Strategic Delivery & Portfolio Insight Analyst

Watercare Services Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Life and income protection insurance

Generous parental leave

Employee discounts at retailers

Job summary

Watercare Services Limited is seeking a Strategic Delivery Analyst to provide the structure, analysis and insight behind Auckland’s strategic portfolio. You’ll help leaders prioritise initiatives, understand trade‑offs, and inform investment decisions with robust scenario analysis.

Working with senior leaders and delivery teams, you will maintain a single source of truth for benefits, costs and timelines, while supporting intake, shaping and performance assurance to drive pace and value across

Qualifications

• Proven experience in portfolio analytics, strategy, finance, consulting, commercial analysis or transformation roles.
• Strong analytical capability and financial modelling skills.
• Experience supporting business cases and executive decision‑making.
• Ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a single source of truth – bring together benefits, costs, resourcing and timelines to provide a reliable, decision-useful view of the strategic portfolio.
• Support initiative intake and shaping – ensure new proposals are well‑defined, robust and commercially sound.
• Provide analytical insight to inform decisions – test assumptions, model alternatives and develop clear scenario analysis and insight packs for Executive forums.
• Identify trade‑offs and opportunities – highlight cross‑portfolio dependencies, constraints and optimisation opportunities.
• Support delivery performance and assurance – analyse progress, identify emerging risks, and contribute to solving issues for in‑flight initiatives.

Skills

Portfolio analytics

Financial modelling

Executive decision making

Data synthesis

Stakeholder communication

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Watercare Services Limited is seeking a Strategic Delivery Analyst to provide the structure, analysis and insight behind Auckland’s strategic portfolio. You’ll help leaders prioritise initiatives, understand trade‑offs, and inform investment decisions with robust scenario analysis.

Working with senior leaders and delivery teams, you will maintain a single source of truth for benefits, costs and timelines, while supporting intake, shaping and performance assurance to drive pace and value across