Senior Pi&Mo Analyst

New Zealand Government; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora invites a Senior Analyst to lead portfolio reporting across the IIG Portfolio Intelligence & Management Office. You will monitor scope, budget, schedule, benefits, risks and dependencies to inform decisions.

You will analyse actuals and forecasts, collaborate with cross-functional teams, support the PPM tool operations, and identify opportunities to improve delivery performance at a national level with diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in project portfolio in infrastructure, ICT, or asset management.
• Strong analytical skills with large data sets.
• Ability to develop, document and improve business processes.
• Proven leadership and integrity with a collaborative approach.
• Ability to build effective relationships across a large, multi-disciplinary organisation.
• Demonstrated drive to deliver and take responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of portfolio reporting.
• Provide insights into portfolio health and track KPIs (scope, budget, schedule, benefits, risks, dependencies).
• Perform financial analysis across actuals, forecasts and variances.
• Collaborate with functional teams to mitigate risks and dependencies.

Skills

Portfolio management

Data analysis

Business process improvement

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery focus

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant area

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

As a Senior Analyst within the IIG Portfolio Intelligence & Management Office, you will play a central role in the operations of the team. You'll lead the development and maintenance of portfolio reporting, providing insights into the overall health of the portfolio and tracking key performance indicators such as scope, budget, schedule, benefits, risks, and dependencies. Your work will include financial analysis across actuals, forecasts, and variances, and you'll collaborate with functional teams to identify and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies. As part of your responsibilities, you will contribute to supporting the operations of our Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool, ensuring it supports IIG teams, and provides consistent and high-quality reporting across the infrastructure portfolio. You will also be able to identify, analyse and deliver portfolio improvement opportunities at a national level in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The IIG Portfolio Intelligence & Management Office is responsible for leading the standardisation and integration of the national and regional portfolios into one IIG portfolio through establishing best practice project, programme, portfolio management standards, frameworks, tools, processes, and templates. This includes improving project, programme, and portfolio capability and maturity across IIG and providing quality and timely information and insights to inform decision-making and improve delivery performance.

About you

You're a strategic and analytical professional with a passion for improving health infrastructure through strategic analysis, robust governance, and collaborative leadership. Your ability to interpret data, identify trends, and communicate insights clearly makes you a trusted advisor across teams. You're confident navigating government systems, building relationships across diverse teams, and leading initiatives that improve outcomes. You bring a strong understanding of capital investment and project monitoring, and you're driven by the opportunity to contribute to a health system that delivers equitable and high-quality care for all New Zealanders. You will have:

• * Practical experience within a project portfolio in infrastructure, ICT, or asset management
• * Strong analytical skills, including working with large data sets and tools such as PowerBI
• * Skill in developing, documenting and improving business processes
• * Capable of leading with integrity, self-awareness, and a commitment to continuous improvement
• * Ability to build effective relationships across a large, multi-disciplinary organisation
• * Demonstrate a strong drive to deliver and take personal responsibility
• * A tertiary qualification in a relevant area and/or equivalent experience

Working for Health New Zealand Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse MāoriPacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.