Head of Accounts Receivable
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield, S57AUView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
9 days leftJob description
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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Provenance
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NHS Jobs
First seen
21 October 2026
Last checked
23 October 2026
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