Job Description

An opportunity has arisen within our Finance Department to appoint a Finance Assistant.
We have a full time, permanent role (37.5 hours) and also a part time (30 hours) fixed term role (12 months). Please indicate on your application which role you would like to be considered for.
Financial Services is a dynamic, enthusiastic team looking for an energetic and hardworking individual to join us. The appointment would suit applicants who either want to study, or have started studying AAT and have the drive, enthusiasm and determination to succeed.
You will be undertaking a wide range of financial activities within the Financial Services team and report to a Financial Services Accountant. As a whole, the team provides a shared financial service. It has responsibility for overseeing routine transactional processes ensuring sound financial control within the Trust's main exchequer accounts as well as its Charitable Funds. It also supports the Divisional Accounting teams, budget managers across the organisation, and produces the Trust's annual statutory accounts. Provision has been made for regularly supporting a management accounting team, thereby gaining some experience of a management accounting role.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to gain broad and invaluable experience to support their professional training and future career in the exciting and ever changing environment of a successful NHS Foundation Trust. Study support is available to the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to provide comprehensive, professional accounting support into the Trust's Financial Services department which has responsibility for overseeing routine transactional processes to ensure sound financial control to the Trust's main exchequer accounts as well as its Charitable Fund.
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

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Details
Date posted
11 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
24,937 to 26,598 a year Based on full time hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
348-IOW-8574
Job locations
Tatchbury Mount
Calmore
Southampton
Hampshire
SO40 2RZ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the 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. Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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).

Desirable

• Studying for the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).

Person Specification
Qualifications
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).

Desirable

• Studying for the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).