Lead Business Partner, Finance Business Partnering

About the role

National Grid delivers safe and reliable energy to homes, communities, and businesses. As the energy landscape transforms, the company’s ability to anticipate, adapt, and respond is critical. Corporate Finance partners with IT to provide financial stewardship, performance insight, and decision support. The Senior Analyst – Finance Business Partner, IT supports US IT through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, analysis, and business partnering, helping provide visibility to performance, support investment and operational decision making, and contribute to continuous improvement across finance processes and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support IT planning, forecasting, and performance management activities in alignment with enterprise requirements.
• Prepare financial analysis, commentary, and scenario assessments to support operational and investment decisions.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and variances, and help stakeholders understand drivers and trade‑offs.
• Partner across IT, Business Units, Plan to Perform, and other stakeholders to support alignment and delivery.
• Contribute to process improvement, reporting consistency, and knowledge sharing across finance business partnering activities.
• 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.

Pay

$119,000.00 – $140,000.00