Senior Analyst Cost and Performance

1 month ago

Fortitude Valley, Australia Urban Utilities Full time

There’s No Us Without U. Care with Us, for Today and Tomorrow

There's no life without water, and at Urban Utilities, we live and breathe that knowledge every single day. It's why our people are so passionate about what they do and how they do it. And it's why we need people like YOU. Come shape our future with us and make a real and lasting impact across our teams.

Your Opportunity

As a part of our renewed focus over the next 10 years, we have a new role for a Senior Analyst Cost and Performance in our Portfolio Performance team.

The Senior Analyst Cost and Performance provides specialist knowledge in the area of advanced analytics to support investment planning at all time horizons within the business strategic, tactical and operational landscape.

As a key member of a professional team, this role will transform how Urban Utilities analyses the performance and effectiveness of the Investment portfolio through developing, maintaining and enhancing reporting, dashboards and analytics for cost intelligence and project and portfolio performance.

This role is also central to our digital transformation. Through the targeted development and implementation of decision support tools, the role will ensure that the group approach is continually improved to develop optimised investment plans to achieve required business outcomes.

Some of your accountabilities will include:

  • Working closely with business stakeholders to evaluate the needs and requirements for analytics, assess the problems to be solved and what internal or external data sources to use or acquire. Determine the data and analytics approach to support the strategic exploration and decision needs.

  • Lead the development and integration of sophisticated Power BI dashboards, reports and analysis to help solve critical business challenges/opportunities.

  • Understand the investment planning and decision-making requirements of senior decision makers in optimising the entire Urban Utilities infrastructure portfolio.

  • Working as a key part of a close knit team to maintain and improve a suite of Power BI dashboards, from sourcing available data through to report development.

About You

We are seeking candidates who are passionate about shaping our future, and ideally have the following qualifications, skills, and experiences:

  • Tertiary qualifications in a related data science, engineering, business intelligence, economics or equivalent work

  • Extensive experience in Power BI (or similar) development and / or business intelligence and reporting, investment modelling, data science, or economics.

  • Experience performing complex analysis and utilising advanced data modelling and testing techniques to enable data analysis.

  • Prior experience in a PMO, or Capital Investment Office for a asset owner is highly desirable but not necessary.

  • Most importantly, we are looking for someone who oozes an enthusiasm and passionate for advanced analytics, and is also curious about the water industry and how to find outcomes that enrich the lives of our customers and communities.

At UU, we celebrate diversity. We genuinely believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expressions is key and crucial to our success as a business. You might find you meet some, but not all, of the job requirements for this role. We’d still encourage you to apply as we we’re looking for the right human being for this role - it’s about so much more than ticking all the boxes

Why Urban Utilities?

At Urban Utilities, the work we do is about so much more than the bottom line. We're a leading provider of world-class drinking water and wastewater services to the vibrant communities of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, and Scenic Rim. As we continue to grow, we're committed to planning ahead and shaping a sustainable future around water for generations to come.

At the core of our work lies genuine care: for our team, our customers, communities, and the environment. From the flush of a toilet to major infrastructure projects and residential developments, we're dedicated to being there every step of the way.

Our HQ is in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, but you'll find us all over SEQ - working in cool places like the SAS Laboratory in Darra, field-based depots in Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Bundamba, and wastewater treatment plants dotted across the region.

We know the chance to thrive, and progress comes hand in hand with the support to balance work with life. So, you’ll access an increasingly diverse range of benefits and initiatives that’ll help you bring the best you. Speaking of which, here’s just a sample of the benefits we offer our team:

  • Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you

  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family

  • Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases

  • Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more

  • Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK180

Visit our website to learn more about us at www.urbanutilities.com.au

How to apply

Click on the "Apply” to complete your application.

Please note: applicants will be required to undergo a Pre-employment medical, which may include Drug and Alcohol testing, as well as other background checks as part of the recruitment process for this role.

For further information please contact our Talent team at careers@urbanutilities.com.au

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