National Grid

Director Finance Business Partner Gas COO

National Grid$201K — $236K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in finance or related field
  • Proven experience in budgeting and forecasting
  • Strong understanding of OPEX and CAPEX analysis
  • Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly
  • Expertise in performance metrics and financial review processes
  • Experience in coaching and developing teams
  • Familiarity with regulatory finance and cost recovery processes

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial partnership for NY Gas operations
  • Advise leadership on budget and forecasting decisions
  • Translate operational issues to financial implications
  • Prepare concise materials for executive meetings
  • Lead budgeting and forecasting for OPEX and CAPEX
  • Analyze monthly workplan cost variances
  • Drive commentary on financial drivers and risks

Benefits

  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Development and coaching programs for team members
  • Emphasis on financial discipline and control
  • Collaborative and cross-functional work environment
  • Ability to impact executive-level decisions
Full Job Description
About the Role

As Director, Finance Business Partnering - NY Gas Operations, you will lead financial partnership for NY Gas by translating operational plans into credible budgets, forecasts, performance insights, and executive decisions.
You will lead OPEX and CAPEX planning, QRF forecasting, workplan and headcount analysis, rate case and cost recovery support, efficiency validation, and financial performance reviews while coaching a team to deliver clear analysis, strong controls, and proactive problem solving.

Role Snapshot
Core Purpose: Connect NY Gas workplans, resources, OPEX, CAPEX, regulatory commitments, and performance results into clear financial decisions.
Primary stakeholders: NY Gas leadership, NY CFO and Finance leadership, Regulatory, Engineering, Operations, Capital Delivery, Planning, and FP&A.
Leadership scope Lead and develop Finance Business Partners with clear standards for analysis, controls, stakeholder support, and problem solving.:
Success looks like Supportable plans, early visibility to risks and opportunities, validated efficiencies, and leadership discussions that result in decisions.:

What You'll Do

Strategic Finance Leadership
• Advise NY Gas leaders on budget, forecast, workplan, headcount, capital, regulatory, and cost recovery decisions.
• Translate operational issues into financial impacts, risks, options, and recommended next steps.
• Challenge assumptions, validate narratives, and explain the "so what" behind financial results.
• Prepare concise materials for budget reviews, ORM/BRM discussions, QRF updates, capital reviews, and CFO/COO meetings.

Investment, Capital and Portfolio Governance
• Lead NY Gas budgeting, QRF forecasting, SBP inputs, and monthly OPEX/CAPEX performance reviews.
• Review workplan units, headcount, labor, contractor spend, burdens, transportation, and rate impacts.
• Analyze monthly workplan unit delivery costs against planned costs and explain key variances.
• Reconcile financial submissions to operational assumptions so budget asks and variances are supportable.
• Drive commentary that quantifies drivers, identifies risks and opportunities, and assigns follow-up actions.

What You'll Need

  • Commercially curious
  • Connects operational activity to financial outcomes. Clear communicator
  • Explains drivers, impacts, risks, decisions, and next steps clearly.
  • Constructive challenger
  • Pushes for supportable assumptions, clear ownership, and credible explanations. Control minded
  • Creates discipline around reconciliations, assumptions, documentation, and output quality.
  • People developer
  • Coaches the team to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve problems.
  • Action oriented
  • Moves issues to decisions with clear options, owners, deadlines, and follow-up.


More Information

Annual Salary

$201,000-$236,000

National Grid will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

About National Grid

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom (where it owns and operates electricity and gas transmission networks) and in the Northeastern United States (where as well as operating transmission networks, the company is a producer and supplier of electricity and gas). National Grid has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £31.4 billion as of 23 September 2021, the 26th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Learn more about National Grid
Size
23,500 employees
Market Cap
$44 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
5 Year Trend
+4%
Revenue
$14.7 billion

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