Job summary
- Main area
- Finance Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (End date 30/09/27)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 195-26-410-TAM
- Employer
- South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South Central Ambulance Service
- Town
- Bicester
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Accounts Assistant - Sales Ledger
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
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
Main duties of the job
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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good all round level of education
- GCSE in Maths and English at Grade C or above or equivalent
- RSA 1 Typewriting or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- European Computer Driving Licence
- A level English or equivalent
- NVQ3 or the AAT intermediate level
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in a similar professional environment within a support or administrative role.
- Experience of working with financial IT systems and packages including a good working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases.
- Knowledge of records coding.
- Previous experience of sales ledger management
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of NHS Records management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Ilbery
- Job title
- Financial Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01869 365000
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