Lead Program Manager, Project Controls

About us

National Grid is seeking a Lead Program Manager for our NY-Electric Long-Term Investment Planning & Resource Strategy Team in Buffalo, Syracuse, or Albany, NY.

 

Superpowered. Meaningful work. Human impact. A story we're proud to tell. This is what matters to us at National Grid. In a world of complexity and unanswered questions, there is one thing we're certain about: the power of our people.

 

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

Job Purpose

Develop and manage Transmission & Distribution Operational Expense plan aligned to company, state, and regulatory ambitions. Work with key stakeholders to ensure the plan is executable through strategic risk identification and mitigation.

Key Accountabilities

Work closely with Finance, Operations, Resource Planning, and Reporting and Analytics to develop and maintain short-term and long-term operational expense budgets.

· Understand reporting and data sources to build budgets that align to strategic priorities and asset management strategies.

· Ensure plans and underlying projects are executable through cashflow and schedule analysis, work in tandem with long-term resource planning counterparts to ensure we have appropriate resource strategy to meet plan demands.

· Develop underlying in-fiscal year budgeting and support identification of efficiencies.

· Build bottom-up budget that marries up with top-down financial model.

· Coordinate and collaborate with Capital investment portfolio to optimize Capex and Opex strategies.

· Leverage and enhance PowerBI Dashboard capabilities to provide Operational transparency and monthly reporting structure.

· Identify and articulate expense trends and patterns to leadership in order to inform Operational and potentially Capital investment budgets.

· Diligent data analysis with ability to inform strategic decisions for the NY-Electric business unit.

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

Analytical Thinking: After analyzing data, has ability to see multiple relationships, identifying several likely causes or consequences of a situation.

· Impact and Influence: Uses direct persuasion to influence others, using basic data, logic or a solid business case.

· Conceptual Thinking: Sees patterns or trends in data or situations, notices when something is similar to a past situation.

· Customer Orientation: Takes personal responsibility for correcting problems promptly and not defensively. Communicates customer expectations to monitor delivery and satisfaction.

· Information Seeking: Establishes the facts by digging deeper, asking probing questions and challenging initial responses from different sources.

· Attention to Detail: Reviews accuracy of own work and checks that all details are completed

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s Degree plus a minimum of eight years’ experience in a professional finance, business or engineering field or equivalent experience

· High level of numerical reasoning ability and understanding of statistical techniques and systems

· Technical/Professional qualification with theoretical knowledge and understanding of National Grid’s policies and processes and how to apply them effectively.

· Strong analytical skills and an understanding of basic utility accounting, finance, and regulatory principles.

· Proven expertise in the design and delivery of statistical modeling techniques to analyze the impact of technical and supply/demand changes on processes and plans.

· Strong interpersonal skills including negotiations and communications along with the ability to influence key stakeholders and lead a group even where the role holder has no direct authority.

· Thorough grasp of the jurisdictional model and applicable Regulatory/rate agreements.

· Understanding of life cycles of large projects vs. small projects.

· Ability to interpret information and analyze relationships among several parts of a problem or situation to clearly articulate findings, anticipate obstacles and plan next steps.

· Proficient in relevant software e.g. Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

More Information

Salary

$133,000 - $156,000 a year

 

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 pro