Finance Business Partner - Centre of Excellence

We're looking for a passionate Finance Business Partner to partner with the Centre of Excellence team. You will be responsible for NGET's capital investment plan valuing at c£20bn over the next 10 years. Aimed at a high performing individual who is seeking to understand NGET's regulatory deal and understand how different components of the framework work in practice. This role involves working closely with the business and will provide insight into the strategic context underpinning what the NGET business does. It will provide understanding and an opportunity to contribute to NGET's key projects which deliver net zero as well as playing a key role in the development of the T3 regulatory Framework.,

• Responsible for leading and managing a team of 3 people (Finance Partner, Finance Analyst and Graduate) across a wide variety of activities, including but not limited to, ET QRF Totex consolidation, Reopener Submissions, Cost Benefit Analysis.
• Build effective relationships with the key business individuals, 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.
• Act as a centre of excellence for capital investment and commercial business decisions. Bringing clarity to complex commercial scenarios. Considering both commercial and business risks and broader strategic imperatives.
• Ensure appropriate and robust control frameworks are in place covering the investment decision process. All parties understand their role and periodic testing is undertaken with corrective action as required.
• Act as finance lead on RIIO-T2 Reopener and RIIO-T3 submissions, ensuring well justified, consistent costings and business cases are submitted to Ofgem, enabling optimal outcomes.
  
  A Qualified Accountant with post qualification experience.
• 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.
  
  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., At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

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.