Exchequer Officer

Havant Borough Council by Gatherwell Limited; Havant; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD support

Generous leave

Free parking

Hybrid/flexible hours

Job summary

Havant Borough Council is seeking an Exchequer Officer to provide high-quality Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Cashiering support across the Council.

You will process and record financial transactions, ensuring invoices are paid promptly, income is managed effectively and debt is followed up appropriately.

Qualifications

• GCSEs or equivalent qualifications or experience demonstrating this level of applied knowledge.
• Experience in Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cashiering or similar financial processing.
• Experience with high-volume processing with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good analytical, written and verbal communication, able to explain financial processes to non-financial colleagues.
• Confidence using IT applications, including finance systems and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Process and record transactions in Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Cashiering.
• Help ensure invoices are paid promptly and income is managed effectively.
• Follow up on outstanding debts and provide information to budget holders and service users.
• Explain financial processes clearly to colleagues and suppliers.
• Support the Exchequer service to maintain accurate and timely financial data.

Skills

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Payable

Cashiering

High-volume processing

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Excel

IT systems

Education

GCSEs / equivalent

Tools

Finance systems

Job description

This is an important role within our Corporate Finance team, providing high-quality Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Cashiering support across the Council. As an Exchequer Officer, you will help ensure income, payments and financial transactions are processed accurately, efficiently and on time, while providing excellent customer service to colleagues, customers, suppliers and service users.

We’re looking for someone who is highly organised, numerate and confident working with financial information. You’ll be supporting a busy Exchequer service, processing and recording transactions, helping ensure invoices are paid promptly, income is managed effectively and outstanding debt is followed up appropriately. You’ll also work closely with budget holders, service users, procurement colleagues, suppliers and other members of the Finance team, explaining financial processes clearly and helping colleagues access reliable information when they need it.

You should have

• GCSEs, equivalent qualifications, or experience demonstrating this level of applied knowledge.
• Experience of working in Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cashiering or a similar financial processing environment.
• Experience of handling high-volume processing with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good analytical, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain financial processes to non-financial colleagues.
• Confidence using IT applications, including finance systems and Excel.
• The ability to work well as part of a team, manage your own workload and use your initiative in a changing operating environment.

What we can offer you

• Support for your continuous professional development
• Generous Leave Allowance
• Free Parking
• Flexible working/Hybrid working to support your work-life balance

At Havant Borough Council, our values shape how we work, make decisions and serve our communities. We're looking for people who demonstrate our values every day:

• Ambitious: we want to be the best for our Borough, our communities, and partners; We are performance driven.
• Accountable: we take personal responsibility for our decisions; we are one team.
• Agile: we are responsive to change; we evolve our ways of working.
• H’avant Garde: we are solutions-focused, and we learn continuously.

If these values describe you, we would love to hear in your covering letter how you demonstrated them in your career and experience.

This role is advertised full time 37 hours per week, although we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working and would consider a job share/part time hours. If this is an option you’d like to explore, please let us know how many hours you are looking for in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond).

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Amanda Marquis by email [e-mail] , or Denise Bendon [e-mail]

Closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on23 August 2026and interviews will be held week commencing 7 September 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

The council is an inclusive employer and appoints on merit. We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for Veterans.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff members to share this commitment.

Havant Borough Council is a Category 1 Responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. All employees of the Authority will be expected to support any necessary actions required during an emergency response.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

As part of Local Government Reorganisation, current plans will see us combine with Portsmouth City Council and the district and borough councils of Fareham, Gosport and parts of East Hampshire and Winchester district councils to form a new, larger unitary authority for South East Hampshire.

We are working towards an implementation date of 1 April 2028, known as vesting day, subject to Parliamentary approval. Until then, we remain focused on maintaining continuity, supporting our workforce, and continuing to deliver excellent services to our residents throughout the transition to the new unitary authority.

This is an exciting time to join us, offering the opportunity to contribute to organisational transformation, develop your career, and help shape future services for our communities.

More information about Local Government Reorganisation can be found on our website:

37 (Part time hours/Job Share considered)