Reporting & Governance Consultant - Perth, WA, Australia

Reporting and Governance Consultant – Permanent - Perth

Join our Distribution Energy Transition team as a Reporting and Governance Consultant and play a key role in strengthening governance, compliance and operational excellence across a function at the forefront of Western Power's energy transition. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you'll deliver key Distributed Energy Resources (DER) data insights, support and advise on risk and legislative compliance activities, and provide trusted advice that enhances performance, governance and business outcomes.

Your Role in Action

• Lead DER performance reporting, delivering meaningful insights, dashboards and metrics that support decision-making, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Manage and oversee legislative obligations, compliance requirements and risk activities, ensuring effective controls, ownership and action plans are in place.

• Develop and enhance reporting frameworks, systems and tools that provide visibility of performance, risks, trends and opportunities across the function.

• Partner with stakeholders to strengthen data governance, improve data quality and promote consistent reporting standards, definitions and business metrics.

• Drive document governance and control activities, ensuring policies, procedures, standards and records remain current, compliant and fit for purpose.

• Provide governance advice and insights on business change initiatives, assessing impacts to people, systems and processes and recommending practical solutions.

• Build strong relationships across the business to identify opportunities for improved governance, reporting effectiveness and operational performance.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering reporting, insights and performance dashboards, with a strong focus on data quality, accuracy and translating information into meaningful business insights.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex business challenges, identify trends and develop practical, data-driven solutions.

• Experience in process analysis, with the ability to understand end-to-end workflows and the metrics that enable effective performance measurement.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and facilitation skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and drive outcomes across diverse teams.

• Sound business and commercial acumen, coupled with strong attention to detail and the ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.

• An understanding of governance, compliance and regulatory frameworks, with the ability to translate requirements into effective business practices. Tertiary qualifications in Business, Risk Management or a related discipline will be highly regarded, along with equivalent relevant experience.

• Knowledge and understanding of energy policy and regulations, especially relating to DER, will be highly regarded.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  

• Flexible work arrangements to support part-time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 

• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 

• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 

• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 

• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.   

• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.

• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 19 November 2026

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