Job summary
- Main area
- Charity
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Onsite working necessary)
- Job ref
- 318-26-T0075
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 (pa, pro rata if part-time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/03/2026
Employer heading
Charity Finance Officer, Band 5
Band 5
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.
We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
Cheltenham & Gloucester Hospitals Charity supports Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust by raising, managing and distributing funds.
As a member of our Charity Team, you will lead efficient and effective financial systems and contribute to the charity's effective operation. You will have a flexible, proactive, and adaptable approach to the requirements of this role and to developing financial, data, and reporting needs.
Working closely with the Charity Head of Operations and Operations Officer you will be a dedicated, organised, and reliable individual working on the operations team. You will show determination to succeed and have a solution-focused outlook. You will be passionate about finance and information management, producing accurate and insightful reports using the finance system and our database (Beacon CRM) for internal stakeholders and informing the team's work.
In this key role, you’ll work closely with the teams across the charity and Trust, using your expertise in finance, journals, data input, analysis and reporting to drive the charity’s finances forward. You will be extremely organised and able to balance a number of priorities, producing work of a high standard to support the operations team and charity’s work. Confident with IT, the Microsoft suite of packages, databases and willing to learn new systems you will keep accurate and up to date records at all times.
Additional working pattern details: Onsite working necessary
Main duties of the job
Manage the day to day charity financial matters
Responsible for ensuring the charity maintains a coherent audit trail of all financial transactions
Complete various monthly reconciliations as required by the month-end timetable.
Manage the allocation of income including banking, accounting, documentation and transfer of income to the Trust’s security couriers/bank.
Produce monthly reports to inform the team of progress against budgets and KPIs.
Monitoring and forecasting budgets and supporting colleagues with forecasts for income and expenditure.
Manage the process of HMRC returns in order to claim the recovery of tax on donations under Gift Aid due in a timely manner
Support the Trusts procurement procedures
Work closely with the Head of Operations and finance department with the year-end audits, including assisting in creating the Annual Report and accounts.
Responsible for coordinating legacy correspondence between the charity, solicitors and administrators of estates.
Entering gifts accurately onto the fundraising CRM ensuring relevant gifts are acknowledged and/or other team members are notified.
Downloading and analysing reports from online donation platforms.
Working for our organisation
The Charity has an office in Cheltenham Hospital and also in Gloucester Hospital, this post will be part of our operations team based in our office on the Gloucester site. We raise funds to support projects that make a positive change for as many as possible using or working in the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; making a significant impact every day of the year, for tens of thousands of local people of all ages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification document for more information on the main responsibilities for the role.
Expected interview date: 4th March 2026
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full AAT or degree in Accountancy/Finance and Business, or equivalent experience or training in the charity, statutory or business sector
Desirable criteria
- Studying towards an accountancy qualification or other training / development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Accurate input of financial information into finance and reporting systems to enable the production of good quality/timely reports.
- Experience of working with a team to advise on finance, forecasts and budgeting.
- Substantial experience of cash handling and banking
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of fundraising best practice in all matters relating to donations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of using finance software and databases to track income, expenditure and to analyse complex financial information in relation to £millions of income and expenditure
Desirable criteria
- Substantial experience working within a charity team, preferably within a health or hospital environment
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Methodical and organised approach to work.
- Good written and numeracy skills in order to prepare key documents and reports
- Flexible approach to work when required.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jean Mustoe
- Job title
- Charity Head of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 6706
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