Investment Assurance Lead

Air Services Australia; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Airservices Australia is seeking an Investment Assurance Lead to guide independent assurance and strategic challenge of major investment decisions. You will shape governance, improve business case quality, and drive long-term value for money across a complex capital portfolio.

You will lead a team of specialists, influence senior executives and governance forums, and embed best-practice assurance across airspace investments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading investment assurance, business case development, strategic planning, economics, commercial analysis or major infrastructure investment functions.
• Proven experience influencing senior executives, boards, governance forums or investment committees on complex strategic decisions.
• Expertise in business case assurance, investment governance, benefits management and value-for-money assessment frameworks.
• Strong commercial, financial and strategic analysis capability, with the ability to challenge assumptions and improve decision quality.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing specialist teams and fostering accountability and collaboration.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement to present clear recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Airservices' Investment Assurance function and shape governance, ensuring investment proposals are strategically aligned and deliver value for money.
• Manage a team of specialists, providing independent review, challenge and advice across a complex capital portfolio.
• Collaborate with executives and governance forums to strengthen investment decision-making and best-practice assurance.
• Influence senior stakeholders and present recommendations to executives and committees.
• Embed assurance culture across the enterprise and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Investment assurance

Business case development

Strategic planning

Economics

Commercial analysis

Infrastructure investment

Job description

Apply now Job no: 502909
Work type: Full Time Permanent
Location: VIC, ACT, NSW, QLD
Categories: Finance, Management

Investment Assurance Lead

Summary

Lead independent assurance and strategic challenge of major investment decisions, shaping governance, business case quality and long-term enterprise outcomes.

The Organisation

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team helps secure the future of Australia’s skies and keep it amongst the safest in the world.

We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

Leaders at Airservices demonstrate our Leadership Standard in the way they Know, Focus, Develop and Value our people every day. Our leaders role model our values of Safe Always, Service First, Love What We Do, Work As One and Own It to connect people with their world safely.

An Airservices leader leads inclusively, thinks strategically, collaborates and communicates with impact to deliver outcomes that support our culture of trust, care and accountability.

The Role & The Team

Reporting to the Head of Assurance and Optioneering, you will lead Airservices' Investment Assurance function and play a critical role in shaping some of the organisation's most significant investment decisions. Leading a team of business case and assurance specialists, you will provide independent review, challenge and advice across a complex capital portfolio, helping ensure investment proposals are strategically aligned, evidence-based and deliver long-term value for money. You will work closely with executives, project leaders and governance forums to strengthen investment decision-making, improve business case quality and embed best-practice assurance across the enterprise.

The Assurance and Optioneering team partners with leaders across Airservices to improve investment outcomes, strengthen governance and support informed decision-making. The team is respected for its ability to provide constructive challenge, independent insight and trusted advice that influences major strategic and capital investment decisions.

You are an experienced investment, assurance, strategy or infrastructure leader who thrives in complex environments and enjoys influencing decisions that have organisation-wide impact. You bring a balance of commercial acumen, strategic thinking and analytical rigour, coupled with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders, challenge assumptions and drive better investment outcomes. You are equally comfortable leading specialist teams as you are presenting recommendations to executives and governance committees.

The successful applicant will have:

• Demonstrated experience leading investment assurance, business case development, strategic planning, economics, commercial analysis or major infrastructure investment functions.
• Proven experience influencing senior executives, boards, governance forums or investment committees on complex strategic and investment decisions.
• Expertise in business case assurance, investment governance, benefits management and value-for-money assessment frameworks.
• Strong commercial, financial and strategic analysis capability, with the ability to challenge assumptions and improve decision quality.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing specialist teams and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear and compelling recommendations

At Airservices Australia, we embrace and thrive on diversity of thought, perspectives, and capabilities because we know the benefits of having a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve. We appreciate everyone is unique, and acknowledge diversity in thought leads to greater transparency and improved consideration in our decision making.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success. We actively encourage and welcome candidates from all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, people living with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian Citizen or a Permanent Resident as an ASIC is required for this role. Please refer to the security check requirements successful applicants will be required to undertake as part of the recruitment process.