NGET Senior Entity Controller in Warwick

There’s never been an exciting time to join our CFO function here at National Grid! We’re looking for an experienced Senior Entity Controller to join our UK Controllership Team! You will be accountable for the completeness, accuracy, and integrity of the general ledger across the ET and SI Business Units and the NGET statutory company. You will lead the controllership function, ensuring the delivery of accurate financial results, insightful reporting, and commentary that enables the Controller, Business Unit CFO, and leadership teams to make informed business decisions. You will drive strong governance through a robust SOx-compliant control environment, build effective partnerships with Business Services, and lead the local implementation of IFRS 18 and IFRS 20. This role is based out of our Warwick office. We’d hope to see you in the office at least two/three days per week, with flexibility to discuss working patterns that help the role work effectively for you and the team.

What You'll Do

• Take full ownership for and lead the Business Unit Financial Reporting, including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow and relevant interim and year end disclosures for the relevant entity.
• Deliver accuracy, integrity and completeness of actuals to reflect the business circumstances for both ET and SI.
• Provide insightful narrative on key financial reports and Business Unit reports.
• 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 financial 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.
• Act as a key point of contact to Executive leaders in the UK regulated businesses on all matters relating to Entity Financial actual performance and plans, acting as an advisor to and facilitator between business and finance teams and providing adhoc analysis.
• Key point of contact into the EBS model, reflecting hybrid ways of working influencing and steering output of EBS teams in line with controllership requirements.
• Responsible for defining and executing appropriate financial controls.
• Support delivery of control roadmap, leaning into support control remediation and providing technical insight when required.
• Accountable for the allocations process to ensure cost allocations are efficient, understood and in line with regulatory requirements.
• Prepare required papers for the audit committee and boards as required, including summarising accounting and technical issues.
• Act as the main point of contact for the day to day running of the Deloitte audit, ensuring clarity on timetables, understanding of deliverables and liaising across the Finance and Business Services team to support audit requirements.

What You'll Have

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA etc).
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proactive self-starter with ability to manage own and team workload, to time and desired levels of quality.
• Ability to challenge the status quo.
• Industry experience preferable.
• Experience in reporting financial information.
• Experience in SOX controls.
• Experience in building and leading teams.

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 dependant on capability. As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with on target being 20% (with a maximum of 40%) and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%, Private Medical Insurance, a company electric vehicle or cash alternative, plus many more 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.

Further Information

The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 24 November 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 30 December 26 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.