Finance Assistant

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, processing payments and travel bookings. 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.

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.

How to Apply

Please follow the online application link to apply. You will be required to enter personal details, complete our screening questions, and provide examples of when you have displayed the below competencies:

We are Emotionally Aware – Level 1

We Take Ownership – Level 1

We are Collaborative – Level 1

We Support and Inspire– Level 1

Candidate guidance for completing Application Forms 

Your answers should also consider the values of courage, respect and empathy, and public service.

Your answers to these competencies will be used to shortlist applications and reading the above linked College of Policing webpages will assist you in completing your application. We also recommend you read through this candidate guidance for complete an application form.

Your answers to these competencies should be specific examples (from work, education, social, or home life) and should be a true account of events. To structure your answers, we recommend using the STAR technique which is explained in the above guidance document.

Your answers should be typed into the relevant section on the application form.

We recommend that you write your answers in MS Word before copying them into your application, to avoid the system timing out and you losing your progress. Our recruitment system uses a word count for your answer to each competency, but please do not use MS Word as a word count guide – the system will tell you how many words you have typed for each answer.

Contact details for an informal discussion

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