Director of Finance (Sponsorship Available) at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Employer: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Job Title: Director of Finance
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £111,655 to £167,498 a year
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 08 March 2026

Job Summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional Director of Finance to join the Executive Team, following a planned retirement.

The Trust has a strong and consistent financial track record, embedded values, an overall “Good” Care Quality Commission rating, and Staff Survey results that consistently rank among the best in the South West. At the same time, the Trust recognises the challenges ahead — sustaining quality and performance while responding to increasing service demands, evolving community needs, commissioning and wider NHS structural changes, alongside a challenging financial environment.

This appointment follows the launch of the new strategic plan (2026–2031). The strategy builds on strong foundations and brings renewed focus to priorities and ways of working, ensuring continued delivery of outstanding care and leadership across the system.

The Trust is looking for a skilled CCAB qualified accountant and leader who combines energy, curiosity, and ambition with strong alignment to its values.

Main Duties of the Job

As part of a collaborative Executive Director team, the Director of Finance will work alongside colleagues bringing deep local knowledge and fresh perspectives. Together with Board colleagues, the role leads a high-performing organisation delivering community, mental health, learning disability and autism services across Gloucestershire.

Core responsibilities include finance, planning, and estates and facilities functions. Additional portfolios may be added depending on skills and experience.

The Director of Finance is a key member of the Executive Team and Board, responsible for:

• Strategic financial planning

• Maintaining financial systems

• Ensuring strong financial control

• Enabling the Trust to meet statutory responsibilities and financial targets

• Maintaining the Trust’s reputation for solid financial management and delivery with key stakeholders

The role also serves as principal advisor to the Board on financial matters, ensuring potential financial risks are highlighted and providing assurance on financial management.

Executive Leadership Responsibilities

Providing executive leadership for:

Financial Strategy and Management – overseeing the approach to resource use in support of strategic aims and maintaining a strong financial management culture and controls.

Estates and Facilities – strategic leadership for the Estates Strategy and delivery of estates and facilities functions.

Contracting and Procurement – leading agreement and management of contracts, including tendering processes and ensuring best value through procurement.

Business Planning – ensuring coherent business plans aligned to workforce, financial, operational and quality priorities, linking local and national priorities together.

About Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust has over 5000 colleagues working across more than 55 sites and within people’s homes. A welcoming workplace culture promotes civility, inclusivity and diversity, fostering belonging and trust.

In the latest staff survey:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region.

• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided, also ranking 1st in the South West region.

• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average of 64% in comparable NHS Trusts in England.

The Trust continues to invest in becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in staff surveys.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master’s Degree level education or equivalent experience in financial management or related professional qualification

• CCAB qualified accountant

• Evidence of recent and continuing professional and personal development

Experience

Essential

• Proven track record of achievements at or near Board level in a complex organisation

• Record of successfully managing complex organisation-wide transformational change

Desirable

• Previous similar role

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

• In-depth knowledge of NHS financial and accounting regimes

• Highly effective communicator with strong stakeholder engagement capability

• Ability to work collaboratively internally and externally across organisational boundaries

• Knowledge and understanding of national NHS policy and strategy

• Good knowledge of procurement issues and processes

Desirable

• Managing and leading Estates and Facilities

• Leadership of capital investment and disposal programmes

• Ability to articulate understanding of legal frameworks for partnership arrangements including joint ventures

Personal Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

• High achievement rate and results driven

• Strong personal resilience and emotional intelligence

• Passionate and compassionate values-driven leader

• Self-belief, awareness and management

• Well-honed political skills and astuteness

• Strong interpersonal, negotiating, influencing and communication skills

• Commitment to providing top quality services, including focus on vulnerable groups and removing health inequalities

• Ability to champion change internally and across the wider system

• Ability to lead, motivate and direct senior colleagues

• Broad skills and experience suitable for wider portfolio responsibilities

Additional Information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Application Process
Applications for this role are via CV. Applications via Trac cannot be accepted. CVs and covering letters should be sent to dof.recruitment@ghc.nhs.uk together with completed NHS Fit and Proper Person attestation and Equality Monitoring forms.

Candidates are strongly encouraged to arrange an informal discussion with the Chief Executive, Douglas Blair, by contacting Jane Russell at dof.recruitment@ghc.nhs.uk prior to application.

How to Apply

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