# Payroll and Finance Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hope House Children’s Hospices. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/payroll-and-finance-officer/0a2b0222-a434-42f7-80b0-d9473903c1d8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/payroll-and-finance-officer/0a2b0222-a434-42f7-80b0-d9473903c1d8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Hope House Children’s Hospices - **Location:** Nant Lane, Morda, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9BX, United Kingdom; Hope House Childrens Hospice - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Finance officer - **Salary:** £32123.00 to £36360.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T08:27:42.557Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0315-26-0011 - **Employer website:** https://www.hopehouse.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job summary Hope House Childrens Hospices have an opportunity for a Payroll and Finance Officer to join our team based in Oswestry. You will join us on a Full time 37.5 hours, permanent basis. In return, as Payroll and Finance Officer you will receive a competitive salary of £32,123 £36,360 per annum depending on experience. ### Main duties of the job About the Payroll and Finance Officer role The Payroll and Finance Officer is responsible for the full end to end payroll cycle for approximately 300 employees, ensuring accurate processing and record keeping, timely payments, and the fulfilment of all policy, procedural, reporting and regulatory requirements. Additionally, the postholder works with colleagues in the Finance team to ensure effective finance administration and management of the purchase ledger. This includes monitoring the Accounts email inbox, processing payments, bank reconciliation, petty cash management, and reporting. ### About us About us By joining Team Hope House and Ty Gobaith, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we make a real commitment to your career, health and wellbeing. We will support you by offering: Generous annual leave entitlement, starting at 34 days per annum FTE with service increments Organisational pension scheme Blue Light Card and staff rewards programme Cycle to Work Scheme Wellbeing services which includes staff counselling Funded Medicash Health Care Cash Plan Flexible working arrangements Great development opportunities ### Details - Date posted: 18 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £32,123 to £36,360 a year depending on experience - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: B0315-26-0011 - Job locations: Nant Lane, Morda, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9BX, United Kingdom, Hope House Childrens Hospice, Hope House, Nant Lane, Morda, OSWESTRY, Shropshire, SY10 9BX, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Reporting to the Finance Manager, this varied role combines responsibility for all aspects of payroll processing with supporting finance administration, especially regarding the purchase ledger. The Payroll and Finance Officer is responsible for the full end-to-end payroll cycle for approximately 300 employees, ensuring accurate processing and record keeping, timely payments, and the fulfilment of all policy, procedural, reporting and regulatory requirements. Additionally, the postholder works with colleagues in the Finance team to ensure effective finance administration and management of the purchase ledger. This includes monitoring the Accounts email inbox, processing payments, bank reconciliation, petty cash management, and reporting. Success requires the postholder to work both on their own initiative, and collaboratively with colleagues inside and outside the Finance team. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of evolving payroll and pension regulations and best practice is key, as is the ability to provide accurate, timely and relevant insight and analysis ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of payroll from prior experience including PAYE/NIC, workplace - pensions, statutory sick and maternity payments, P60s, P11Ds, P45s etc. - Up to date knowledge of payroll legislation. - Knowledge of accounting and payroll software - Principles of accounting, inc. profit & loss, balance sheets and cash flow - Understanding of nominal codes, journals, and double entry **Desirable** - n/a ### Experience **Essential** - Exceptional level of numeracy - High level of IT proficiency, comfortable with digital working as a default - Microsoft Excel expertise - Analytical skills and the ability to present information clearly - Communications skills with stakeholders at all levels - Time management and working under own initiative to meet deadlines - Ability to explain complexity both verbally and in written form - Excellent attention to detail and high level of accuracy ### Qualifications **Essential** - Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) or equivalent - qualification or professional experience. - Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or equivalent qualification or - professional experience. ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.