Accounting Technician - HC623878

Job Details

Job Title: Accounting Technician - HC623878

Work Location: SHQ, Eastleigh

Salary: Scale 4 - £27,204 - £29,859 per annum

Hours: Full Time - 37 hours

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 10th May 2026 @23:59 hours

Interview Date: 21st to 28th May 2026

About the role

As an Accounting Technician you will be ensuring work is carried out in relation to financial and accounting processes, including budget preparation, budget monitoring and final accounts. You will assist Finance Managers from undertaking tasks such as raising and approving purchase orders through to producing financial analysis and reports. You will also provide advice on financial regulations/procedures/processes to operational police managers. You will contribute to the operation of the team by providing high quality customer care, liaising with customers and partners, and attending team meetings.

What’s on offer?

• Fantastic Local Government Pension scheme
• 24 days annual leave rising to 29 days after 5 years service (pro-rata for part‑time workers) PLUS the 8 public bank holidays
• Blue Light Card – Retail, holiday and leisure discounts
• Family‑friendly policies supporting those with caring responsibilities
• Excellent wellbeing support including onsite wellbeing rooms and access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff representation groups and inclusion networks
• Gym facilities at a number of our buildings

Essential Qualifications

Educated to QCF Level 2 including Maths and English OR work experience deemed to have brought the postholder 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

• We are emotionally aware – Level 1
• We take ownership – Level 1
• We collaborate – Level 1
• We support and inspire – Level 1
• Values: courage, respect and empathy, public service

Equal Opportunities & Accessibility

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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