About Us St Michael’s Hospice supports and enables the community of Hastings and Rother to live well with dying, death and loss. Our services are provided via in-patient beds and at home and we also offer Wellbeing support, both out-patient and virtual. We want to recruit and retain the most diversely talented people and have a workforce representative of our community. We aspire to be a place where everyone feels welcome; whether you are cared for or supported by us, employed by us, volunteer for us, or support us in any way. We recognise that being a diverse and inclusive organisation will enable us to achieve our vision of a kind, resilient and empowered community. The role: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Assistant to become part of St Michael’s Hospice Finance Team. Reporting to the Finance Manager, the successful candidate will work within a small team of Finance Assistants to record all income and expenditure for St Michael’s Hospice and its Retail operation. With a passion for problem solving and devising efficient and user-friendly processes and procedures in a finance environment, you will be responsible for the recording and banking of all income and will work with relevant managers to support them with meeting strategic objectives. This role offers a great opportunity to work and collaborate with a diverse team within a caring environment. Part of your work will be supporting the finance team to help with incoming queries and reviewing processes to find ways to make them more efficient. You will also support the Finance Manager to improve our use of our accounting software, and encourage the use of paperless processes to ensure first class support to our stakeholders. Please note this role is based at St Michael's Hospice, working Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. Employee Benefits At St Michael’s Hospice we offer a friendly, team orientated work environment – a good pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership, an Employee Assistance Programme (Benenden Healthcare), up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, subsidised employee meals and free refreshments, free parking, supportive supervision and a proactive Education Department to support with your development. Hospice employees also qualify for a Blue Light Card with access to a huge array of discounts. If you would like to discuss the role in further detail please contact Siobhan Miles, Senior Financial Analyst & Payroll Manager, phone number: 01424 445177 If you have any questions regarding your application please do not hesitate to contact the Human Resources team on 01424 457970 or email recruitment@ stmichaelshospice.com Please note CVs will not be accepted, unless candidates are unable to complete the application form due to a disability, in which case please contact the HR team. Please note if a vacancy is part time the salary will be pro rata.