Finance Manager
Launde Abbey is recruiting a Finance Manager to be part of the Senior Management Team.
Launde Abbey is recruiting a Finance Manager to be part of the Senior Management Team. Together with the Operations Manager, the Development Manager and the Deputy Warden, they share responsibility with the Warden for fulfilling the vision, goals and purpose of Launde Abbey as a Christian Retreat House, and as a place of prayer, hospitality, community and sanctuary.
Launde Abbey is owned and run by a charitable trust. In 2025, its turnover was over £1.3m and it has around 40 staff and 20 volunteers. Between the Tudor manor house and the C17th stables, it has 39 bedrooms, a selection of meeting and conference rooms, a dining room and café open to the public, a library, prayer rooms and various seating areas for guests. Outdoors there is a walled garden under partial cultivation, wider gardens largely managed by volunteers, a ‘way of the cross’ walk and a grass labyrinth. At the heart of the site and its activity is a chapel – incorporating the remains of the 900 year old priory church – in which a pattern of daily prayer is observed by the permanent praying community, a small number of whom live on the site.
Hours:
- 22.5 hours/week (0.6 FTE)
- Basic working pattern negotiable over 3 full or 4-5 shorter days per week
- Friday morning Board meetings once a month and Wednesday morning SMT meetings weekly
(some flexibility may be possible for the right candidate)
Place of work:
- As a hospitality business with a strong sense of place, working onsite with the team at Launde Abbey is important, however, some hybrid working may be possible for the right candidate. Attendance is required onsite at Board and SMT meetings. Your own transport will be needed to reach our rural site.
Salary and remuneration:
- £24 – 27k for 22.5 hours/week (£40 – 45k FTE)
- Holiday: 16.8 working days (28 days FTE), up to 5 FTE of which are taken at the discretion of Launde Abbey, typically at Christmas. In addition, 4.8 days (8 days FTE) are taken as bank holidays or days in lieu as agreed.
- Pension