Ko Mātou – About Us

Mō te tūranga - About the role

As Senior Manager Compliance Risk, you’ll play a critical leadership role within ANZ’s First Line of Defence, partnering closely with business teams to identify, assess and manage conduct and compliance risks across end‑to‑end value chains.

You’ll lead high‑quality risk assessments, support regulatory and policy change, and work with stakeholders to design and embed sustainable risk controls into business processes, systems and value chains. With strong customer and compliance risk insight and judgement, you’ll influence governance and decision‑making, strengthen accountability, and help uplift risk capability and culture across the organisation.

This is a senior, hands‑on role for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of strategy, regulation and practical delivery.

Role Location: Auckland or Wellington

Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like?

As Senior Manager Compliance Risk, you will be:

• Leading and overseeing conduct and compliance risk assessments across business processes, systems, data and end‑to‑end value chains
• Partnering with business teams to design, uplift and embed practical and sustainable risk controls aligned to regulatory and enterprise frameworks
• Translating conduct and compliance requirements into clear, practical business language and advising on risk‑based decision‑making
• Supporting regulatory and policy change, including impact assessments and implementation of required changes
• Reviewing control design and effectiveness, identifying gaps and supporting risk-based improvements, remediation planning and delivery
• Providing risk insight, analysis and thematic reporting to influence and support governance forums and management decision‑making
• Leveraging analytics and indicators to identify emerging risks, trends (internal and external) and root causes to strengthen monitoring of risk and control effectiveness
• Acting as a trusted first line risk partner, strengthening accountability and ownership for conduct and compliance risk
• Leading, coaching and developing team members, contributing to capability uplift and a strong risk culture across the business

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you’ll bring:

• Strong knowledge of conduct and compliance risk frameworks, regulatory obligations and risk management methodologies within financial services
• Experience leading complex risk assessments, control design and effectiveness reviews and risk remediation across complex business environments
• The ability to interpret regulatory and policy requirements and translate them into practical, business and customer centric embedded solutions
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to generate meaningful risk insights, trends and identify emerging themes
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing senior stakeholders as a trusted first line risk partner
• Clear, effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare high‑quality materials for governance and decision-making
• A pragmatic, risk‑based mindset that balances customer, business and regulatory outcomes
• Proven leadership capability, with experience coaching others, driving capability uplift and contributing to a positive, inclusive and accountable risk culture

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.  

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.  

We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.    

At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.  

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.co.nz/careers/.You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 114534.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

27/05/2026 , 11.59pm, (NZST)