Principal Advisor - Commercial and Institutional Performance

at  The Treasury

EXCEPTIONAL FIXED TERM (TO 30 JUNE 2025) OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADVICE ON THE CROWN’S COMMERCIALLY FOCUSED COMPANIES AND ENTITIES TO ADD LONG-RUN VALUE.

• Join our passionate and talented team making a real difference in Aotearoa
• Bring your financial or regulatory expertise, intellectual flexibility & curiosity to a central agency
• Be well-supported in your professional development and career aspirations
• We offer competitive remuneration and flexible working options

MŌ MĀTOU | ABOUT US

Here at Te Tai Ōhanga - The Treasury, we are committed to Tiakitanga (our role of stewardship) to make Aotearoa a better place for people today and in the future. We safeguard New Zealand’s public finances and are the Government’s trusted economic advisor. Our vision is to lift living standards for all New Zealanders.
Our three Commercial and Institutional Performance teams, alongside our Governance and Appointments team, provide advice to Ministers on the Crown’s ownership interest in approximately 50 Crown companies and entities in the Infrastructure, Services and Investment sectors, including some of the largest companies and financial institutions in New Zealand. Our aim is to ensure that these entities are overseen to optimise performance, manage risk and enhance value to support future intergenerational wellbeing.
We are at the interface of the commercial world and central government, and we look for talented people from a range of professional backgrounds to support us in our work.

Ō PŪMANAWA | ABOUT YOU

We are seeking a well-rounded candidate with real world experience of working with commercial and/or financial organisations or advisory groups in the public or private sector who can hit the ground running. You will bring:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical matters and problems and experience advising Ministers,
• Understanding of the Crown’s arm’s length governance model and experience leading complex work programmes alongside business planning and accountability processes,
• An ability to collaborate and coordinate with colleagues across a diverse organisation and experience in mentoring or leading work programmes,
• Effective interpersonal and relationship management skills and the ability to influence and work with a range of stakeholders,
• Strong capability in assessing business, economic and/or policy environments, objective setting and implementation strategies,
• Sound qualitative, quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills that you can bring to bear on complex issues and/or amid changing environments and involving both short term and long-term considerations.

We have a rare opportunity for an ambitious Principal Advisor to work with us until 30 June 2025 to lead our advice to shareholding Ministers on KiwiRail and on:

• Developing and leading on the frameworks and institutional insights required to undertake the Treasury’s role of providing analysis and performance advice to Ministers for a range of organisations with commercial and public benefit objectives,
• Engaging to a high degree with internal and external stakeholders and working together with the provision of financial and strategic analysis and timely high quality useful advice to a number of Ministers including the Minister of Finance and the Minister for State Owned Enterprise,
• Providing expert technical advice across all aspects of the team’s work together with thought leadership for the team and wider organisation.