He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare
Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy
Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $14 billion over the next 10 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $3.8 million every day!
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
This is an influential leadership role at the heart of our Capital Oversight function.
Reporting to the Head of Capital Oversight, you'll lead a team of Project Accountants and Capital Reporting specialists, providing financial stewardship, performance reporting and strategic insight across a complex, multi-billion-dollar, decade long capital portfolio. You'll be responsible for creating a trusted "single source of truth" for capital performance, ensuring our leaders have the accurate, timely and meaningful information they need to make informed investment decisions.
Working closely with Finance, Programme Delivery, Governance and Executive stakeholders, you'll provide visibility over cost, funding, budgeting, forecasting and delivery performance while driving improvements in reporting, analytics, systems and financial controls.
What you'll be doing
- Leading the project accounting and capital reporting functions.
- Driving integrated reporting across cost, schedule, funding and delivery performance.
- Providing assurance and challenge over forecasts, estimates at completion and financial performance.
- Delivering executive, Board and governance reporting that supports effective decision-making.
- Driving reporting enhancements, automation and performance analytics.
- Supporting the implementation and optimisation of new programme management and reporting tools.
- Developing a high-performing team focused on financial discipline, data integrity and continuous improvement.
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
You're a commercially savvy finance leader who enjoys turning complex data into meaningful insights. You know how to balance strategic thinking with operational excellence and are comfortable operating in large, fast-paced environments where governance, forecasting accuracy and performance reporting are critical.
You'll bring a track record of building credibility with senior stakeholders and partnering across the business to improve decision-making. Equally, you'll be confident providing challenge when needed, ensuring financial information is accurate, robust and trusted.
To be successful, you'll have:
- CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification.
- Significant experience leading capital project accounting, financial control, project finance or performance reporting functions.
- Experience working within large infrastructure, utilities, construction or other asset-intensive environments.
- Strong expertise in forecasting, financial management, governance and capital reporting.
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- The ability to interpret complex financial and operational data and translate it into clear, actionable insights.
- Experience working across large capital programmes, portfolios or major investment initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior leaders and governance forums.
- A passion for continuous improvement, reporting innovation and driving better business outcomes through data and insight.
- Experience with ERP systems, reporting tools and data-driven decision-making environments
Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
• Training and development opportunities
• Life and income protection insurance plans
• Generous parental leave
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers
Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply
Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.
Skills Required
- CA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification
- Significant experience leading capital project accounting, financial control, project finance, or performance reporting functions
- Experience in large infrastructure, utilities, construction, or other asset-intensive environments
- Strong expertise in forecasting, financial management, governance, and capital reporting
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams
- Ability to interpret complex financial and operational data and translate it into actionable insights
- Experience across large capital programs, portfolios, or major investment initiatives
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leaders and governance forums
- Commitment to continuous improvement, reporting innovation, and data-driven business outcomes
- Experience with ERP systems, reporting tools, and data-driven decision-making environments
What We Do
At Watercare we’re proud to provide a lifeline service to the people of Auckland, while protecting the environment for future generations. Every day we provide the highest quality drinking water to 1.7 million Aucklanders, and take it away again once it’s been used in the sink or flushed down the loo. Without using chemicals, we treat wastewater to a very high standard and safely return it to the environment. We also plan for new and upgraded infrastructure far into the future to ensure we can meet the needs of our fast-growing city. We operate assets worth more than $9 billion – but it’s our people who are our most valuable assets. Our staff are passionate, motivated and trustworthy people who are the leaders in their fields. They’re not afraid of a challenge and are constantly looking for new ways of improving our processes and the service we offer our customers. If this sounds like you, please visit our careers centre to see our job vacancies and be notified of future opportunities: https://careers.watercare.co.nz
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