Strategic Lead for Waste & Environmental Infrastructure

BDO in Australia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

Wellbeing program and discounts

Career development support

BCaring community involvement

Job summary

BDO Australia is seeking a senior advisor in Brisbane to lead complex advisory engagements across waste and environmental infrastructure, decarbonisation, and related project development.

You will drive strategy-to-procurement workstreams, oversee financial modelling and risk analysis, and mentor colleagues while building client relationships and contributing to growth. A collaborative leadership style and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in waste and resource recovery, environmental infrastructure, decarbonisation, or related advisory experience.
• Ability to assess project costs, revenues and risks with a commercial lens.
• Experience reviewing financial models and testing assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex advisory engagements from strategy and options assessment to business cases, investment decisions and procurement.
• Develop infrastructure strategies, roadmaps, feasibility studies and commercial assessments.
• Oversee financial and operating modelling including costs, revenues, pricing and scenario analysis.
• Advise clients on funding, ownership, delivery, governance and risk allocation models.
• Lead procurement strategies, market engagement, tender evaluations and negotiations.
• Manage project scope, budgets, resources and delivery risks.
• Facilitate workshops and present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with councils, government agencies, utilities, project developers, operators and investors.
• Support proposals and growth of the team; mentor colleagues and contribute to new tools and ways of working.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Financial modelling

Business cases

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Proposal development

Mentoring

AI and digital tools curiosity

Job description

BDO Australia is seeking a senior advisor in Brisbane to lead complex advisory engagements across waste and environmental infrastructure, decarbonisation, and related project development.

You will drive strategy-to-procurement workstreams, oversee financial modelling and risk analysis, and mentor colleagues while building client relationships and contributing to growth. A collaborative leadership style and strong communication are essential.