Senior Manager - Group Enterprise Performance Management

We're looking for an experienced Senior Manager - Group Enterprise Performance Management to join our Group FP&A team! As Senior Manager, Group Enterprise Performance Management, you will help lead the Group-wide enterprise performance management and reporting processes, providing clear, consistent and decision-focused insight to support delivery of National Grid's strategic and operational priorities.

Sitting within Group FP&A, the role will oversee core elements of the Group performance cycle, including the annual performance contract process, the annual Group-wide benchmarking process, the Tier 1 Run Scorecard and the establishment of a new enterprise-wide Change Scorecard. The role will also support the digitalisation of corporate performance reporting, scale benchmarking through AI and other tools, and help embed a strong performance culture across the organisation.

• Help lead the Group performance management and reporting framework, ensuring it provides a clear line of sight from strategic priorities and enterprise outcomes to business-unit delivery and management action.
• Oversee the annual performance contract process, coordinating the development, challenge, calibration and approval of stretching, measurable and aligned performance commitments across the Group.
• Lead the Tier 1 Run Scorecard process, maintaining a focused enterprise view of operational and financial performance, identifying material drivers and ensuring underperformance prompts clear ownership and action.
• Assist in the establishment of the new enterprise-wide Change Scorecard (project currently in flight), providing consistent oversight of delivery against the Group's strategic change agenda, outcomes, milestones, dependencies and risks.
• Produce high-quality, decision-focused performance reporting for the Group Executive, Board and senior leadership, drawing out key trends, root causes, risks, opportunities and required interventions.
• Work with business units and functions to improve the quality, consistency and timeliness of performance data, definitions, commentary and governance.
• Oversee the annual Group-wide benchmarking process, assessing business-unit performance against relevant peers and best-in-class standards across key operational, financial, delivery and efficiency measures.
• Scale and strengthen benchmarking using AI, automation and other analytical tools, improving coverage, comparability, speed and the accessibility of insight across the organisation.
• Translate benchmarking into clear performance gaps, opportunities and improvement priorities, supporting target setting and constructive challenge with business units and functions.
• Assist with the corporate reporting project to digitalise performance management and reporting, helping define business requirements, future processes, data standards, governance and adoption.
• Drive continuous improvement across the performance management cycle, simplifying processes and strengthening the connection between insight, decision-making, accountability and action.
• Help embed a strong performance culture across the organisation by promoting transparency, external orientation, constructive challenge, ownership and continuous improvement.
• Degree educated; accounting, economics, engineering or related discipline preferred.
• Professional qualification (e.g. accounting, CFA) advantageous but not essential.
• Strong experience of enterprise performance management, including target setting, scorecards/dashboard KPI reporting, management reporting and executive performance reviews.
• Experience in performance benchmarking, KPI analysis and peer comparison across operational, financial, delivery and efficiency measures.
• Ability to design coherent performance frameworks that connect strategic priorities (NG's Strategy House), enterprise-wide domain outcomes, business-unit performance and management action.
• Experience improving and digitalising reporting processes, data models and management information, with an understanding of how AI and automation can improve scale, quality and insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to challenge constructively and build alignment across business units, functions and senior leadership.
• Ability to build clear, compelling and decision-focused narratives around performance, drivers, risks, opportunities and required management action.

This is a role is based out of our Strand office. We'd hope to see you in the office at least two days per week, with flexibility to discuss working patterns that help the role work effectively for you and the team.