Director of Finance, Planning & Analysis
Mission Aviation International
Director of Finance, Planning & Analysis
£55000
Mission Aviation International, Ashford
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 17db46087ec6487cb71527ea61aaba61
Full Job Description
- Enable critical operations that bring hope to isolated regions by overseeing budgets and financial strategies. Your work directly supports projects like opening new programmes, which open new lifelines for remote villages.
- Advise on donor funds to enable partners to provide educational programs in remote areas, ensuring children and adults have access to learning resources, a cornerstone for community development.
- Your expert analysis and development of financial dashboards ensures, MAFI's agility to move resources where most needed.
- Provides financial oversight develop MAFI's Environment Impact Plans and assist Partners with environmental conservation efforts, helping protect ecosystems and wildlife in inaccessible areas.
- Lead the charge in maintaining high standards of financial integrity and accountability, ensuring that every dollar is accounted for and maximized for impact across all MAF operations.
- Ensure rigorous financial controls and compliance systems are in place enabling MAFI to continue to serve in some of the remotest areas of the world
- Incorporate faith into your professional life, aligning financial practices with MAF's mission to demonstrate God's love through action. This spiritual dimension enriches your role, providing deeper fulfilment as you contribute to a higher purpose.
- Extensive experience in financial management, ideally in an international or non-profit organization.
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to navigate complex financial landscapes and provide clear, actionable insights
- Passion for leveraging professional expertise to support humanitarian, educational, and environmental stewardship.
- Strong alignment with MAF's Christian ethos and dedication to its mission and values.
Impactful Financial Analysis:
Governance and Compliance:
Spiritual Leadership:
Why Join Us: Your role goes beyond traditional finance; it's a gateway to making a profound impact on the world. Through your strategic planning and financial acumen, you will help MAF deliver immediate aid and foster long-term development in the most inaccessible corners of the planet. Your work supports pilots, aid workers, educators, and conservationists who rely on MAF's logistical capabilities to achieve their mission.
There is an occupational requirement for the job holder of this position to be a committed Christian (Equality Act 2010). The post holder will be expected to lead and take part in prayer and biblical reflection and to be a role model for the organisation in accordance with our Christian beliefs and standards in the work place.
Due to the global nature of our organisation a willingness to work outside of normal working hours is essential. There is also is a requirement for you to be able to travel internationally for 8-10 weeks per year to visit support offices, programmes, and attend meetings.
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is an organisation using light aircraft to deliver help, hope and healing in 24 developing countries, for more than 75 years! MAF transports patients, relief workers, produce and medical supplies to the world's remotest regions and places of deepest human need - places where flying is not a luxury but a lifeline.
Join Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) as the Director of Finance Planning and Analysis and find yourself at the financial helm of an organization that changes lives and landscapes across the globe. From your desk, you will orchestrate financial strategies that enable urgent medical evacuations, disaster response, and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the world's most remote regions. Each financial model you build contribute to the strategic goals of MAFI and also directly supports initiatives that deliver clean water, provide educational opportunities, and empower isolated communities. Every financial decision you make helps transform the lives of those who are most in need.
Your Impact: Imagine a role where the results of your financial modelling and stewardship are seen not just in reports, but in the smiles of children attending school in Arnhem Land, the gratitude of families receiving medical care in Timor Leste, and the preserved natural beauty of Madagascar's forests. At MAF, your job is a mission; you're not just working on projects, you're launching lifelines.
This position offers more than a career-it's a calling. If you're ready to use your financial skills to help change the world, MAF is where you can make it happen. Together, we can continue to reach the unreachable, delivering not just aid but opportunities for a better future.