Business Case Practice Lead

• Business case development and assurance

• Opportunity to define your own path

• Based in our Petone office close to the beach and shops

This is a full time position of 40 hours per week

The remuneration range for this role is $ 117,099 to $165,316 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience

The opportunity

In this newly created role, you will influence, lead, embed and deliver best practice business case development across the organisation, ensuring investment decisions are strategically aligned, evidence based, and deliver value for money. The ideal person will have a good understanding of developing a business case approach to investment and be a proven influencer and collaborator.

You will get to:

• Lead business case development and investment delivery

• Develop and maintain business case tools and guidance aligned with national standards and best practice

• Provide advice and quality assurance on business case development

• Build capability across the group through training mentoring and support in business case preparation

• Monitor and report on the quality of business cases and outcomes of business cases

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• Ideally 10 plus years of relevant experience (e.g. investment planning or financial forecasting experience)

• A tertiary qualification in accounting, finance, economics, strategic planning, asset management- or associated similar discipline

• Significant experience in Business case practice/preparation, investment planning, options analysis and advice

• Proven collaboration skills – able to surface the most important issues, bring the right people together and facilitate robust decision-making

• Experience in running training/development programmes to upskill staff

• Strong writing for decision making skills

Benefits

At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home

• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually

• Formal and informal professional development opportunities

• 5 weeks annual leave accrual will be available following 2 years of continual service

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

About us

Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We’re a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.

The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close: Sunday 8 March 2026

How to apply

To view a copy of the position description: click here

To apply for the role, click on the ”apply” button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.

For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz

Applicants for safety sensitive roles will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.