FP&A Manager

National Grid plc; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an FP&A Manager, where you'll lead financial reporting and analysis, partnering with key stakeholders. This role offers the chance to shape strategic business plans and deliver valuable insights to executive teams. You'll be part of a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration, with opportunities for professional growth. Enjoy a hybrid working environment from Warwick, with competitive salary and benefits. If you're passionate about finance and want to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Up to 15% Annual Bonus

28 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Life Insurance 10 x base salary

Family care benefits

Health and fitness apps access

Professional membership support

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management and organisational budgeting.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly management reporting and business reviews for executive teams.
• Support financial forecasts and strategic business plans.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Problem Solving

Budgeting

Communication Skills

Leadership

IFRS Accounting

Business Partnership

Education

Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Tools

Financial Modelling Software

Reporting Tools

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced FP&A Manager to join our team on a full time, permanent basis! As our FP&A Reporting Manager, you will be leading the delivery of financial reporting and analysis by business partnering key stakeholders across our portfolio of businesses; you’ll bring their stories together by presenting key trends and results to executive teams.

You will be responsible for delivering monthly management reporting to the Group and NGV executive teams, while project managing processes across NGV to develop annual operating budgets and associated KPIs, providing valuable finance and business insights. Additionally, you will support financial forecasts and strategic business plans, collaborating with the portfolio’s finance and partnering teams to create a consolidated view of NGV and present a cohesive narrative.

This role is based out of 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

• Monthly Management Reporting: run smooth, high-quality monthly reporting to Group and the NGV Exec team, bringing insight and analysis to add value and support decisions. Requires partnering accounting counterparts within the Controllership to ensure proper tie-in between record to report and plan to perform processes (i.e. bridge from actuals to budget/forecast)
• Monthly Business Reviews: Provide finance inputs to MBRs and help shape overall content and focus areas.
• Ad hoc analysis and support: This is an innovative team looking to leverage new tools and technology to bring further insight from analysis. A key priority is to better use tools and technology to deliver value.
• Other activities: Support NGV Finance-wide projects and priorities as they arise, including annual performance plans and Green Financing.
• Team leadership and development: support in the curation of a highly motivated and capable team, developing talent and a performance management culture that drives value through engagement.

What You'll Have

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA etc).
• Excellent oral and written communications skills. The ability to summarise complex transactions, weighing up all the relevant factors, such as how transactions impact other areas of the business to senior management and in formal board papers.
• Budgeting and long-term financial planning.
• Strong Financial analysis and problem-solving skills.
• IFRS accounting.
• Process implementation and monitoring.
• Effective business partnerships.
• Experience in collaborating and engaging teams across departments.
• Proven record of finance or leadership experience, including financial management and organisational budgeting.
• Broad range of financial, management and business modelling experience.

What You'll Get

Competitive Base Salary dependent on experience.

Plus:

• Up to 15% Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance)
• 28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days in addition
• 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.
• 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. The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 14 Feb 25, with interviews due to take place w/c 24 Feb 25 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.

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.