Head of Business Administration & Accounts Receivable

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are looking for an analytical and detail-orientated individual who will be responsible for overseeing the Private Care accounts receivable function.

You will be a commercially focused strategic thinker, organized and resilient under pressure and demonstrate a strong understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.

You will have proven experience managing accounts receivable functions and will be an expert in AR processes, including billing, collections, credit management and private healthcare finance.

You will have demonstrable experience in improving working capital and developing the skills and abilities of the teams you have led.

Main duties of the job

• Overseeing the accounts receivable process to ensure timely and accurate invoicing and collections. Identifying and driving improvements in working capital.
• Implementing KPIs and performance metrics.
• Monitoring and reconciling accounts receivable balances to maintain ledger accuracy and compliance.
• Overseeing month-end and year-end close processes related to accounts receivable.
• Providing insights and recommendations to senior management based on financial data analysis.
• Ensuring adherence to financial regulations and Trust policies.
• Collaborating across finance, commercial, and operational teams.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Recognised Finance qualification (e.g. AAT, ICM, ACCA, CIMA)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Accounts Receivable at a managerial level .
• A strong understanding of financial accounting principles.
• Experience of working within a Healthcare organisation.
• Knowledge of and competence in the use of spreadsheets, including ability to manipulate data. Advanced spreadsheet skills to pivot table and vlookup level required.

Desirable criteria

• Comupcare (Patient Management Software).
• Private Healthcare Finance Experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent organiser with realistic time management skills and able to work under pressure and prioritise and plan work for self and others
• Ability to use a full range of formulae to create spread sheets and databases capable of recording, manipulating and analysing high volume of data

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Role model and champion the Trust values and behaviours.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 631.8KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 507.7KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)