Finance Business Partner

National Grid; England; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide financial leadership and strategic insight for their Property function. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, and performance management, with significant exposure to major projects impacting over £100 million annually. Candidates should be fully qualified accountants with experience in financial modelling and stakeholder management. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including a performance-based bonus and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in capital investment decisions for projects between £10m-£40m.
• Strong understanding of financial risks and controls.
• Experience in property, infrastructure, or regulated environments is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial support for the NGET Property function.
• Deliver high-quality financial analysis for property-related decisions.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting and forecasting

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Financial modelling

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Large datasets

Job description

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Finance Business Partner and find your superpower.

We’re looking for a confident and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team, supporting the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) Property function. This is a high‑impact role providing strategic financial leadership across a diverse and complex property portfolio, covering both operational and non‑operational estates.

You’ll work closely with senior leaders across ET and SI, influencing key decisions relating to property investment, leasing, disposals, maintenance, easements and wayleaves, sustainability initiatives, and capital projects. This role offers significant exposure, commercial breadth, and the opportunity to shape financial outcomes across a portfolio with £100m+ annual financial impact.

This role is based out of our Warwick office, and we’d hope to see you at least two days per week with minimal travel 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:

• Act as the lead finance contact for the NGET Property function, providing insight, challenge, and decision support.
• Deliver high‑quality financial analysis, modelling, and scenario planning to support:
  • Property sales, disposals, and leasing
  • Easements and wayleaves
  • Loss of development claims
  • Capital investment decisions (£10m-£40m projects)
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for property‑related income, costs, and capital spend.
• Provide clear, actionable performance reporting and variance analysis to senior stakeholders.
• Support and challenge commercial negotiations, ensuring value for money and alignment with financial objectives.
• Assess and track the financial impact of sustainability and estate optimisation initiatives.
• Ensure strong financial governance, compliance with accounting standards, and adherence to internal controls.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial processes, transparency, and cost control across property operations.
• Influence outcomes through strong relationships, even without direct line management responsibility.

What You’ll Have:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong financial and commercial acumen.
• Budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and performance management experience.
• Strong Financial modelling and investment appraisal experience
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to operate credibly at senior levels.
• Ability to work with large and complex datasets, turning insight into action.
• Strong understanding of financial risk and control environments.
• Ideally experience in property, infrastructure, asset‑based, or regulated environments.
• Exposure to capital projects, facilities management contracts, or estate management is beneficial.

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:

£66,000 - £74,000, 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.

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.

More Information:

This role closes 5 February on 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.

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.