Finance Assistant

The closing date is 6th Sep 2026

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Anticipated Interview date(s) 16/09/2026

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Finance Team for an individual to provide comprehensive and professional accounting support within the Trust's Financial Services Department. The department is responsible for overseeing routine transactional processes and maintaining robust financial controls across the Trust's main exchequer accounts and Charitable Fund.

The successful post holder will support the effective management of financial activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to established financial procedures..

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Main duties, tasks & skills required

This will include the following activities under supervision:
Reconciliation of control accounts

Raising of sales ledger invoices in accordance with a regular billing schedule as well as on an ad-hoc basis.

Provide assistance for distributing invoices and getting them approved on the payables ledger promptly

Support to the Trust's Treasury management activities, including cashiering, patient affairs, and aspects of credit control

Support the department by obtaining backup for all relevant to areas of the department's operation and ensuring it is filed appropriately and promptly

Support the monthly performance management (budgetary) reporting cycle by analysing and entering charges from consolidated invoices across multiple budget centres

Support the monthly performance management (budgetary) reporting cycle by entering accrual and prepayment adjustments as required

Supporting the annual accounts and monthly reporting process

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About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

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Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

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Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential

Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft Office

GCSEs at Grade C or above in both English language and Mathematics (or equivalent qualification)

Studying for a relevant accounting qualification (for example AAT/ACCA/CIMA)

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Desirable

Studying for the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)

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Experience

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Essential

Experience of working in a busy finance department

Experience of resolving invoice issues with debtors and suppliers/creditors

Familiar with using Excel functions e.g. pivot tables

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Desirable

Experience using oracle business intelligence

Experience using oracle financials

Experience of processing high volume transactions

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Additional Criteria

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Essential

Previous knowledge of financial and accounting procedures

Basic accounting skills

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For help with your application, contact:
Amy Nicholas

[email protected]

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Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

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Band

Band 3

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Salary

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£25760.00 to £27476.00 Yearly

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Contract

Fixed Term

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Duration

12 Month(s)

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Working pattern

Part-Time

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Reference number

348-COR-12321

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Job locations

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

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Attachments

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Job Description

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Converted File Band 3 JD_PS.docx.pdf – 215KB Opens in a new window

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Additional document 1

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