255342 - Financial Accountancy Assistant - Accounts Receivable

About the organisation

NHS Lanarkshire puts the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague plays a key role in delivering healthcare services to a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in North and South Lanarkshire. The organisation comprises Acute Services (hospital-based services across three main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, and North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships, which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services.

About the role

Ensure financial information is processed in accordance with procedures to provide data for statutory returns, internal and external reporting. Provide accounting support to the Financial Accounting Team Leader/Financial Accountant, covering the General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Endowments, and Cash & Banking Teams. Responsibilities include general ledger input for both the Board and Endowments, debtor control, and cash & banking transactions. The postholder will ensure all NHS Lanarkshire debtors—including NHS Scotland organisations, wider UK NHS bodies, Government departments, commercial companies, and members of the public—are accurately recorded, reported, and progressed to resolution. Support finance and non-finance staff, investigate financial issues, and advise as appropriate while working as part of a flexible finance team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Accounts Receivable sub-ledgers, ensuring all invoices, credit notes, and receipts are recorded accurately and promptly.
• Use credit control procedures to recover all outstanding debts, including liaising with external agencies and preparing debt write-off information for authorisation by the Financial Accounting Manager when all other avenues are exhausted.
• Provide monthly reports of aged debtors to Management and compile year-end reports for Annual Accounts, including SFR 30 agreements with all NHS bodies, ensuring final agreements comply with the Manual for Accounts issued by the SGHSCD.
• Prepare and process journal input to the general ledger for both the Board and Endowments, ensuring necessary authorisation and coding.
• Complete control account reconciliations in line with the monthly reporting timetable, identifying and resolving erroneous entries, and escalating issues to the appropriate staff or Financial Accounting Team Leader/Financial Accountant where necessary.
• Assist with reporting tasks for the wider department when workflow allows.

Requirements

• Working knowledge, skills, and experience equivalent to HNC level.
• Demonstrated experience of team working and ability to deliver performance and team targets.
• Ability to maintain high morale within a high-pressure environment.
• Experience of customer interaction and analytical skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Financial Systems and the ability to navigate multiple functions within this environment.
• Good organisational and communication skills.

Benefits

• Annual leave: 35 days including public holidays.
• Generous NHS pension scheme.
• Annual incremental salary progression.
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
• NHS discounts and more.

For an informal discussion, contact Val McCaskie, Financial Accounting Manager, at Val.McCaskie@nhs.scot. For recruitment process questions, contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator, at david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.