Commercial & Finance Lead

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced
Commercial & Finance Lead (Full-time, Permanent)
to join our team.

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you'll be supported to build a rewarding career.

Our Perks And Benefits
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that's why we offer a load of benefits.

• Flexible working
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Fertility leave
• Corporate wear allowance
• Professional development and educational assistance
• Access to remote area benefit packaging – based on work location
• Attractive remuneration
• And so much more

Why This Role

• Shape organisational strategy and growth through commercial insight
• Influence across Digital, Property, Strategy & Transformation, and Corporate Services.
• Partner with senior leaders to deliver outcomes that matter.

About The Role
This is a senior finance leadership role for a commercially astute professional who thrives on influence rather than authority. You'll report to the Head of FP&A and be responsible for leading financial strategy across diverse portfolios, driving performance, governance, and transformation. Success means delivering actionable insights, enabling growth, and embedding commercial rigour - without direct reports, but by leveraging and collaborating with central teams and influencing peers.

What You'll Do

• Strategic Partnering: Act as CFO for your portfolios, responsible for shaping investment priorities and driving commitment to operational excellence.
• Drive Performance: Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis to optimise outcomes.
• Deliver Insights: Responsible for providing scenario modelling and deep analysis to inform executive decisions.
• Governance & Risk: Responsible for ensuring for robust investment frameworks and proactively managing financial risks.
• Champion Change: Drive continuous improvement and support transformation initiatives.
• Influence & Capability: Provide support to elevate financial literacy and influence decisions without formal authority.
• Commercial Impact: Support major contracts, pricing strategies, and margin optimisation.

What You Bring

• CA/CPA (or equivalent) with extensive senior finance/commercial experience.
• Poven ability to deliver accurate budgets, forecasts, and board-level reporting.
• Strong commercial acumen in pricing, margin analysis, and contract governance.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Advanced financial modelling and strategic analysis capability.
• Current NSW Driver's Licence.
• Desirable: Experience in regulated industries.

How We Will Support You
At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals. When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you're required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities.

More About Our Team / Culture
No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

Who is WaterNSW?
WaterNSW operates the state's dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state's water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.

We're the people taking care of the state's water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at

For more information, please reach out to: Jasmine Choong ).

Please note applications for this position will close on
26
th November 2025, 5.00pm
.

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