# Accounts Assistant - Sales Ledger

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/accounts-assistant-sales-ledger/457197b0-c140-4b11-8acc-28a1006df11c
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Northern Headquarters
- **Workplace type:** hybrid
- **Profession:** Finance officer
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End date 30/09/27)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (Ideally 5 days a week Mon-Fri but would accept 4 days)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19T12:15:54.441Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Bicester/South_Central_Ambulance_Service_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Finance_Assistant/Finance_Assistant-v8316475
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8316475?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.scas.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust is currently looking to recruit a full time (37.5 hours per week) Sales Ledger Assistant.

The successful applicant will will need to have a calm and professional manner, excellent attention to details, excellent keyboard skills and have the ability to work within a team environment

### Main duties of the job

Input of customers' invoices to the Trust’s computerised Finance.

Operation of the sales ledger system.

Dealing with and clearing customer’s telephone and email queries.

Ensuring correct and appropriate treatment of VAT where allowable by HMRC guidance.

Comprehensive credit control activities to ensure prompt receipt of payments.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Maintaining an efficient filing system for all sales documents

Liaising with budget holders to resolve queries where required

Ensuring timely flow of outstanding invoices from budget holders

Ensuring appropriate coding and authorisation of all sales invoices

Closure and reconciliation of monthly sales ledger and production of reports

Assisting as required with miscellaneous office duties as directed by the Financial Services Manager, including assisting other areas of the Finance Department during periods of annual leave/staff absence.

For more information, please view the attached job description.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Good all round level of education
- GCSE in Maths and English at Grade C or above or equivalent
- RSA 1 Typewriting or equivalent

**Desirable**

- European Computer Driving Licence
- A level English or equivalent
- NVQ3 or the AAT intermediate level

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience of working in a similar professional environment within a support or administrative role.
- Experience of working with financial IT systems and packages including a good working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases.
- Knowledge of records coding.
- Previous experience of sales ledger management

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of NHS Records management

## Documents

- [scas values (pdf, 350.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3055)
- [finance assistant - sales ledger (pdf, 190.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10669667)
- [documents and links (non frontline roles) (pdf, 167.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2564)

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