Lead Business Partner, Finance Business Partnering

National Grid plc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension plan

Job summary

National Grid is seeking a Lead Business Partner, Finance to drive planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for US IT. You will partner with IT leaders and business units to provide insightful financial guidance, budgeting, and decision support, enabling effective investment and cost management.

The role emphasizes collaboration across finance and operations, with opportunities to influence strategy and improve reporting standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or related field required; MBA or Master’s degree a plus.
• 3+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, business partnering, or related disciplines within complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize financial and operational data and translate analysis into clear insights and decision support.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and work effectively in a matrixed environment, including constructively challenging assumptions with data and sound reasoning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with SAP, Power BI, or similar tools is a plus.
• Experience building financial models, scenario analyses, and management reporting to support planning and performance management.
• Understanding of cost structures, allocations, capitalization, and internal financial processes.
• Knowledge of utility, regulatory, or project-based financial environments is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving capability, and continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with IT and Finance stakeholders to support planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial governance across run, grow, and transform spend.
• Prepare analysis and modeling across demand, portfolio trade-offs, capitalization, timing, and vendor-related spend to quantify impacts, risks, and options.
• Support forecasting and planning activities for assigned areas, including commentary on drivers, risks, opportunities, and mitigation actions.
• Support cost transparency and improved financial outcomes by strengthening assumptions, evaluating scenarios, and improving allocation and charge-out methodologies.
• Develop performance reporting, variance analysis, and management insight that links spend to operational outcomes, benefits delivery, and productivity improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial and operational performance, including efficiency initiatives, demand management, and investment prioritization.
• Collaborate across Finance, Business Units, and Corporate Functions to improve data quality, strengthen decision making, and support consistent reporting and planning frameworks.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder influence

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

PowerPoint proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

MBA or Master’s degree

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP

Job description

Team Finance Business Unit Finance and Enterprise Business Services Requisition No. 12012 City Brooklyn, US, 11217 Syracuse, US, 13202 Waltham, US, 02451 Date posted 1 October 2026

Lead Business Partner, Finance Business Partnering

About us

National Grid is hiring Lead Business partner Finance Business partner) in Waltham, MA, Syracuse NY and Brooklyn NY.

Every day we deliver safe and reliable energy to homes, communities, and businesses. As the energy landscape transforms, National Grid’s ability to anticipate, adapt, and respond has never been more important. Corporate Finance partners with IT to provide strong financial stewardship, performance insight, and decision support.

We are hiring a Senior Analyst (Band E) to support US IT through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, analysis, and business partnering. This role will help provide visibility to performance, support investment and operational decision making, and contribute to continuous improvement across finance processes and reporting.

Job Purpose

This role will support finance business partnering for US IT by providing analysis, insight, and financial guidance across planning, forecasting, month-end performance, and investment activities.

The role works closely with IT leaders, Finance colleagues, and Business Unit stakeholders to understand performance drivers

Also, evaluate risks and opportunities, and support decision making with clear, well-structured analysis.

Key areas of ownership include:

• Supporting IT planning, forecasting, and performance management activities in alignment with enterprise requirements.
• Preparing financial analysis, commentary, and scenario assessments to support operational and investment decisions.
• Identifying risks, opportunities, and variances, and helping stakeholders understand drivers and trade-offs.
• Partnering across IT, the Business Units, Plan to Perform, and other stakeholders to support alignment and delivery.
• Contributing to process improvement, reporting consistency, and knowledge sharing across finance business partnering activities.

Key Accountabilities

• Partner with IT and Finance stakeholders to support planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial governance across run, grow, and transform spend.
• Prepare analysis and modeling across demand, portfolio trade-offs, capitalization, timing, and vendor-related spend to quantify impacts, risks, and options.
• Support forecasting and planning activities for assigned areas, including commentary on drivers, risks, opportunities, and mitigation actions.
• Support cost transparency and improved financial outcomes by strengthening assumptions, evaluating scenarios, and improving allocation and charge-out methodologies.
• Develop performance reporting, variance analysis, and management insight that links spend to operational outcomes, benefits delivery, and productivity improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial and operational performance, including efficiency initiatives, demand management, and investment prioritization.
• Collaborate across Finance, Business Units, and Corporate Functions to improve data quality, strengthen decision making, and support consistent reporting and planning frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or related field required; MBA or Master’s degree a plus.
• 3+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, business partnering, or related disciplines within complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize financial and operational data and translate analysis into clear insights and decision support.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and work effectively in a matrixed environment, including constructively challenging assumptions with data and sound reasoning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with SAP, Power BI, or similar tools is a plus.
• Experience building financial models, scenario analyses, and management reporting to support planning and performance management.
• Understanding of cost structures, allocations, capitalization, and internal financial processes.
• Knowledge of utility, regulatory, or project-based financial environments is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving capability, and continuous improvement mindset.

More Information

This posting will close 10/14/2026

This position has a career path that provides advancement opportunities within and across bands through the development of experience, expertise, and technical capability.

Candidates will be assessed and provided offers based on the minimum qualifications for the role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience, and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

National Grid operates in both the UK and US, with a broad portfolio of energy businesses dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and sustainable power.

From electricity and gas transmission to advancing clean energy and modernising grids, our work covers every aspect of the energy system.

Our energy flows through absolutely everything we do

Life here at National Grid is more than just our purpose or our values, it’s everything we put into everything we do. It’s our commitment to diversity and inclusion; how we help our employees learn and grow; and how we partner with and support the communities where we live and work. It’s all this, and so much more.

We leverage our collective strengths to do meaningful BIG work so that we can be at the heart of a fair and affordable energy future.

Your salary is reviewed each year against the market for your role, skills, knowledge and experience.

Incentive

Annual performance plan or bonus (depending on your role) rewards your contribution to our success each year.

Retirement

Generous pension plan with company contributions up to 12%.

Private medical insurance for self and family.