particular the Financial Systems, Financial Reporting and Management Accounts teams and coordinate the speedy resolution of all issues in partnership with said teams.
• Line management and organisation of the Accounts Receivable team including ensuring mandatory training and staff appraisals are completed on time.
• Be responsible for managing the Accounts Receivable internal controls and processes and their development within the Trust.
• Responsible for overseeing the Trust's Receivables and Income side of the Agreement of Balances (AOB) exercise.

Experience and Qualifications

• AAT qualified or Foundation level professional accountancy qualification (certificate level).
• Studying for a CCAB accountancy qualification final level.

Knowledge and Experience

• Specialist knowledge and expertise across one or more specialised areas including management, advises finance and non-finance managers on matters relating to their own area, providing detailed advice and guidance. Knowledge, experience and expertise in finance management and staff management.
• Knowledge of the key financial performance targets of the NHS.

Communication and Interpersonal

• Provide and receive complex information, persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training skills are required. Discusses complex financial queries with staff, suppliers, customers, including reasons for delays in payment and other sensitive issues; discusses financial issues with suppliers, which may be contentious and deals with performance, feedback, coaching, training and counselling issues relating to staff; provides advice on complex financial and corporate issues to non-financial managers; negotiates with NHS, external organisations over cost, service issues.
• Experience of influencing and negotiation with external parties.

Analytical and Judgemental

• Analyses complex financial trends involving many streams of data and forecasts strategic and operational financial expenditure using a wide range of data and assumptions; develops and advises on complex business plans; investigates and resolves complex payment decisions and financial risk where there are no precedent and where opinions may conflict.

Planning and Organisational

• Plan and organise complex activities, or programmes, requiring formulation, adjustment. Develops and contributes to long‑term plans within a structured framework, makes plans for tax and legislative changes, makes daily adjustments to plans, schedules in order to deal with organisation requirements and to ensure targets are met, co‑ordinates and plans activities with other professionals and agencies e.g. auditors, Inland Revenue.

Financial

• Contributes to formulation of section budgets or external budgets; monitors budget for own department, finance section and authorises spend against it / holds budget; develops and monitors budgets for an external department, service, programme.

Information and Communication Technology

• Regular requirement to develop or create reports, documents, drawings / adapt, design information systems to meet specifications of others. Designs, formats spreadsheets and databases for specific purposes / responsible for introducing, adapting and improving financial systems in own area of responsibility for use by others.
• Experience of development of financial systems, processes and controls.

Freedom to Act

• Works to achieve agreed objectives and is given freedom to do this in own way, working within broad professional policies; acts without reference to manager.

People Management and Development

• Day‑to‑day management; teach / deliver specialist training / line manager for a single function or department. Undertakes day to day management; delivers training on a range of subjects related to own area / line manager for a group of staff.
• Experience of managing staff.

Personal Attributes

• Flexible approach to work to ensure that the Finance Directorate achieves its objectives.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer Details

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Worthing Hospital

Lyndhurst Road

Worthing

BN11 2DH

Candidate Information Pack

Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/