Credit Control / Accounts Assistant

Ref: 75

Role: Credit Control / Accounts Assistant

Salary: £23,000

Location: Sheffield

Working hours: Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm with a 30-minute paid lunch

Benefits: Westfield Health, in-house Yoga and meditation sessions (optional), regular training opportunities

Duties and responsibilities:

• To assist with NHS & Private billing

• Jointly responsible for distributing NHS and Private Practice invoices

• Jointly responsible for maintaining the departments various filing systems

• To assist with bank reconciliation and cash sheets

• Regular monitoring of outstanding debt and taking prompt and appropriate action

• Reconciliation of patient accounts

• Running and reconciliation of aged debtors

• Chasing outstanding balances from patients, Insurance Companies and Solicitors Issuing shortfall, reminder, and final demand letters
• Taking card payments

The first point of contact to deal with telephone calls and general enquiries for the Accounts team. To provide accurate, prompt, and efficient administrative support to the Accounts team.

To work flexibly giving assistance to other teams to provide cover in the absence of Accounts Assistants within the Accounts team as required.

Undertake specific pieces of work, for example produce information as required by the Accounts team.

To perform any other duties to support the business of OHG as identified by the Finance Team Manager.

Key skills and behaviours:

• Experience of working in a finance role and specifically experience in credit control AAT qualified or by experience

• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people from within and outside the organisation

• Be proficient in the use of Microsoft applications, using applications such as Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint on a daily basis with experience of using Sage 50

• Highly organised, able to prioritise daily workload

• Teamwork

• Communication skills

• Good telephone manner

• Able to work under pressure

• Ability to meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• A background in healthcare would be advantageous but not essential

• Living and promoting the One Health FIRST values and behaviours

• Positive attitude