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Finance Business Partner - East Midlands
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About the Role
As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll play a key role in shaping decisions across your area of the business. Working closely with leaders, you’ll provide insight, challenge and support to drive sustainable performance, long term value and capability across the organisation. You’ll also help develop talent within the FBP community as we navigate an exciting period of transformation under our new price control agreement.
This role is based out of our Pegasus (Castle Donington) office, and the role typically involves working on site two to three days a week, with flexibility beyond that. We’re happy to discuss working patterns and individual requirements — we want this role to work for you.
What You'll Do
- Partner the NGED Operations Director (East Midlands), providing strategic, commercial and financial challenge and support across a c£150–200m annual capital programme, c£90m operational cost base and a c1,500 strong workforce.
- Shape and influence commercial and non financial decision making, defining value, key drivers and KPIs to inform performance management, planning and future investment.
- Lead long term business and financial planning, including budgeting and forecasting, to drive sustainable performance within the regulatory framework.
- Act as finance lead for investment appraisal across the East Midlands, guiding prioritisation, optimisation and alignment with business strategy and value requirements.
- Oversee performance management, financial risk and control, championing operating model discipline and clear accountabilities in line with the organisational blueprint.
- Drive continuous improvement and performance excellence, ensuring delivery of strong, consistent results.
- Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships across Finance and the wider business, contributing to Finance strategic priorities and a high performing community.
- Present clear, insightful monthly performance updates to finance and non finance audiences, supported by actionable plans to address issues and deliver improvement.
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What You'll Have
- A Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA), with strong experience across planning, forecasting and budgeting.
- The ability to influence and impact the decisions and financial performance of senior stakeholders and their teams throughout the relevant business area.
- Strong commercial skills and strategic outlook. Joins the dots between long term strategy and financial performance, whilst dealing with ambiguity.
- Proven ability to adapt style of financial information presentation to suit a range of stakeholders, both financial and non-financial.
- Demonstrated Business Partner skills to act as a trusted advisor using strategic insight to deliver tangible performance improvements.
- Proactively maintaining continued professional development under relevant accountancy body or other recognised professional development.
- Strong understanding of how value is generated and of operating within a regulated business environment.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
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 £77,000 dependent on experience.
- As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with on target being 15% (with a maximum of 30%) and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible 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.
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Further Information
This role closes on 20 August 2027 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
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We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates – we make appointments purely on merit, assessed against objective selection criteria. We support flexible working and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process should you have any physical or mental impairment which may affect your ability to participate in the process.
Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.
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