Greater Wellington Regional Council
We are looking for an experienced Senior Commercial Analyst to join our close knit and dedicated team. This is a fixed term full-time role until March 2025, based in our central Wellington office.
About the role:
Metlink is committed to delivering economic, social and environmental benefits, and one key avenue is through best practice commercial contracts and smart investment decisions.
As Senior Commercial Analyst you will quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate commercial and business development opportunities. Your experience in building robust business cases will help shape several large investment and commercial decisions.
- Develop high grade recommendations on commercial contracts and business opportunities.
- Support the business development specialist to quantify the costs, benefits and risks associated with key strategic contracts and commercial arrangements.
- Lead the development of business cases and assessments for significant commercial opportunities – including new technology/revenue generation initiatives.
- Provide recommendations, options and insights around the structuring of commercial terms and incentives including financial impact modelling of contract variations.
- Provide financial analysis of potential asset and infrastructure purchases.
- Work across the business to drive longer term cost efficiency and effective operations, systems and tools.
- Ensuring data integrity by maintaining accurate and trustworthy commercial information throughout its lifecycle.
- Ensure that operational capability is fostered and maintained to perform commercial business as usual tasks across Metlink.
- Provide insights and analysis to the wider group around major contracts.
- Carrying out such other duties relating to resource management (air, land, water) as may be assigned from time to time.
Skills and experience required:
- Strong inter-personal skills and the ability to get on with colleagues while seeking data and providing feedback and insights.
- An appropriate tertiary qualification, preferably in commercial, management accounting, financial or a scientific discipline.
- Proven experience working across performance reporting, cost modelling & financial analysis.
- Experience in a large or complex commercial entity in a similar role.
- Advanced excel skills (including macros) and experience using financial modelling and business analytics applications to a high degree.
- A track record of analytical, evaluative and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
- The ability and passion to live in the finest detail of commercial dealings and to understand their intricate calculations.
- A background in transport/infrastructure investment and commercial contacts would be an advantage.
What we offer:
- Work to suit your life and whānau with our flexible working policy.
- We’ll encourage you to grow and prosper with a range of learning and development opportunities, internal secondments and career progression.
- Your wellbeing is our priority – we’ll provide medical and trauma insurance, support through our employee assistance programme or Manawa Ora providers, generous annual and sick leave, along with Tangihanga leave and support.
- We want you to have a sense of belonging, where you can reflect your personal and cultural identity in the way that you work.
- Social clubs, staff networks and a friendly and inclusive culture.
- Great working environments in our central Cuba Street office.
Come help treasure and grow our rohe together
Our rohe and its lands, waterways, animals, plants and people can only grow stronger if they are nurtured.
To join our team is to step up and commit to playing an active part in this important mahi. That means restoring nature, connecting people and places, reducing environmental impacts, and helping this rohe and its people prosper.
We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support mana whenua as Kaitiaki. We’re also part of a collective movement alongside our community members whose hopes for the future of this region are just as high as your own.
Our efforts across environmental management, public transport, flood protection, regional parks and water supply are interconnected and integral to treasuring our rohe and growing our future.
How to apply:
Greater Wellington is proud to be a member of Diversity Works. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and welcome the unique talent and experience you will bring to our team.
We are passionate about ensuring our recruitment processes are fair and equitable. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or adjustments that need to be made so we can offer a recruitment process that is more accessible to you.
Click on the Apply link to view the job description and to apply for the role with a cover letter and CV.
For further information, please contact Richard Baker (Richard. [email protected])
Applications close: 5.00pm, Friday 5 April 2024
The salary range for this position, inclusive of all benefits, is $92,702 to $139,053, with a midpoint of $115,877. Starting remuneration will depend on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.
All applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand.