Senior Associate Specialist, Commercial Operations

About the role

National Grid Ventures (NGV) is at the heart of the energy transition supporting the connection of electricity grids between Great Britain and other countries, allowing the sharing of greener and more affordable power.

Interconnectors connect Great Britain’s electricity network to neighbouring countries. This reduces costs for GB consumers with access to cheaper, greener energy sources and it increases our security of supply – helping to prevent blackouts in dark winter months! If you're looking to join a team responsible for keeping these incredible interconnectors running, with significant responsibility around multi-million pound settlements then read on…

The Commercial Operations Team is responsible for ensuring the effective day-to-day commercial running of NGV’s portfolio of operational interconnectors. We lead on the relationship with our Interconnectors partners in France, Norway and Denmark and the GB Electricity System Operator, ensuring that day-to-day operation is compliant with relevant legislation and contractual obligations. We are proud to be a growing, international team and all have a passion to do our best for our customers, the planet and each other.

As a Commercial Settlements Analyst, you'll work with the team on our key commercial settlement and validation processes for our UJV Interconnectors. You will analyse and verify settlement related data sourced from our key commercial platforms and partners. You will need to have a keen eye for detail and a focus on delivering quality and accurate results. You will be empowered to improve and adapt our processes to drive efficiencies for the team and our partners.

You'll need to be comfortable using Microsoft Excel and working with numbers as this role will require the holder to be able to produce detailed excel working files, analyse data, and track and monitor our settlement process and oversee our finance interfaces. A working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA would be beneficial.

We’d hope to see you in the Warwick office at least one day per week and as business needs require, but you are also 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!

Key Accountabilities

To lead the negotiation and procurement of services.

To manage external relationships and negotiations with large multi-national organizations who provide gas system management services to National Grid.

To identify, design and implement developments to the contractual, commercial and regulatory arrangements associated with the procurement of gas system management services.

To support the introduction of new services and service providers to meet the changing requirements of the system operator.

To establish and maintain excellent working relationships with external providers of balancing services and promote our commitment to Key Interfaces.

About you

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’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 between £41,000 - £48,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible 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.

About us

National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States. As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid is at the centre of a clean, fair and affordable energy future, where tackling climate change and reaching net zero is a key priority.

More Information

This role closes on 11 December 2024 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

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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