Benefits Analyst

National Grid; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) is seeking a Benefits Analyst to join the Field Operations PMO & Benefits under the newly formed Business Improvement team. You will define, track and realise benefits from transformation programmes and improvement initiatives, ensuring value delivery for customers and communities.

You'll work with programme teams, operations leaders and Finance to provide insight and assurance for decision making, with a hybrid working model combining home and

Qualifications

• Experience in benefits realisation or transformation projects.
• Strong data reporting and governance awareness.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and present insights.

Responsibilities

• Define, track and analyse benefits across improvement initiatives.
• Produce insightful reporting to support governance forums and senior decision-making.
• Monitor benefits performance and identify risks/issues, supporting corrective action.
• Maintain benefits profiles, tracking tools and supporting evidence for audit readiness.

Skills

Benefits analysis

Reporting & analytics

Stakeholder management

Job description

We're looking for a Benefits Analyst to join our newly formed Business Improvement team within Field Operations at a pivotal time for the business. This role offers the chance to be at the heart of one of the most ambitious transformation programmes in the electricity distribution industry. As we continue to evolve how Field Operations delivers for our customers and communities, you'll play a key role in ensuring improvement initiatives and transformation programmes deliver measurable value and lasting outcomes. Reporting to the Head of Field Ops PMO & Benefits, you'll join a high-performing, capability-led team responsible for driving and evidencing change across a diverse portfolio of work. From in-year improvement projects delivering significant financial benefits, to long-term transformation programmes focused on operational performance, customer outcomes and people impact, you'll have visibility across some of our most important business priorities. Working closely with programme teams, operational leaders and Finance colleagues, you'll help shape how benefits are defined, tracked and realised, providing the insight and assurance needed to support effective decision-making and demonstrate value delivery. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop expertise in benefits realisation, business improvement and transformation, while helping shape the future of Field Operations and supporting the delivery of our ED3 ambitions. Because we know flexibility matters, this role offers a hybrid approach to working, combining home and office working. While we'd ideally like you to be based in the Midlands, we're open to candidates located near any of our offices across the East Midlands, West Midlands, South West or Wales.

About Us

We're National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), the owner and operator behind the electricity distribution systems for the Midlands, the Southwest of England and South Wales. Serving communities of more than 8 million people, our expert teams deliver heat, light and power for homes and businesses. National Grid employs over 29,000 people worldwide. We are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Our vision is to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future and we are doing this in a fast-moving industry with an increasing focus on tackling climate change, exploring new energy sources that are renewable, low carbon, and improve efficiency to meet demand.

Main Responsibilities

• Defining, tracking and analysing benefits across improvement initiatives and transformation programmes.
• Producing insightful reporting to support governance forums and senior stakeholder decision-making.
• Monitoring benefits performance, identifying risks, issues and variances, and supporting corrective action where required.
• Maintaining benefits profiles, tracking tools and supporting evidence to ensure robust governance and audit readiness.