Accounts Assistant - Sales Ledger

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.

About us

Benefits we offer:

• Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
• Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
• Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
• NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.

About Us

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.

The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.

We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year

per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working,

Home or remote working,

Compressed hours

Reference number

195-26-410-TAM

Job locations

South Central Ambulance Service

Talisman Road

Bicester

OX26 6HR

United Kingdom

Job 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.

Job 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

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

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.

Employer details

Employer name

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Central Ambulance Service

Talisman Road

Bicester

OX26 6HR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://scasjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Central Ambulance Service

Talisman Road

Bicester

OX26 6HR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://scasjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job 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.

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