Investment Accounting Manager - ET

National Grid; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading energy company as an Investment Accounting Manager in Warwick. You'll manage a team, drive financial performance, and ensure regulatory returns for the investment portfolio. This hybrid role offers flexibility and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Annual Bonus

28 days annual leave plus statutory days

Option to buy or sell holiday days

Generous contributory pension scheme

Support for professional memberships

Life Insurance

Family care benefits

Access to health and wellbeing apps

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with post-qualified experience.
• Significant experience in financial reporting, planning, and budgeting.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a project accounting team of up to 10 Investment Accountants.
• Provide accurate reporting of project actuals, forecasts, and budgets.
• Lead monthly accounting cycles and manage stakeholder meetings.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Collaboration

Financial Reporting

Forecasting

Budgeting

Proactive Self-Starter

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)

Tools

MS Excel

SAP

Job description

Do you want a role that encompasses managing a team, partnering with a fast-paced and detail-oriented business area, forecasting & reporting, driving change? Then here is an outstanding opportunity to join our UK Finance department as an Investment Accounting Manager!

As an Investment Accounting Manager, you will be managing a project accounting team of up to 10 Investment Accountants. You’ll support the team to provide comprehensive financial support, drive the financial performance, and maximize regulatory returns of the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) investment portfolio across the business.

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

1. You’ll be the contact for the Portfolio Management Teams, ensuring that project portfolio forecasts are thorough, comprehensive, and fully considered to incorporate accurate risk, and are consistent with the programme.
2. You’ll provide accurate reporting of Project actuals, forecast and budget costs, undertake trend, variance analysis, and critical evaluation to drive improved project performance.
3. Managing a project accounting team of 6-8 Investment Accountants, you’ll support the team to provide comprehensive financial support, drive the financial performance, and maximize regulatory returns of the ET investment portfolio across the business.
4. You will lead on monthly accounting cycles for the team, manage stakeholder meetings and deliverables, provide insight into performance, and partner with the business area to drive value and change.
5. Supporting Senior Projects Manager and Project Directors, you’ll help them understand and interpret their portfolios, its regulatory outcomes, and finance performance.
6. Leading on the implementation of standardized UK Business performance, you’ll ensure fit-for-purpose financial processes, forecasts, and reports.
7. As a critical trusted partner, you’ll utilize your financial expertise and project knowledge to support the wider business. Continuous improvement and process development are key to the role, especially in an evolving environment.

What You'll Have

1. Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with post-qualified experience.
2. Significant experience in reporting financial information, as well as planning, forecasting, and budgeting across various projects.
3. Experience managing a broad range of stakeholders and working across multiple teams to deliver objectives and make informed financial decisions.
4. Comfortable leading and working as part of a virtual team and willing to travel to sites on an ad hoc basis.
5. Strong experience in MS Excel and SAP.
6. Good understanding of core financial processes.
7. Proactive self-starter with the ability to manage workload, time, and quality effectively.
8. Pragmatic, adaptable to change, and able to align skills to different customer groups.
9. Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and collaboration skills.
10. Results-oriented mindset.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies show women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. At National Grid, we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and authenticity. If you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right fit for this or another role in our growing business.

What You'll Get

Up to £70,000 depending on experience.

• Up to 15% Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance)
• 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days
• Option to buy or sell holiday days annually
• Generous contributory pension scheme with up to 12% company match
• Support for professional memberships
• Life Insurance (10x base salary)
• Family care benefits, including backup care services
• Access to health, fitness, and wellbeing apps

Further Information

This is a hybrid role from Warwick, with circa 2 days in the office. The closing date is Midnight 28 May 2025, with interviews from w/c 2 June 2025. Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

About us

We deliver safe, secure energy daily, shaping a sustainable future through innovation and inclusivity. We value diversity and aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed and celebrated, leveraging the insights from our diverse team to better serve our customers and communities.