About this role
Job summary
To manage the whole Accounts Receivable and Cashiering function of the Trust and work as a senior member of the Finance Team.
To ensure that policies and procedures are in place for the effective, timely and accurate billing of Trust income.
To promote and maximise the use of Automated Cash Receipting ensuring that (for relevant services) where monies are due to the Trust they are collected before the goods or service are provided.
To set monthly targets on debt cash collection levels and aged debt levels and ensure that the Accounts Receivable team achieves these targets.
To be responsible for the effective management of credit risk and ensure policies and procedures are in place to minimise loss of income from bad or doubtful debts.
To provide technical expertise and advice in relation to Overseas Visitors, Private Patients and Category II Fee income.
To provide Accounts Receivable and Cashiering support and advice to Clinical and Corporate Directorates as necessary.
Main duties of the job
To provide a centralised credit control, billing, and debt collection function for the Trust.
To provide centralised resources to Clinical Departments for the capture and assessment of all potential income relating to Overseas Visitors, Private Patients and Category II Fees.
To ensure the effective production of accurate and timely Sales invoices, with appropriate credit terms, relating to all the services provided by the Trust.
To ensure the prompt collection of all outstanding monies on the Sales Ledger, minimise the Trust's exposure to bad debts, and lead Trust's debt recovery processes.
To provide an onsite cashiering facility for patients and staff, focused upon the highest standards of customer care, professionalism and objectivity.
To ensure sound financial stewardship and probity over the assets and liabilities of the Trust by ensuring adherence to the relevant minimum standards as specified in the Annual Governance Statement and relevant internal and external audit standards.
To provide financial management information on the Trusts outstanding debt.
To provide credit advice on new, or existing, areas of Trust income.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB qualified or Post Graduate Credit Management Qualification
- Degree (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
- Staff management/HR qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience, eg: recruitment and selection training/ appraisal training/ performance management
Experience
Essential
- Extensive management experience in an Accounts Receivable and Cashiering function
- Extensive staff management experience
- Demonstrable track record of leading finance system development and functionality implementation
- Demonstrable experience of governance arrangements in relation to Accounts Receivable and Cashiering functions
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of progressing debt recovery through due legal process
- Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, procedures and policies particularly pertinent to the NHS including legislation
- Experience of manipulating/ interrogating ledger and information systems
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS Financial regime, in particular the Overseas Visitor guidance and Private Patient framework.
- Knowledge and understanding of VAT regime as applicable to NHS services
- Knowledge and understanding of DHSC Hospital Travel Scheme
- Experience of Integra ledger system
- Additional experience of working in a relevant financial environment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrably good IT skills including Advanced Excel skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and verbal reasoning.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- High degree of numeracy.
- Understanding and interpretation skills necessary to perform technical expert adviser role
- Ability to meet deadlines through effective organisational and planning skills.
- Ability to motivate and develop teams to achieve performance targets
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self motivation.
- Positive Team Player
- Ability to work under own initiative.
- Methodical approach to work.
- Meticulous.
- Conscientious.
- Ability to question and learn quickly
- Flexible and adaptable - able to manage competing and changing workloads.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S57AU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)