Finance Director

South West Community Chaplaincy; Dunstable; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Certsure, the organisation behind NICEIC, is seeking a Finance Director to join the leadership team. You will shape financial strategy, governance and long-term value across the business, with responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal and performance management.

Reporting to the CEO and collaborating with senior colleagues, you will connect revenue plans, pricing and cost-to-serve with robust financial insight, ensuring sustainability and strong financial controls across

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with senior finance leadership experience in a complex, customer-facing, commercial or regulated organisation.
• Proven track record in strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal and performance management.
• Experience in revenue, pipeline, pricing, margin and customer value; financial control, reporting, audit, risk, procurement and supplier management.
• Experience with modernised finance systems and cross-functional partnering.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance and procurement with governance and financial stewardship.
• Provide financial insight to inform growth, investment, cost-to-serve and value decisions.
• Partner with the CEO and senior colleagues to align revenue plans, pricing and margins.
• Strengthen business partnering, reporting and financial confidence across the organisation.

Skills

Senior finance leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Investment appraisal

Performance management

Financial control

Statutory reporting

Audit

Procurement

Supplier management

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

Finance systems

Job description

Who we are

Certsure is the organisation behind NICEIC, the UK’s largest certification body for electrical businesses. For 70 years, NICEIC has helped raise standards across the electrical industry, and today more than 40,000 businesses carry our certification.

Our work supports technical competence, safety and trust. We also provide training, technical guidance, publications and other services that help businesses and professionals develop and respond to changes across the industry.

We are developing the next chapter for Certsure through a new three-year strategy and Target Operating Model. We have a strong platform, with opportunities to grow sustainably, strengthen the value customers receive and invest where we can make a difference.

About the role

As Finance Director, you will join the NICEIC Leadership Team and serve as an executive member with voting rights on the Certsure Management Board. With our three-year strategy and Target Operating Model taking shape, you will ensure financial insight informs choices about growth, investment, cost, risk and customer value, while safeguarding long-term sustainability.

Working with CEO Clair Mowbray and senior colleagues, particularly the Customer, Growth and Market Leadership Director, you will connect revenue plans and pipeline assumptions with pricing, margins, proposition investment and cost-to-serve. Your modelling, scenario planning and constructive challenge will help us weigh options and make evidence-led decisions.

You will lead finance and procurement, combining strong financial stewardship and governance with a modern, forward-looking service. You will strengthen business partnering, improve systems and reporting, and build financial confidence across the organisation so leaders can take ownership of performance, resources and value.

What we are looking for

You will be a qualified accountant with significant senior finance leadership experience in a complex, customer-facing, commercial or regulated organisation. You will bring a record of strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal and business performance management.

You will understand how revenue, pipeline, pricing, margin and customer value connect to financial sustainability, and have experience of financial control, statutory reporting, audit, risk, procurement and supplier management. You will also have modernised finance systems, reporting or business partnering, and helped non-finance colleagues use financial insight with confidence.

You will be a clear communicator and trusted partner, comfortable offering evidence-based challenge and balancing ambition with affordability. Curious about customers, markets and the drivers of organisational value, you will work across boundaries, make sound judgements and embody NICEIC’s values of Curiosity, Courage and Commitment.

If you are a qualified finance leader ready to help shape Certsure’s next stage, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Location

Hybrid, with a base in Dunstable or Chesterfield and travel between sites as required