Head of Accounts Receivable

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.

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.

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