Investment Sponsor

Role: Regional Investment Sponsor

Salary: £51,000 to £60,470 + range of benefits

Location: Can be based at either our Aberdeen, St Fergus (Peterhead) or Livingston sites

About Us

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We transport gas throughout Great Britain, repair and maintain gas pipelines, and manage the meters that allow millions of homes and businesses to access the energy they need. We are the national gas network, providing secure energy to power Britain, achieve net zero, and maintain our industrial competitiveness.  

About the Role

To facilitate the investment lifecycle for a regional theme of capital investment projects, ensuring that projects are initiated, sponsored through delivery and closed out in the required timescales to deliver business strategy, regulatory requirements and operational priorities.

This role involves developing and maintaining medium term investment plans and engaging with key stakeholders in delivery teams to ensure investments deliver the required outputs, on time and within capital budgets.

What You'll be Doing

• Develop and optimise the medium-term (RIIO-3 price control period) investment plan for a theme of investment, to achieve alignment with business and regulatory objectives
• Sponsor investment projects through the investment lifecycle to ensure that projects are initiated, scoped, developed, executed and closed in a timely manner
• Change management of investment plans to respond to change, mitigate risk and achieve delivery of business and regulatory objectives
• Support the resolution of complex investment plan conflicts, using a data led approach and close collaboration with stakeholders to ensure regional plan outcomes are achieved
• Work closely with key stakeholders across finance, central investment teams and major programmes to achieve alignment of investment decisions
• Monitor and present regional investment theme performance, risks and recommendations to key stakeholders across the business
• Provide regulatory reporting to the central portfolio investment team to describe outturn delivery performance and forecasting of future delivery performance
• Maintain consistent application of investment planning approach set out by the central portfolio investment team to achieve a single view of the overall investment portfolio

About You

You’re a thoughtful and analytical professional who enjoys solving complex challenges and making a real impact through strategic investment planning. You bring a data-driven mindset and a collaborative approach to everything you do, and you’re confident navigating the intricacies of capital investment lifecycles.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience in investment portfolio planning, financial analysis, and risk management.
• A strong numerical background, ideally supported by a degree in a relevant discipline.
• Confidence in using data to guide decisions, resolve conflicts, and optimise outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships across teams.
• A proactive attitude and the flexibility to adapt plans in response to change.

It’s a bonus if you have experience with asset investment tools like Copperleaf, or knowledge of utility network infrastructure and regulatory frameworks like RIIO — but what matters most is your curiosity, drive, and commitment to delivering value.

If you’re someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys seeing your work translate into real-world results, we’d love to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Key Requirements and Experience

Essential:

• Expertise in investment portfolio planning and optimisation
• Degree level education in numerical discipline preferred or the equivalent
• Good numerical ability and evidence of using a data led approach to problem-solving
• Experience in financial analysis, reporting and risk management
• Experience in data management and advance data analysis
• Good communication skills and experience of managing internal stakeholders

Desirable:

• Expertise in asset investment optimisation tools such as Copperleaf
• Degree level education in numerical discipline preferred or the equivalent
• Experience of gas transmission assets or similar network infrastructure
• Experience and working knowledge of utility network price controls i.e. RIIO

What We Can Offer You

Annual bonus of up to 6% based on personal and company performance

Company car if mileage requirements are met (10 thousand miles annually)

26 days’ holiday plus statutory holidays - option available to buy extra holiday days

Generous double-match pension scheme - for every £1 you put in, we'll add £2 (max company contribution 12%)

An optional flexible benefit scheme, including private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans, travel insurance

Death in service 10x your basic salary

Financial protection if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury

Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave

Professional development and career progression

Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24 hours per day

Financial support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, relevant to your role

Inclusive Recruitment

At National Gas, we are disability confident and we are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation, and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you need to perform your best