Job Information
National Grid Finance Business Partner - Asset Operations in Warwick, United Kingdom
We’re looking for a passionate Finance Business Partner to partner the Asset Ops team and work hand in hand with Directors responsible for keeping the lights on of National Grid’s Electricity Transmission business.
This role will play a significant role in providing financial leadership, partnering the Asset Operations team who are at the heart of maintaining the 99.9999% reliability of England and Wales Electricity Transmission Network. The Asset Operations team have accountability for the routine inspection, maintenance, and repair of the network assets, and are currently delivering an ambitious ‘good to great’ programme and drive towards frontier levels of performance. The key interface issues will be around ensuring the correct level of time, cost and goods and services are correctly allocated between the Opex and Capex elements of the AO team’s work.
This role is based out of our Warwick office, and we’d hope to see you at least two days per week but you’re welcome to be in the office more often if that would work best for you. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!
What You’ll Do
Build effective relationships with the key business teams such as AO Performance, ET Transformation, ET Regulation and across wider Finance and FP&A teams to trigger and deliver business improvements that enhance commercial performance.
Link business targets and imperatives to group strategy to ensure a strategic business plan that is strongly owned by the business and is suitably stretching but achievable.
Ensure that budgets and forecasts are underpinned by robust business-owned assumptions.
Ensuring business leaders understand their financial performance in the context of the RIIO-T2 deal, providing insight to and inform their future decision making.
Supporting the business to obtain maximum allowances through opportunities such as regulatory submissions.
Bringing clarity to complex commercial scenarios. Considering both commercial and business risks and broader strategic imperatives.
Lead the implementation of financial discipline & ensure controls are in place and adhered to.
What You'll Have
A Qualified Accountant with post qualification experience.
You will be accountable along with the Asset Operations team in driving and delivering the financial performance for the Business unit.
At a time where there are many things to achieve, you are a resilient individual that allows you to focus on the right thing within the context you operate within
You can demonstrate the behaviours that show both financial and business leadership to ensure our business can deliver at a minimum against all their expected outcomes.
You have a track record in driving real commercial benefit to an organisation.
You are a relationship builder; a key part of the role will be forming relationships to simply get things done.
You are, at the heart an engaged and engaging individual that allows you to both to lead people and play a team role, depending on what the situation requires, to ensure the right engagement is provided to deliver the most desired outcome.
You have a continuous improvement mindset and you have implemented improvements that are effective and sustainable, with stakeholder buy in
Strong stakeholder management, influencing and collaboration skills.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.
What You'll Get
Up to £70,000 dependent on experience.
Plus:
Up to 15% Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance)
28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days in addition
The option to buy additional or sell holiday days every year.
A generous contributory pension scheme - we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions.
Life Insurance 10 x base salary.
Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
Access to apps which support health, fitness, and wellbeing.
Further Information
This is a hybrid working role from our Warwick office with circa 2 days in the office. The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 15th July 24, with interviews due to take place w/c 22nd July 24 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.
About us
We’ve recently announced plans to invest around £60 billion across the next five years – a near doubling in investment compared to the prior period. This significant scale of investment in our energy networks will unlock economic growth and enable the increasingly digital, electrified, and decarbonised economies of the future. This makes us one of the biggest green investors in the sector, allowing us to revolutionise and decarbonise the energy future across electricity, gas and renewables for the benefit of everyone.
A large part of this investment will be across the UK within the Electricity Transmission business where we maintain the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. We take electricity generated from windfarms and other power sources and transport it through our network of pylons, overhead lines, cables, and substations. It then goes on to separate lower voltage local distribution networks, which connect directly to homes and businesses.
Inclusion and Diversity is not just about race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. It is about our employees who wake up every day to serve our 20 million customers. At National Grid, we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are not only accepted but are celebrated. We understand the value that a diverse team can add to our organisation and that is why we model inclusive behaviour starting with senior leadership. National Grid utilises the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities who are in the fore front of everything we do.
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