Finance Business Partner

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it's so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don't plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Finance Business Partner and find your superpower.

We're looking for a confident and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team, supporting the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) Property function. This is a high impact role providing strategic financial leadership across a diverse and complex property portfolio, covering both operational and non operational estates.

You'll work closely with senior leaders across ET and SI, influencing key decisions relating to property investment, leasing, disposals, maintenance, easements and wayleaves, sustainability initiatives, and capital projects. This role offers significant exposure, commercial breadth, and the opportunity to shape financial outcomes across a portfolio with £100m+ annual financial impact.

This role is based out of our Warwick office
, and we'd hope to see you at least two days per week with minimal travel 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!

• Act as the lead finance contact for the NGET Property function, providing insight, challenge, and decision support.
• Deliver high quality financial analysis, modelling, and scenario planning to support:
  • Property sales, disposals, and leasing
  • Easements and wayleaves
  • Loss of development claims
  • Capital investment decisions (£10m-£40m projects)
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for property related income, costs, and capital spend.
• Provide clear, actionable performance reporting and variance analysis to senior stakeholders.
• Support and challenge commercial negotiations, ensuring value for money and alignment with financial objectives.
• Assess and track the financial impact of sustainability and estate optimisation initiatives.
• Ensure strong financial governance, compliance with accounting standards, and adherence to internal controls.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial processes, transparency, and cost control across property operations.
• Influence outcomes through strong relationships, even without direct line management responsibility.

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong financial and commercial acumen.
• Budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and performance management experience.
• Strong Financial modelling and investment appraisal experience
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to operate credibly at senior levels.
• Ability to work with large and complex datasets, turning insight into action.
• Strong understanding of financial risk and control environments.
• Ideally experience in property, infrastructure, asset based, or regulated environments.
• Exposure to capital projects, facilities management contracts, or estate management is beneficial.

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.

£66,000 - £74,000, dependent on experience.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with on target being 15% (with a maximum of 30%) and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share…