Global Functions Financial Controller

National Grid • Regular • Warwick, GB • £77k / year • 9m ago

We’re looking for a passionate Global Functions Financial Controller to join our CFO Global Functions team to centrally provide key controls, governance, and assurance by ensuring the integrity of the reporting and control environment is maintained. This role will entail collaboration with a wide range of finance and business stakeholders to ensure adequate insight is available to the business leads.

The role encompasses the delivery of timely, accurate, and complete reporting along with ensuring that appropriate business forecasting is undertaken. This will be a highly visible role and will report to the Global Functions CFO.

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

What You'll Do

Accountable for TSA office for FSO for all global functions.
Global allocations – creates/maintains regional policies on allocations with a regulatory and controllership view.
Corporate centre – creates / maintains policy on what costs should reside here, guidance on what should/shouldn’t get allocated to BU’s, balance sheet and investment guidance, etc.
Policy on capitalisation/A&G as well as tracking costs that do get capitalized and charged across the BUs to keep tabs on the ‘true cost’ (ie CAPEX and OPEX) of functions.
NGED integration of functions/alignment on these areas.
Define the ‘controllable costs’ policy for functions (or any revision to the KPI for functions). DOA for changes to the policy sits with the Group Financial Controller.
Provide a bridge and overview between the financial and managerial financial statements and develop a top-down view of performance.
Review and challenge budgets and provide input in terms of risks and opportunities for delivery.
Develop the linkages between the regulatory requirements, financial plans, managerial performance and statutory reporting.
Maintain overall supervision of the control environment within the global functions, ensuring that risk and controls recommendations are implemented.
Maintain close liaison with other Centres of Expertise, developing business knowledge and technical acumen. Ability to resolve conflict to encourage good team spirit.
Able to build effective relationships with key stakeholders and develop a strong network within both own functional area and the business they support.

What You'll Have

Fully Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CPA etc.) with considerable post qualification experience.
Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
Experience in SOX controls.
Experience in reporting financial information.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Proactive self-starter with ability to manage own and team workload, to time and desired levels of quality.
Ability to challenge the status quo.
Industry experience preferable.
Experience in building and leading teams

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

A competitive salary, plus:

Up to 20% Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance).
28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days in addition.
A full electric company car or cash alternative.
Private Medical Insurance.
The option to buy additional or sell holiday days every year.
A generous contributory pension scheme - we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions.
Life Insurance 10 x base salary.
Access to 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.
Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).

Further Information

This is a hybrid working role from our Warwick office with circa 2 days in the office. The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 31 Dec 24, with interviews due to take place w/c 6 Jan 25 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

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.

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