Director NE FP&A

National Grid is hiring a Director, New England FP&A for our CFO function in Waltham, MA.

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.

The Director, New England Financial Planning & Analysis (“NE FP&A”):
•    Owns and leads the plan to perform process associated with National Grid USA’s New England business to drive and deliver annual operating budgets, quarterly forecasts, as well as longer-term business plans, with finance and business insights
•    Collaborates with the NE Finance Business Partnering team and other key stakeholders to drive results and strategy of businesses

•    Analyze the trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), especially relating to financial metrics such as operating profit, costs, and return on equity
•    Reviews analytical results, develops insight suggestions for investment and cost reduction
•    Present the monthly financial performance of the NE business
•    Develop financial models and perform scenario analytics to support investment decisions, prospective rate filings, and other strategic initiatives
•    Support NE CFO and NE leadership team with data-driven analysis
•    Partner with 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) 
•    Drives continued step-change to improve plan to perform process while maintaining necessary SOX requirements
•    Work with other leaders and peers within the Global CFO organization to drive an inclusive and collaborative team environment
•    Develop and manage a highly motivated, capable and adequately resourced team, driving a performance management culture that delivers value through employee engagement

•    Bachelor’s degree required and MBA preferred in Finance or Business
•    CPA or equivalent international accounting license preferred
•    10 years of progressive Finance or leadership experience, including financial management and organizational budgeting 

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Salary

$174k - $210k a year

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.