Manager Regulatory Cost Recovery

4 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Join us to help shape the regulatory cost recovery and funding stewardship function here at Waka Kotahi.
- Use your influencing skills to ensure teams across Waka Kotahi understand the principles of funding stewardship and cost recovery and their thoughts and actions are guided by the policies and advice provided by your team.
- Opportunity to work in a complex, challenging and rewarding environment that impacts all New Zealanders.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity We have an exciting opportunity for a leader to join Regulatory Services and build a team that will develop and implement robust cost recovery policies and practices. In this role you will establish the regulatory cost recovery team at Waka Kotahi and lead the development and alignment of operational policies, standards, and processes that set Waka Kotahi up to be a great regulatory funding steward. This includes promoting awareness of when and how the cost recovery team can support decision makers as well as maintaining the pricing tools, financial models, and leading future fees and charges reviews.The creation and maintenance of a safe, empowering and enabling environment and culture that aligns with our organisational strategy, Te kāpehu, and our regulatory strategy, Tū ake, tū māia, is key to the team's success.Accountabilities for this role include:

- Leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of the cost recovery and pricing policies
- Influencing and supporting senior decision-makers to use cost recovery both as a regulatory tool and to enable performance improvement
- Delivering future cost recovery reviews and product or service reviews as required, including ensuring the team has the right level of capability and resources to successfully deliver
- A proven track record of leading and building highly engaged teams with a safe, trusting, and enabling culture, managing performance, and supporting people to succeed.
- Ability to influence, build credibility and collaborate across a range of stakeholders to bring them along on a journey.
- Proven situational, organisational and political nous.
- Demonstrated experience in high level strategic, analytical, and conceptual thinking in a complex environment.
- Ability to think at a national and system-wide level and translate it into future-focused deliverables and make good risk-based decisions.
- Proven experience in leading and developing successful future focused changes to inform and guide system change.
- Previous experience in cost recovery/financial stewardship, policy/operational policy is preferred but not required.
- Previous experience of local and/or central government is preferred but not required.

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.



  • Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Join us to help shape the regulatory cost recovery and funding stewardship function here at Waka Kotahi. Use your influencing skills to ensure teams across Waka Kotahi understand the principles of funding stewardship and cost recovery and their thoughts and actions are guided by the policies and advice provided by your team. Opportunity to work in a complex,...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Join us to help shape the regulatory cost recovery and funding stewardship function here at Waka Kotahi - Opportunity to join a newly formed team in Regulatory Services - Full time, 5 weeks annual leave, location flexible Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity We have an exciting opportunity for two Senior Analysts to join our new Regulatory Cost Recovery team...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    **Role Type**: Permanent, full-time **Location**: Wellington **Salary Band**: $154,287 to $207,330 depending on skills and experience The Ministry for Primary Industries is recruiting for a Manager Costing & Modelling, to join our Cost Recovery directorate, which forms part of our Corporate Services business unit based in Wellington. Kōrero mō te...


  • Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Full time

    Role Type: Permanent, full-timeLocation: WellingtonSalary Band: $154,287 to $207,330 depending on skills and experienceThe Ministry for Primary Industries is recruiting for a Manager Costing & Modelling, to join our Cost Recovery directorate, which forms part of our Corporate Services business unit based in Wellington.Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand People&Co Full time

    **Permanent, Wellington**: - Ensure long-term prosperity and protection of New Zealand's primary industries - Senior: $96,000 - $128,000, Principal: $113,000 - $152,000 Are you an experienced policy professional seeking a new challenge? We have an excellent opportunity for both a talented Senior Policy Analyst and Principal Policy Analyst to join a highly...

  • Manager, Risk

    3 weeks ago


    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Manager, Risk and Recovery Wellington-based, Permanent opportunity Ko wai mātou | About us The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand's distributed emergency management system. NEMA's primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand HAYS Full time

    A permanent Principal Regulatory Advisor/ Economist job opportunity in Wellington **Your new company** My client sits at the heart of New Zealand's electricity sector and their position as grid owner and system operator creates a wide range of policy and regulatory activity, including rules for strategic investments, engaging in policy debates with...

  • Costing Analyst

    2 weeks ago


    Auckland City, New Zealand Douglas Pharmaceuticals Full time

    **Salary $75k - $95k**: - ** Full time - 40 hours per week**: - ** Henderson based** **The role** We are looking for a Costing Analyst to develop and monitor internal cost modelling for Douglas Pharmaceuticals Fiji Limited (DPFL). You will develop product costing systems and processes and prepare standard cost variance analysis. You will work alongside...


  • Auckland City, New Zealand TOWER Insurance Full time

    **Why you'll love working with Tower** At Tower, we live and breathe our values - they are at the heart of every interaction. **Our people come first, **we pride ourselves on creating a diverse and inclusive space that allows our people to thrive. Encouraging everyone to bring their whole selves to work, we aim to represent the diverse communities we work...

  • Cost Estimator

    4 weeks ago


    Wellington City, New Zealand Transpower Full time

    Use your estimation expertise at the heart of the electricity sector - Ensure system and processes support accurate estimates for capital projects - Support cost estimation best practice and continuous improvement Provide cost estimation expertise for engineering & project teams to enable management and maintenance of billion-dollar Grid...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs NZ Full time

    **Manager Regulatory Practice** Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role Type: Fixed term (two years) Hours: Full time Location: Wellington Business Group: Systems, Strategy and Initiatives Branch: Digital Public Service Te Kōtui Whitiwhiti **Salary**: $117,189 - $157,094 - **Frontline regulatory management opportunity**: - **Leading and influencing...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role **Type**: Fixed term (two years)Hours: Full timeLocation: WellingtonBusiness Group: Systems, Strategy and Initiatives Branch: Digital Public Service Te Kōtui WhitiwhitiSalary: $117,189 - $157,094 - Frontline regulatory management opportunity - Leading and influencing regulatory practice and innovation - Flexible...

  • Principal Engineer

    4 weeks ago


    Wellington City, New Zealand Transpower Full time

    Bring your expertise, commerciality, and customer centricity to Transpower - Champion cost estimation best practice with internal and external partners - Lead the growth of cost engineering capability across the organisation - Newly created role in a busy Cost Engineering team supporting delivery of nationally critical high voltage infrastructure...

  • Cost Manager

    4 weeks ago


    Auckland City, New Zealand Turner & Townsend Full time

    Company Description Turner & Townsend is a global professional services organisation that provides consultancy, delivery, operations and programme management services to Life Sciences, Pharma, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors globally who are building or renewing their facilities. At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand Transpower Full time

    Varied role: strategic advisory, board reporting, & capability development - Bring your experience in regulated markets/sectors and accelerate your career - Influence and collaborate with regulators, to enable a net carbon zero future! Lead regulatory thinking and revenue forecasting for NZ's largest critical infrastructure provider to enable a more...

  • Business Adviser

    4 weeks ago


    Wellington City, New Zealand NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Full time

    **Role**: Business Adviser **Role type**: Full Time, Permanent **Location**: Wellington **Salary band**: $68,781 to $93,056 per annum depending on skills and experience Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role We have an exciting and challenging role in MPI's New Zealand Food Safety Business Unit. The Business Adviser role combines finance and data...

  • Business Adviser

    2 weeks ago


    Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    **Role**: Business Adviser **Role type**: Full Time, Permanent **Location**: Wellington **Salary band**: $72,781 to $97,056 per annum depending on skills and experience Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role We have an exciting and challenging role in MPI's New Zealand Food Safety Business Unit. The Business Adviser role combines finance and data...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

    Wellington-based, Permanent vacancy Ko wai mātou | About us The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand's distributed emergency management system. NEMA's primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk...


  • Wellington City, New Zealand FNZ Full time

    This role is part of a Global Finance team, working to deliver effective financial management and regulatory compliance of the FNZ Securities Global business. The FNZ Securities business includes operations in New Zealand, Australia, UK, Europe, and the US. The Australian business specifically is an ASX General Participant which executes, clears and settles...


  • Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Transpower Full time

    Help lead our regulatory strategy, and engage internally and externally at all levels Varied role encompassing mentoring, advisory, strategic modelling, and board reporting Help us to enable accelerated electrification and a decarbonised AotearoaWith over $5B of nationally critical infrastructure, this is a unique opportunity to join one of New Zealand's...