Business Partner
US$87,000 – US$102,000 / yr base salary
Posted 1 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Senior Business Partner, Finance Business Partnering”
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- Level
- Band E
- Expected experience
- 3+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Visa sponsorship
- Not offered
| Base salary | US$87,000 – US$102,000 / yr |
|---|
Field of studyAccounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsMaster of Business Administration
Study levelMaster's
About us
About us
National Grid is hiring a Senior Analyst – Finance Business Partner, IT for our Corporate Finance Department in Waltham, MA,Syracuse NY or Brooklyn NY
Every day we deliver safe and reliable energy to homes, communities, and businesses. As the energy landscape transforms, National Grid’s ability to anticipate, adapt, and respond has never been more important. Corporate Finance partners with IT to provide strong financial stewardship, performance insight, and decision support.
We are hiring a Senior Analyst (Band E) to support US IT through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, analysis, and business partnering. This role will help provide visibility to performance, support investment and operational decision making, and contribute to continuous improvement across finance processes and reporting.
Job Purpose
The Senior Analyst will support finance business partnering for US IT by providing analysis, insight, and financial guidance across planning, forecasting, month-end performance, and investment activities.
The role works closely with IT leaders, Finance colleagues, and Business Unit stakeholders to understand performance drivers, evaluate risks and opportunities, and support decision making with clear, well-structured analysis.
Key areas of ownership include:
- Supporting IT planning, forecasting, and performance management activities in alignment with enterprise requirements.
- Preparing financial analysis, commentary, and scenario assessments to support operational and investment decisions.
- Identifying risks, opportunities, and variances, and helping stakeholders understand drivers and trade-offs.
- Partnering across IT, the Business Units, Plan to Perform, and other stakeholders to support alignment and delivery.
- Contributing to process improvement, reporting consistency, and knowledge sharing across finance business partnering activities
- Partner with IT and Finance stakeholders to support planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial governance across run, grow, and transform spend.
- Prepare analysis and modeling across demand, portfolio trade-offs, capitalization, timing, and vendor-related spend to quantify impacts, risks, and options.
- Support forecasting and planning activities for assigned areas, including commentary on drivers, risks, opportunities, and mitigation actions.
- Support cost transparency and improved financial outcomes by strengthening assumptions, evaluating scenarios, and improving allocation and charge-out methodologies.