Portfolio Reporting Analyst - Fixed Term -12 Months

About us

At Sydney Water, we’re passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities, and our employees. We have a proud heritage and a progressive future, providing world class drinking water and beautiful waterways from the mountains to the sea. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. 

What will you be doing?

As a Portfolio Reporting Analyst, you will play a key role in delivering actionable insights through advanced dashboard reporting that directly informs the financial and strategic management of Sydney Water’s projects, programs, and portfolios. This work is central to ensuring effective use of funds, benefits realisation, and enabling well-informed investment decision-making.

A core responsibility of this role is to develop, maintain, and continuously improve high-quality reports and dashboards in Power BI—our primary enterprise reporting tool. Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is highly desirable and will be considered a significant advantage, supporting enterprise portfolio reporting, integration, and advanced analytics.

Your role will involve:

Leading the design, development, and ongoing maintenance of Power BI dashboards that provide timely, accurate, and insightful portfolio reporting at the enterprise level.

Assisting in the management of day-to-day portfolio reporting workflows, while identifying opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiency.

Maintaining reporting streams across assigned areas such as pipeline management (including Business Cases and Candidates) and Enterprise Portfolio Dependencies.

Acting as a subject-matter expert in advanced dashboard reporting with Power BI and leveraging SAC experience where possible to enhance reporting capabilities and portfolio insights.

Reviewing, analysing, and ensuring data integration and integrity across reporting platforms, working closely with Corporate/Finance/EPMO functions to align with enterprise standards.

Driving continuous improvement by identifying new ways of automating reporting, improving data quality, and optimising dashboard usability.

Supporting the broader Business PMO team by contributing to initiatives that uplift operational reporting maturity and business effectiveness.

Dive into Our Great Benefits:  

Competitive Compensation: We’ll ensure that your skills and contributions are valued and rewarded appropriately.  

Hybrid Work Environment: We offer a hybrid work model that balances remote work and office collaboration, supporting our team's productivity and well-being.  

24/7 Wellbeing Support: Access for you and your family to free and confidential mental health and general health support through our EAP portal.  

Fitness Passport: Achieve your physical fitness goals using our Fitness Passport, granting you access to a multitude of gyms and pools across NSW.   

Flu vaccinations and discounted options on health insurance membership providers.

who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who brings a blend of strong technical expertise in Power BI (mandatory) and ideally SAC (preferred), combined with the ability to translate complex portfolio data into clear, user-friendly, and decision-ready insights for senior stakeholders.

Relevant degree qualification (e.g. Accounting, Economics, Business) or experience deemed equivalent

7+ years’ experience working in a PMO in a large complex organisation, preferably in a similar organisation or industry sector (i.e. asset intensive and/or regulated), with at least 5 years’ experience analysing program performance.

Strong background in capital investment and benefits management.

Establishing and maintaining strong trusted business relationships, particularly in an advisory capacity.

The ability to turn large volumes of raw data into trends and statistics that can be used for Board level reporting.

Excellent analytical skills - including the ability to use multiple sources of data and information to form clear insight.

Strong ability to distil key information from multiple data sources, including identification of trends, issues and the root causes of problems.

Highly organised with a numerical focus and comfortable handling large data sets

A commercial mindset with outstanding communication skills.

Experience in an infrastructure program environment or a portfolio/program management office would be desirable.

Closing date: 19th Sep 2025

Please see the position description for the role’s full accountabilities.

You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of submitting your application to be considered for this role.    

For more information, you can contact  sunil.nagarajan@sydneywater.com.au

At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too. 

Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and veterans. 

As part of the application process, Sydney Water will be collecting your personal information to assess your suitability for the role. We will also use your personal information to establish a LiveHire talent profile in our Talent Community. We look at our Talent Community first when new opportunities come up when you apply for a role. Your personal information will be collected in accordance with LiveHire’s Terms, Privacy Policy and Sydney Water’s Privacy Collection Statement – Job Application. Please see the position description for the role’s full accountabilities.