Business Case Advisory Lead (Mascot)

• Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW
• Job category: Projects
• Job location: Sydney, NSW, AU
• Job reference number: 102625
• Employment type: Permanent Full-Time
• Salary range: $158,393.0 - $177,399.0

You see the big picture, you’ve always worked on a grand scale, and now you’re ready to re-focus on grand impact.

You’ll make a tangible impact on the people of NSW, using your finance and accounting skills to help build a sustainable and thriving transport network for generations to come.

• Lead independent assurance reviews of business cases and investment proposals to assess compliance with whole-of-government requirements and provide confidence to decision-makers on readiness for investment.
• Undertake holistic assessments of investment proposals, including strategic alignment, affordability, deliverability, risk and commercial considerations to identify key gaps, risks and opportunities to strengthen confidence in the investment case.
• Provide advice to project teams on business case requirements, including appropriate business case type, assurance expectations and applicable whole-of-government guidelines to support early alignment and readiness for review.
• Provide clear, evidence‑based recommendations to project teams to uplift business case quality.
• Collaborate effectively within team, with internal/external stakeholders and project teams to support business case robustness and compliance, enabling productive and timely business case reviews.
• Support investment governance processes by providing high‑quality assurance advice and insights and maintaining awareness of the investment pipeline to inform forward planning.
• Promote consistency, transparency and continuous improvement in business case development and assurance practices across the Transport cluster.

• Demonstrated experience in developing robust and defensible business cases for capital infrastructure projects.
• Extensive experience in options assessment, delivery and procurement strategy, management approach and monitoring and evaluation of capital infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to lead major investment decision‑making processes, including assurance activities, within a large, complex organisation.
• Proficiency in lifecycle cost modelling, cash flow forecasting, and risk‑adjusted cost estimation methodologies.
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in economics, finance, or accounting, or demonstrated relevant equivalent professional experience in a related discipline, with experience in writing infrastructure business cases, undertaking business case assurance or investment analysis.

Applications close 11:59 PM Tuesday 21 April, 2026.

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