Mission Aviation Fellowship UK
Finance Manager

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Role Overview
To organise the Finance Department and all its functions to ensure timely delivery of complete, accurate information to all users in order to minimise risk and maximise efficiency.
Salary
£53,026 per annum
Location
This is a hybrid role based in our Folkestone Office, with the number of days spent in the office to be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate, taking into account the needs of the role.
Working Hours
Office open officially from 9am to 5.30pm (Mon-Fri) and 9am-4pm on Fridays.
Closing Date
13th October 2026
Responsibilities
- To manage all banking and Treasury functions, ensuring all payments are properly authorised and funds are invested in the best manner.
- To manage the Finance Department, its staff and software systems.
- To ensure the appropriate delegation of tasks and responsibilities to the Finance & Administration Officer and overseeing their development and training.
- Maintaining a thorough understanding of, and ensuring the integrity of the financial reporting, Nominal Ledger and costing structures, internal controls and monthly processes.
- To manage all Payroll and Pension functions for UK and Overseas staff, ensuring full PAYE and NIC compliance, and processing MAFI pension contributions.
- To ensure all staff understand their payroll and pension matters, and help with understanding their tax situations, ensuring that overseas staff are on the correct tax (NT) code. Making staff aware when they need to take independent financial advice.
Job Activities
General
- Working with the Finance Director to understand the budgeting and reporting practices.
- Maintaining a thorough understanding of, and ensuring the integrity of the financial reporting, Nominal Ledger and costing structures, internal controls and monthly processes.
- Working with the Finance Director to ensure a clean and timely year end audit.
- Supporting Finance Director with special projects.
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Treasury Management
- Primary responsibility for and management of:
- Ensuring that liquid funds are always available to fulfil planned expenditure.
- Ensuring that funds are held so as to attract the best rate of interest.
- To research the best options for investment and consult with the Finance Director.
- To ensure that all funds are invested in-line with charity policies.
Banking
- Primary responsibility for and management of:
- All bank-payment related software. This includes NatWest Bankline, NW ClearSpend and Bacway IP.
- All domestic and foreign bank accounts.
- Ensuring account balances are maintained at agreed levels and movement of funds as required.
- Organisational banking requirements including daily monitoring of transactions and resolution of any arising queries and issues.
- Primary contact for:
- All domestic and foreign banks (NatWest – including Relationship Manager, Corporate Service team, foreign exchange dealer, Bank of Ireland Euro account, WorldPay & Stripe (Credit Card processing) and BACS (Direct Credit and Direct Debit processing))
Software Providers
Payroll
- Primary responsibility for and management of:
- Preparation, processing and payment of monthly Payroll and month end procedures to deadline.
- Adherence to HMRC rules and requirements ensuring MAF is protected from avoidable fines thereby minimising compliance costs.
- Advising Overseas Staff on matters of Tax and NI.
- Maintenance of the Payroll software and database.
- Driving process improvements across the Payroll function.
- Primary contact for:
- HMRC
- Payroll Software Provider
- Additionally:
- Providing guidance on Payroll related matters to Senior Management and Staff
- Providing reporting and analysis to HR and SLT as required
- Co-responsibility along with HR for advising monthly payroll changes
- Providing audit support specific to payroll and expenses


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Pension
- Primary responsibility for and management of:
- Preparing monthly submission and electronic transmission for payment of employer and employee pension contributions to Pension Scheme Provider for UK, Overseas and MAF International staff.
- Calculating, deducting, collating and validating personal pension contributions, and resolving any arising anomalies.
- Arranging meetings with all Staff and IFA.
- Primary contact for:
- Pension provider
- Death in service benefit provider
- UK and Overseas Staff
- MAF International
- Independent Financial Adviser (IFA)
Tasks Common to All Staff
- Role modelling of organisational values and beliefs - to contribute to the shared spiritual life of the MAF UK team as a unique Christian charity. This will include attendance and participation in corporate times of biblical reflection and corporate prayer meetings.
- To participate in appropriate matrix programme and project teams, contributing skills and expertise to required timescales from the appropriate programme leader.
- To keep line manager informed of all relevant and timely information.
- At all times comply with statutory requirements for handling personal and sensitive data in a confidential manner.
- To abide by Safeguarding and Conduct Policies, and all other MAF UK policies provided on the Intranet.
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