Case Study: National Grid achieves shorter statutory reporting cycle and improved collaboration with Workiva

National Grid Shortens Legal Entity Reporting Cycle, Drives Collaboration

National Grid, a utility focused on delivering a clean, fair and affordable energy future, needed to overhaul how it produced statutory financial statements for 26 entities. The finance team’s goals were to shorten the year‑end reporting cycle, improve trust and consistency in reports, automate repetitive tasks, and drive better collaboration among contributors and auditors.

They implemented Workiva to connect, control, and standardize end‑to‑end reporting in a familiar cloud platform. Using linked master documents, centralized collaboration, auditor access, commentary and attachments, National Grid cut repetitive updates (over 50,000 linked instances), shortened the reporting cycle, boosted efficiency and confidence in the numbers, and delivered smoother, faster audits—freeing staff for higher‑value work.

National Grid

David Evans

Financial Reporting Accountant