Finance Director – NQA

SHV Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the TIC sector is seeking an experienced Finance Director to manage financial activities for NQA. The role involves leading the finance team, ensuring compliance, and managing financial strategies, with remote work options and potential for growth within the global organization.

Benefits

Company Car

Generous annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

Life assurance – 4x annual salary

Cycle loan scheme

Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a finance leadership role.
• Experience leading and mentoring a finance team.
• High integrity and results-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Managing the Finance Team and overseeing internal controls.
• Conducting feasibility studies and monitoring expenditure.
• Ensuring compliance with group policies.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Strategic Planning

Financial Regulations Knowledge

Project Management

Tools

Accounting Software

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and analytical Financial Director to join us.

NQA provides accredited certification, training, and support services to help customers improve processes, performance, and products and services. We have issued over 50,000 certificates to clients in over 90 countries, resulting in a yearly revenue of around 100 million Euro. NQA was acquired by Kiwa in 2024, a global leader in the Testing, Inspecting, and Certification (TIC) sector, based in the Netherlands. For NQA UK, we are looking for a Finance Director who will initially also support the US. As Finance Director, you will be part of the global NQA management team, reporting to the president of NQA based in the US, with a dotted line to the Kiwa UK Group CFO. This role offers potential career advancement within Kiwa. It is a remote role with some travel.

Overview:

This role will lead, manage, and continually improve the global financial activities related to NQA and Unitek’s scope of operations.

We are seeking an experienced and analytical Financial Director for a large international TIC industry company in a newly established business sector division, with strong numerical skills to drive our organization’s financial objectives.

• Managing the Finance Team
• Overseeing internal controls
• Ensuring compliance with group policies
• Conducting feasibility studies
• Monitoring expenditure
• Monitoring cash flow
• Managing tax compliance
• Assisting in the full M&A process for potential acquisitions
• Ensuring M&A is well integrated into business processes
• Ensuring financial back-offices at Kiwa UK and Kiwa North America are well organized into the Finance National Shared Service Centre (NSC) in the UK and USA

Responsibilities:

Your skills in sound financial planning, coupled with your ability to direct financial assets, will help our organization implement effective financial strategies, manage debt, improve revenue, maintain a healthy financial position, and oversee internal and external financial reporting.

• Significant experience in a finance leadership role
• Proven track record of managing multiple projects successfully
• Strategic planning experience at the executive level
• Experience leading and mentoring a finance team
• High integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results orientation
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• In-depth knowledge of corporate finance and accounting principles, laws, and best practices
• Familiarity with financial regulations and standards
• Analytical mind with strategic capabilities
• Proficiency in accounting software

Qualifications:

• Company Car
• Generous annual leave — starting at 25 days plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown (3 days), increasing with service
• 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced family leave — maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave with 6 months full pay, plus 3 weeks full pay for paternity leave
• Long service rewards
• Salary reviews
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Life assurance — 4x your annual salary
• Cycle loan scheme
• Electric power point loan
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Welcome pack with company-branded goodies

At Kiwa, we deliver results driven by our core values: Ambitious, Reliable, and Engaged — guiding how we work with colleagues, customers, and everyone we encounter. We are committed to personal development, encouraging ambition, exploring new ideas, and contributing to a safer, more sustainable world. You’ll thrive in a dynamic environment with ample growth and self-development opportunities.

As an equal opportunity employer, Kiwa celebrates diversity and is dedicated to building an inclusive, supportive workplace. We embrace flexibility in hiring talented individuals from all backgrounds globally, ensuring a prejudice-free, discrimination-free, and inclusive environment. Inclusivity and equality are core to our identity, upheld without exception.

If you have questions about this role or wish to speak with a member of our Talent Team, please email us at [e-mail]