Location:Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA
Division: Capital Accounting Business Process
Job Type: Full Time
Requisition Number: 67407
Department: Finance
Job Function: Finance and Risk
Do you want a role that encompasses managing a team, partnering with a fast paced and detail orientated business area, as well as forecasting and reporting, driving change? We’re hiring for a Finance Manager (Capital Projects) to join our UK Finance department.
As a Finance Manager (Capital Projects), you will be managing a project accounting team of 6-8 Investment Accountants, you’ll support the team to provide comprehensive financial support, drive the financial performance and maximise regulatory returns of the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) investment portfolio across the business.
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 HAVE:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with post qualified experience.
• 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.
• 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.

ABOUT US:

National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States.
As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid is at the centre of a clean, fair and affordable energy future, where tackling climate change and reaching net zero is a key priority. National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States.

• You’ll be the contact for the Portfolio Management Teams, ensuring that project portfolio forecasts are always thorough, comprehensive, and fully considered to incorporate accurate risk, and is consistent wth the programme.
• You’ll provide accurate reporting of Project actuals, forecast and budget costs as well as undertake trend, variance analysis and critical evaluation to drive improved project performance.
• Managinga project accounting team of 6-8 Investment Accountants, you’ll support the team to provide comprehensive financial support, drive the financial performance and maximise regulatory returns of the ET investment portfolio across the business.
• You will lead on monthly accounting cycles for the team, manage stakeholder meetings and deliverables, provide insight into performance and partner with the business area to drive value and change.
• Supporting Senior Projects Manager and Project Directors, you’ll help them understand and interpret their portfolios, it’s regulatory outcomes and finance performance.
• Leading on the implementation of standardised UK Business performance, you’ll ensure fit for purpose financial processes, forecasts, and reports.
• As a critical trusted partner, you’ll utilise your financial expertise and project knowledge to provide support to the wider business. Continuous improvement and developing processes are key to the role, as we work in an evolving environment.