Senior Advisor - Infrastructure Valuations
Job Description
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Advisor / Senior Advisor – Infrastructure Valuations
Join WSP’s Infrastructure Valuations team and help infrastructure owners make confident, auditable decisions about the value of their assets. This is a consulting role with real variety—supporting major clients across Aotearoa New Zealand with valuations that underpin financial reporting, insurance programmes and strategic asset management.
You’ll work across assets such as water and wastewater networks, stormwater, transport corridors, structures and other complex infrastructure. Advisors contribute strong analysis and clear reporting; Senior Advisors lead engagement delivery, provide technical oversight and build trusted client relationships.
The role
Deliver infrastructure valuation engagements end-to-end (scope, data requests, analysis, documentation, review and client sign-off), with responsibility aligned to your level.
Prepare and review valuation models, asset schedules and reports that are clear, defensible and audit-ready (financial reporting, impairment/revaluation cycles and insurance).
Apply fit-for-purpose valuation approaches and maintain robust assumptions and documentation (Advisor: contribute and learn; Senior Advisor: provide technical direction and review).
Undertake QA/verification activities appropriate to the engagement (Senior Advisor: lead technical reviews and coach others; Advisor: complete checks and support peer review).
Use the skills you develop to inform thought leadership across adaptation modelling and associated work streams
Engage with clients through workshops, presentations and day-to-day communication (Senior Advisor: lead key conversations; Advisor: prepare materials and contribute).
Plan and manage tasks to agreed scope, programme and budget; coordinate inputs across disciplines and support effective delivery.
Contribute to practice growth—sharing learnings, improving templates/tools and supporting proposals and business development (Senior Advisor: mentor team members and help shape our offer).
About you:
Advisor: typically 5+ years’ experience in infrastructure valuation, asset financial management, audit/accounting, infrastructure analysis or a related field.
Senior Advisor: significant experience leading valuation engagements or major workstreams, undertaking technical review/QA and working directly with clients through to sign-off.
Qualifications: relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (e.g., engineering, commerce/finance, economics, accounting, asset management or similar).
Core skills: strong analytical capability, attention to detail and confidence working with complex datasets; ability to document assumptions and methodology clearly.
Communication: comfortable translating technical and financial concepts for a range of audiences, including asset owners and auditors.
Delivery mindset: organised and pragmatic, with the ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and collaborate across disciplines.
Growth contribution: interest in improving tools and ways of working; (Senior Advisor) mentoring others and contributing to proposals/BD; (Advisor) supporting proposals and building your consulting skillset.
Desirable: exposure to public sector infrastructure owners (e.g., local government or utilities), audit liaison, and/or experience with valuation standards and financial reporting cycles.
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