Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Finance Assistant

The closing date is 08 February 2026

Job summary

We are looking for a Senior Finance Assistant to join our team!

This is a 15 months fixed term position covering a secondment.

In this role you provide comprehensive, professional accounting support into the Trust's financial services team, which has responsibility for overseeing routine transactional processes to ensure sound financial control to the Trust's main bank accounts as well as its Charitable Fund.

We are looking for an organised individual who has a working knowledge of financial and non-financial computer systems (including Microsoft Word and Excel) to intermediate level.

If this sounds like the role for you then please apply today!

Main duties of the job

This role will include:

*Reconciliation of control accounts

*Clearance of interface files into the Trust's general ledger

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

*Provide assistance for getting invoices approved on the payables ledger promptly and ensuring that these are cleared promptly by the budget manager.

*Support to the Trust's Treasury management activities, including aspects of credit control and leading on the chasing of outstanding customer debt, verifying payment requests issued by the team

*Support VAT/CIS return monthly process

*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 in accordance with contractual liabilities and charging to budget costs which may initially be processed against a suspense account.

*Support the financial processes required by the Trust to fulfil its statutory reporting obligations, e.g., production of annual accounts and the NHS Agreement of Balances exercise.

*Support Management Accounting team in the day-to-day management of income and expenditure budgets

*Support Management Accounting team in investigating financial queries and to provide advice to service managers and external suppliers

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

Details

Date posted

26 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-COR-10363

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 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A working knowledge of financial and non-financial computer systems (including Microsoft Word and Excel) to intermediate level
  • Actively studying for an Association of Accounting Technicians qualification or ACCA

Desirable

  • Completed Association of Accounting Technicians Final Level, or progress towards a professional (CCAB) qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of computerised systems
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of accountancy procedures and principles
  • Able to work as part of a team and independently
  • Experience of working in an accounting environment or large accounting section
  • Experience of delivering a professional financial service to budget managers

Desirable

  • Involvement in finance staff training
  • Advanced excel skills
  • Oracle R12 and Business Intelligence skills

Additional Criteria

Desirable

  • Valid driving licence
  • Car owner
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A working knowledge of financial and non-financial computer systems (including Microsoft Word and Excel) to intermediate level
  • Actively studying for an Association of Accounting Technicians qualification or ACCA

Desirable

  • Completed Association of Accounting Technicians Final Level, or progress towards a professional (CCAB) qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of computerised systems
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of accountancy procedures and principles
  • Able to work as part of a team and independently
  • Experience of working in an accounting environment or large accounting section
  • Experience of delivering a professional financial service to budget managers

Desirable

  • Involvement in finance staff training
  • Advanced excel skills
  • Oracle R12 and Business Intelligence skills

Additional Criteria

Desirable

  • Valid driving licence
  • Car owner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ


Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Stuart Gorman

stuart.gorman1@nhs.net

02382314177

Details

Date posted

26 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-COR-10363

Job locations

Tatchbury Mount

Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ


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