Senior Finance Business Partner - Offshore Projects

We’re looking for a passionate Senior Finance Business Partner for the Offshore Projects to join our Offshore Finance Business Partner team to work hand in hand with Directors of National Grid’s Strategic Infrastructure business who are responsible for delivering the biggest upgrade to electricity infrastructure that the National Grid has seen in decades. These projects will together enable 50 Gigawatts of offshore wind to deliver substantial decarbonisation of our energy system. This is a new business unit which presents an exciting opportunity to build innovative solutions and create new ways of working.

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

• You’ll be the first point of contact for Finance to Project Directors within SI, supporting them in their decision making.
• You will get involved in ad-hoc projects to help build the financial and operational infrastructure required to deliver a transformative infrastructure program at a national scale.
• Build repeatable capability and processes to create successful funding requests to the regulator (Ofgem) for large infrastructure investments.
• Work closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner for Offshore and business leaders to provide the insight to drive conversations that matter across SI-wide risks and opportunities.
• Ensure that budgets and forecasts are underpinned by robust business-owned assumptions.
• Provide high quality commentary and analysis for monthly performance reporting, to enable the Offshore Management team to understand and explain their financial performance.

What You’ll Have

• A Qualified Accountant with post qualification experience (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc).
• You have prior experience in working with businesses to support financial performance and can demonstrate what you did to make a difference in those roles.
• You have great judgement and are comfortable making decisions even when all the information may not be available.
• You are able to prioritise where to focus time and effort on areas that will make the most difference to financial performance, you’re comfortable working through ambiguity.
• You can distill lots of information into impactful messages, that support the business in having the right conversations about their performance.
• You build great working relationships and can work effectively with other Finance Business Partners, as equally well as with Financial Planning & Analysis and Financial Controllership teams.
• You’re ambitious and looking to make a difference in a business that is at the heart of the UK’s transition to Net Zero.

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.
• Up to 40% 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. There will be some business travel required for this role of 1-2 days per month within the UK. The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 17 June 2025, with interviews due to take place w/c 23 June 2025. 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 forefront of everything we do.