Location
Worthing, Hove and Arundel
Vacancy Type
Part Time/Fixed Term
Pay Range
£25,956 Pro rata for part time roles
Contracted Hours
22.5 hours per week
Application Deadline
Friday, October 3, 2025
Job Profile
Job Profile document
Job Summary
About the role
An exciting opportunity to join Southern Hospice Group (SHG) finance team in a brand new Credit Controller role. The Credit Controller will be responsible for Management of the Southern Hospice Group Debtors ledger with particular focus on Martlets Care customers. Tasks will include processing of invoices and payments, ensuring accurate and timely processing to the ledgers, along with proactive cash collection and risk management. Reconciliation of the Aged Debtor control account, debtors' suspense, and preparation of any month end reports.
The successful candidate will have experience working within a busy finance team as a credit controller and be used to managing the end-to-end invoice to cash process. The role requires someone who can deal with SHG customers with professionalism and empathy whilst chasing outstanding debts and managing cash inflows for the group.
This role is fixed term for 6 months, with an option to extend.
It is anticipated that inteviews will take place w/c 13 October 2025.
Essential criteria
* Good standard of general education to GCSE level or equivalent.
* Preferably completed or studying Association of Accounting Technicians qualification to level 2
* Qualified by experience
* Experience of working in a busy financial environment.
* Experience in using an accounting software system.
* Working within an environment where you are required to work within key legislation and boundaries.
* Balancing multiple activities effectively
* Prioritising multiple activities
* Demonstrating great communication skills both verbal and written with a high attention for detail.
* Numerate and proficient in use of Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and Outlook
* Able to demonstrate good keyboard skills whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail
* Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to confidently communicate with a wide range of people.
* Able to work on own initiative, proactively and able to identify where it is necessary to escalate work or queries.
* Ability to prioritise tasks and complete them in a calm and timely manner
* Comfortable in entering and using data and databases in everyday duties.
This list is not exhaustive. Please see job description for the full person specification.
About us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.
Chestnut Tree House is the children's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.
Benefits
* Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
* Up to 35 days' annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
* On-site education support and study leave opportunities
* Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
* Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
* Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Death in Service
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.