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Finance Assistant - HC622401

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Job Title: Finance Assistant - HC622401 

  

Location: Basingstoke PIC

  

Salary: Scale 4, £26,106 - £28,653 per annum 

  

Hours:  Up to 37 hours per week 


Contract: Part Time/Full Time

  

Closing Date: Sunday 19th October 2025 at 23:59 hours 

Job Purpose


To be responsible for using various corporate systems to raise 
purchase orders for goods and services, and to provide other local 
finance provision across the Force area.


Key accountabilities include but are not limited to: 


1. Use prescribed systems and procedures to process transactions. 
Apply and maintain controls necessary to ensure accurate and 
timely work according to the agreed service standards.

2. Use a range of computer systems to complete financial tasks, including raising purchase orders and processing payments.
 Systems include SAP, Microsoft Office applications and internal systems.

3. Collect, count and bank monies received within Hampshire & Isle 
of Wight Constabulary.

4. Control, manage and reconcile local petty cash account.

5. Act as point of contact for customer queries, answering 
telephone calls, email and responding to routine
correspondence. Resolve queries, escalating appropriately 
where necessary. Customer contact should be friendly, 
understanding the particular implications of quality and service 
requirements.
 
6. Ensure the financial compliance of officers and staff by checking 
activity against prescribed levels of expenditure. Providing an 
education on existing and new policies and maintaining a 
positive working relationship with customers and colleagues. 


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Essential Qualifications


Educated to QCF Level 2 including Maths and English 
OR work experience deemed to have brought the post
holder to a comparable level

Essential Experience


Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

• Excellent customer service skills.

• Good IT skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft 
Office 365. 

• Works well in a team.

• Organised and able to prioritise activities, often to tight 
deadlines.

• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to achieve 
‘right first time’.

• Good follow up skills to be able to achieve pragmatic 
solutions within defined procedures.

Contact details for an informal discussion


Please contact the Recruitment Team at police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk or on 023 8045 1611  


Please note that the email address you supply when submitting an application will be used for contact throughout the full lifecycle of that vacancy. You will not be able to amend your contact details. You should therefore ensure that you choose an appropriately accessible email address, being mindful that the process may take several months for some roles.


Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.

The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: positive.action@hampshire.pnn.police.uk

The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.


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