FP&A Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced FP&A Manager to join our team on a full time, permanent basis! As our FP&A Reporting Manager, you will be leading the delivery of financial reporting and analysis by business partnering key stakeholders across our portfolio of businesses; you’ll bring their stories together by presenting key trends and results to executive teams.

You will be responsible for delivering monthly management reporting to the Group and NGV executive teams, while project managing processes across NGV to develop annual operating budgets and associated KPIs, providing valuable finance and business insights. Additionally, you will support financial forecasts and strategic business plans, collaborating with the portfolio’s finance and partnering teams to create a consolidated view of NGV and present a cohesive narrative.

This role is based out of 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

• Monthly Management Reporting: run smooth, high-quality monthly reporting to Group and the NGV Exec team, bringing insight and analysis to add value and support decisions. Requires partnering accounting counterparts within the Controllership to ensure proper tie-in between record to report and plan to perform processes (i.e. bridge from actuals to budget/forecast)
• Monthly Business Reviews: Provide finance inputs to MBRs and help shape overall content and focus areas.
• Ad hoc analysis and support: This is an innovative team looking to leverage new tools and technology to bring further insight from analysis.  A key priority is to better use tools and technology to deliver value.
• Other activities: Support NGV Finance-wide projects and priorities as they arise, including annual performance plans and Green Financing.
• Team leadership and development: support in the curation of a highly motivated and capable team, developing talent and a performance management culture that drives value through engagement.

What You'll Have

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA etc).
• Excellent oral and written communications skills. The ability to summarise complex transactions, weighing up all the relevant factors, such as how transactions impact other areas of the business to senior management and in formal board papers.
• Budgeting and long-term financial planning.
• Strong Financial analysis and problem-solving skills.
• IFRS accounting.
• Process implementation and monitoring
• Effective business partnerships.
• Experience in collaborating and engaging teams across departments.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Financial or management accounting qualification.
• Proven record of finance or leadership experience, including financial management and organisational budgeting.
• Broad range of financial, management and business modelling experience.

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 Base Salary 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 14 Feb 25, with interviews due to take place w/c 24 Feb 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

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. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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