Income and Cash Officer

Job summary

The Trust is offering an exciting opportunity within the Income Section of the Finance Department based in Regent House Torquay. The Income Team operates from a modern office environment using an integrated finance system.

Our Income and Cash Officer will work within the full Accounts receivable function - to maintain customer accounts, creating invoices and recovering debts in accordance with procedures (Standing Financial Instructions and Income policy). Recording the daily cash income (approx. £500m yearly), including receipts by various means, e.g., bacs, credit and debit card, cheques, cash, etc Provide cover for the Treasury Manager and the Income Manager. They will be responsible for maintaining own continuous professional development by attending relevant training courses with the aim to continuously improve on knowledge and skills.

Why work with us

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will : -

- Maintain customer accounts on the Accounts Receivable system by creating invoices and recovering overdue debts in accordance with Trust procedures

- Operate the Unit 4 Business World financial system, particularly the Accounts Receivable module, including generating general ledger journals

- Provide support to the Income Manager in the delivery of the Debt Management processes

- Responsible for prompt and accurate collection of income from debtors in accordance with Trust policies

- Responsible for writing, emailing or telephoning customers in line with the Income policy to recover overdue debts, including possible involvement of the Trust's debt recovery company

- Analyse and resolve queries with customers and Trust staff

- Provide cover for the daily cash, maintaining balances and preparing faster payments

- Provide cover for the processing of relocation expenses paid to the Trust's employees

About us

The work ethic and atmosphere across the department, the wider finance function and the Trust is both friendly and open. Staff are encouragedto participate in learning opportunities and personal development plans are also supported.

This post is responsible to the Income Manager who has extensive knowledge and experience in this area.

A large part of your daily activities will be recording the Trust's Income and raising sales orders, this will involve correct and accurate recording of any vat payable to HMRC.

Frequent monitoring of overdue debts, including reminder letters, emails and phone calls to customers to encourage prompt payment and deal with any queries.

The Income team who work hard together to ensure that Trust income is collected in a prompt manner to maximise cash flow.