Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Charites Finance Officer to join our busy Charity Finance Team.

We’re excited to be recruiting for a passionate and driven Charites Finance Officer to be an integral part of a high-quality Financial Services Function. 

We are looking for an individual who is an experienced, highly organised and motivated individual, who likes to work on their own but can work well as part of a team with a ‘positive can-do attitude and a passion for giving back.   You’ll be responsible for providing financial support to the Charity Finance Team, managing your own workload and providing complex charitable information as required.

Main duties of the job

Based at Trafford General Hospital, the postholder will co-ordinate the production of information relating to the Trust’s charitable funds and provide advice to the appropriate fund holders.

Produce monthly income and expenditure reports, highlighting, investigating and reporting on budget variances/errors and making the necessary adjustments through accurate input to the financial ledger. 

Dealing with complex financial queries from budget and fund holders and provide advice as required.

Complete legacy administration and liaising with executors of Wills and legacy fundraisers as required.

Support the Charities Accountant in providing relevant information for the Charity’s Annual Financial Accounts and ensure VAT is dealt with in accordance with guidelines.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.