Senior Manager - Group Enterprise Performance Management

National Grid; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to join the Group FP&A team in a role based at our Strand office. You will lead enterprise performance management, reporting, benchmarking and a new Change Scorecard, driving clear insights for strategic decisions and actions across the group.

You will influence across business units, improve data quality and governance, and advance digitalisation of performance reporting with AI and automation.

Qualifications

• Degree educated; accounting, economics, engineering or related discipline preferred.
• Professional qualification (e.g. accounting, CFA) advantageous but not essential.
• Strong experience of enterprise performance management, including target setting, scorecards/dashboard KPI reporting, management reporting and executive performance reviews.
• Experience in performance benchmarking, KPI analysis and peer comparison across operational, financial, delivery and efficiency measures.
• Ability to design coherent performance frameworks that connect strategic priorities, enterprise-wide domain outcomes, business-unit performance and management action.
• Experience improving and digitalising reporting processes, data models and management information, with an understanding of how AI and automation can improve scale, quality and insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to challenge constructively and build alignment across business units, functions and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group performance management and reporting framework to link strategy to delivery and actions.
• Coordinate annual performance contract process with stretching, measurable commitments across the Group.
• Head Tier 1 Run Scorecard focusing on enterprise view of performance and driving accountability.
• Oversee the Change Scorecard delivery, monitoring milestones, dependencies and risks.
• Produce high-quality, decision-focused performance reporting for the Group Executive, Board and senior leadership.
• Improve data quality, consistency and timeliness of performance data, definitions and governance.
• Oversee annual Group-wide benchmarking for performance against peers and best-in-class standards.
• Scale benchmarking using AI, automation and analytics to improve coverage and speed.
• Translate benchmarking into gaps and improvement priorities and support target setting.
• Assist corporate reporting to digitalise performance management and governance processes.
• Drive continuous improvement across the performance cycle and foster a transparent culture.

Skills

Enterprise performance management

Performance reporting

KPI analysis

Stakeholder management

Change scorecard

Education

Degree in accounting, economics, engineering or related discipline

Professional qualification (e.g. accounting, CFA)

Tools

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Manager - Group Enterprise Performance Management to join our Group FP&A team! As Senior Manager, Group Enterprise Performance Management, you will help lead the Group-wide enterprise performance management and reporting processes, providing clear, consistent and decision-focused insight to support delivery of National Grid’s strategic and operational priorities.

Sitting within Group FP&A, the role will oversee core elements of the Group performance cycle, including the annual performance contract process, the annual Group-wide benchmarking process, the Tier 1 Run Scorecard and the establishment of a new enterprise-wide Change Scorecard. The role will also support the digitalisation of corporate performance reporting, scale benchmarking through AI and other tools, and help embed a strong performance culture across the organisation.

This is a role is based out of our Strand office. We’d hope to see you in the office at least two days per week, with flexibility to discuss working patterns that help the role work effectively for you and the team.

What You’ll Do

• Help lead the Group performance management and reporting framework, ensuring it provides a clear line of sight from strategic priorities and enterprise outcomes to business-unit delivery and management action.
• Oversee the annual performance contract process, coordinating the development, challenge, calibration and approval of stretching, measurable and aligned performance commitments across the Group.
• Lead the Tier 1 Run Scorecard process, maintaining a focused enterprise view of operational and financial performance, identifying material drivers and ensuring underperformance prompts clear ownership and action.
• Assist in the establishment of the new enterprise-wide Change Scorecard (project currently in flight), providing consistent oversight of delivery against the Group’s strategic change agenda, outcomes, milestones, dependencies and risks.
• Produce high-quality, decision-focused performance reporting for the Group Executive, Board and senior leadership, drawing out key trends, root causes, risks, opportunities and required interventions.
• Work with business units and functions to improve the quality, consistency and timeliness of performance data, definitions, commentary and governance.
• Oversee the annual Group-wide benchmarking process, assessing business-unit performance against relevant peers and best-in-class standards across key operational, financial, delivery and efficiency measures.
• Scale and strengthen benchmarking using AI, automation and other analytical tools, improving coverage, comparability, speed and the accessibility of insight across the organisation.
• Translate benchmarking into clear performance gaps, opportunities and improvement priorities, supporting target setting and constructive challenge with business units and functions.
• Assist with the corporate reporting project to digitalise performance management and reporting, helping define business requirements, future processes, data standards, governance and adoption.
• Drive continuous improvement across the performance management cycle, simplifying processes and strengthening the connection between insight, decision-making, accountability and action.
• Help embed a strong performance culture across the organisation by promoting transparency, external orientation, constructive challenge, ownership and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Have

• Degree educated; accounting, economics, engineering or related discipline preferred.
• Professional qualification (e.g. accounting, CFA) advantageous but not essential.
• Strong experience of enterprise performance management, including target setting, scorecards/dashboard KPI reporting, management reporting and executive performance reviews.
• Experience in performance benchmarking, KPI analysis and peer comparison across operational, financial, delivery and efficiency measures.
• Ability to design coherent performance frameworks that connect strategic priorities (NG’s Strategy House), enterprise-wide domain outcomes, business-unit performance and management action.
• Experience improving and digitalising reporting processes, data models and management information, with an understanding of how AI and automation can improve scale, quality and insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to challenge constructively and build alignment across business units, functions and senior leadership.
• Ability to build clear, compelling and decision-focused narratives around performance, drivers, risks, opportunities and required management action.

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 dependant on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with on target being 20% (with a maximum of 40%) and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%, Private Medical Insurance, A company electric vehicle or cash alternative, plus many more 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.

Further Information

The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 2 November 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 9 November 26 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. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

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. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.