AR Manager - 12 month contract
The Role:
To support the Chief Income Officer in the management of the Accounts Receivable Function of the Trust, leading operational aspects of Accounts Receivable management & debt recovery and working closely with the Income Officer on areas of common interest and responsibility. To deputise for the Chief Income Officer during periods of absence on areas of relevant lead responsibility.
To ensure that Accounts Receivable policies and procedures are produced and applied for the effective, timely and accurate billing and recovery of Trust income.
To co-ordinate Accounts Receivable team activity so as to achieve monthly targets of debt cash collection levels, aged debt levels, query resolution and accuracy targets.
To ensure that policies and procedures are produced and applied to minimise the loss of income from bad or doubtful debts.
To ensure that finance system Accounts Receivable functionality via the Sales Ledger module is utilised to maximum effect, reducing reliance on manual tasks or interventions and producing effective and timely management reports for debt management.
To provide Accounts Receivable support and advice to Clinical and Corporate Directorates as necessary.
Further Details:
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
To provide high quality financial services, information, analysis and advice to all levels of the organisation.
To facilitate the development of the Trust's services through input to planning, negotiating service level agreements, production of business cases, etc.
To ensure efficient and effective use of the Trust's resources.
To represent the Trust effectively with external agencies.
To recruit, retain and develop high quality personnel.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SECTION
To provide a centralised credit control, billing, query management and debt collection service 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 financial management information on the Trusts outstanding debt.
To provide credit advice on new, or existing, areas of Trust Income
I am looking for someone with examples of high volume and high value collection experience, as well as team leader or management experience.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for this organisation and gaining experience in this sector. Although not guaranteed, longer term and permanent opportunities could come from this.
£30,600
Full Time
Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 25 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function, from finance administrators through to senior Finance Director appointments. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy jobs or accountancy recruitment; finance jobs or finance recruitment.
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