Accounts Receivable Associate
Job Posted: 9 March 2026
Job Updated: 9 March 2026
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Job Title Accounts Receivable (AR) Associate
Function: Financial Control
Location: Alfreton/Hybrid
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £25,650 with potential to rise to £28,500 over 3 years.
Closing Date: Monday 23rd March 2026
NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for an Accounts Receivable (AR) Associate to join our team on a fixed term contract during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.
The Accounts Receivable Associate is responsible for performing a wide range of responsibilities including reviewing documents received and providing archiving. Registering and checking out all processes of payments and receipts. Controlling and monitoring the commitments of payments and receipts of the company and chasing debts with external stakeholders. They will also have responsibility for managing 200-250 accounts. It is an exciting time to join the team as we implement Oracle Fusion.
Every day you will …
1. Actively chase all outstanding customer debt in accordance with agreed terms, policies, and procedures, via phone and email, updating Oracle where necessary.
2. Investigate, raise and resolve customer disputes logging call disputes with customer services, and following through to resolution.
3. Maintain processes and controls to ensure transactions are recorded accurately, timely and in accordance with agreed accounting standards.
4. Complete regular AR transactional reconciliations, ensuring any reconciling items are resolved in a timely manner. Statements and reconciliations are usually sent to customers on a weekly basis to resolve unpaid invoices.
5. Allocate and complete of all daily customer cash receipts received within timescales set. i.e Cash Allocation – Rota currently in place to evenly distribute this between the team.
6. Maximise cash-flow and minimise the levels of overdue debt. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with customers and internal stakeholders. Raise awareness and involving wider business in collection of debt.
7. Analyse customer data to identify adverse behaviours and prevent exposure to risk. This is assisted by the Project Support Team, who provide updated credit reports for adverse financial data as and when it becomes available, and the controller is to follow up on this with their customers, providing timescales of when outstanding monies will be paid, and if they account can continue.
8. Provide accurate and timely information on the status of customer accounts/debt to inform business decisions, identify and escalate issues and manage customer expectations.
What can we offer you?
We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:
9. Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
10. We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.
11. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
12. We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
13. A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
14. Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
15. Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
16. 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
17. Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.