Job Description

Job Details
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.
For more information on the role
Essential Qualifications
Educated to 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.
Competencies and Personal Qualities
- Level 1
- Level 1
- Level 1
- Level 1
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:
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