Strategic Commercial Finance Controller - Hybrid

Kiwa Group; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

24/7 GP service

Cycle to work scheme

Eye care vouchers

Welcome pack

Job summary

Kiwa UK is seeking a Commercial Financial Controller to drive sustainable, profitable growth within our NQA business. You will partner with senior leaders to shape strategic decisions, provide commercial insight and lead budgeting and investment appraisal efforts from our Dunstable base with hybrid travel to other sites.

You will challenge plans, deliver insightful reporting, and coach stakeholders across Kiwa UK and international teams, while championing data-driven decision making and robust

Qualifications

• Recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Ability and confidence to influence senior stakeholders, constructively challenge assumptions and shape commercial decisions
• Strategic and curious mindset, track record for driving profitability improvements
• Strong commercial and financial modelling skills, with understanding of revenue and cost recognition in service-based businesses

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to the Finance Director and NQA Managing Director, shaping commercial decisions and ensuring alignment with robust financial controls
• Oversee the quarterly forecasting cycle and annual budget process, grounded in a deep understanding of the business and its key drivers
• Review, challenge and enhance business plans, investment proposals, and expansion initiatives, ensuring commercial logic and clear value creation
• Analyse and challenge customer and project profitability to ensure resources are directed toward the most valuable and sustainable opportunities
• Provide insightful reporting and analysis, including costing, margins, forecast adherence, utilisation and business performance updates
• Support commercial and systems projects, including investments, system implementations and integration planning
• Build relationships with international Kiwa and SHV teams to identify and promote growth opportunities, while sharing best practice across the Kiwa UK Group
• Analyse sector and market trends, identifying key risks, opportunities and areas for commercial growth
• Partner with Finance and Data teams to improve financial literacy, coach senior stakeholders and lead finance for non-finance training sessions
• Promote continuous improvement, standardisation and data-driven decision-making, including the development of digital decision support tools
• Support commercial governance, contract creation, ROI analysis and commercial expansion activity
• Support statutory audits, tax compliance, internal controls and other compliance objectives
• Lead annual costing and transfer pricing activities, and provide analysis and support for internal and external audit requirements

Skills

Financial modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Budgeting & forecasting

Strategic thinking

Data literacy & coding

Leadership & training

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

ACA/CIMA/ACCA

Job description

Kiwa UK is seeking a Commercial Financial Controller to drive sustainable, profitable growth within our NQA business. You will partner with senior leaders to shape strategic decisions, provide commercial insight and lead budgeting and investment appraisal efforts from our Dunstable base with hybrid travel to other sites.

You will challenge plans, deliver insightful reporting, and coach stakeholders across Kiwa UK and international teams, while championing data-driven decision making and robust