Director of Capital & Investment

We are seeking 3 highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to take on the roles of Director of Capital & Investment for ET, SI and IT. This position will be responsible for the overall ownership, review, and challenge of processes, investment numbers, and performance for the ET, SI and IT delivery vehicles. The individual will be the key contact for Senior Finance and Business stakeholders with regard to process, output and delivery within the delivery vehicles. The role will be managing a large team (15+, ET 35+) based across the UK and India.

The role work will hand in hand with Directors and Leaders of National Grid’s Electricity Transmission business, responsible for delivering the biggest upgrade that National Grid has seen in decades.

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

• Lead the ownership and oversight of processes related to ET SI and IT, ensuring accuracy and quality in output and reporting.
• Providing financial leadership for all finance related matters, financial challenge and support across the ET and SI Investment Accounting teams.
• Serve as the primary contact for Senior Finance and Business stakeholders regarding process, output, and delivery within the delivery vehicles.
• Produce and delivery of accurate and complete forecasts across projects and capital accounting.
• Delivery of insight and commentary to the Lead/Entity Controllers, Lead/Senior Business Partners, FP&A, UKFC and other relevant leaders within the organisation.
• Drive process improvements, by challenging the status quo, to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across the team.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality reporting to support decision-making and performance evaluation.
• Collaborate closely with the finance leadership team to align on priorities, deliverables, and overall output.
• Build, manage, and develop a high performing team, building strong development and succession.
• To support the delivery of change across finance and the business, role-modelling new ways of working and owning delivery of key outcomes to drive the improvement of long-term business capability.
• Proactively seek opportunities to drive continuous improvement in processes through the implementation of best practice, drawing on external sources and internal references, to drive increased value for National Grid
• Delivery of on time and high-quality inputs to the regulatory reporting pack through liaison with the Regulation team, the RIIO Optimisation team within Finance and FBPs to ensure smooth integration of deliverables into business submissions.

What You'll Have

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with post qualified experience at a senior level.
• You have significant experience in reporting financial information, as well as planning, forecasting, and budgeting across a variety of projects.
• You’ve interacted and managed a broad range of stakeholders and have experience working across multiple teams to deliver objectives and commercial decisions with relevant financial information.
• You’re comfortable leading and working as part of a virtual team and are prepared to travel to sites on an adhoc basis.
• You have experience working within a Record to Report/Business Services function, understanding the various upstream and downstream data and processes.
• Strong experience in MS Excel and SAP is key to the role.
• Good understanding of core financial processes.
• Proactive self-starter with ability to manage own workload, to time and desired levels of quality.
• Pragmatic can adapt quickly to a changing environment and can adapt approaches and utilise and align skills to different customer groups.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and collaboration skills.
• Strong results orientation.

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

Competitive salary dependent on experience.

Plus:

• Up to 20% Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance)
• 28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days in addition
• A full electric company car or cash alternative
• Private Medical Insurance 
• 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
•  Access to benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few
• 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 14 February 25, with interviews due to take place w/c 24 February 25 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

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

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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