About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About the Role

The Cost Centre of Excellence ('Cost CoE') is a part of the Financial Performance Management team ('FPM') within Enterprise Finance and is responsible for supporting the Group CFO & Divisional CFOs and the business make optimal resource allocation decisions in relation to cost.

To do this, the Cost CoE undertakes a range of financial reporting and performance management activities. The Cost CoE establishes governance and performs financial control activities within the cost domain to ensure the integrity of the cost result.

Within FPM, the Cost CoE provides enterprise capability and divisional expertise to drive strategic outcomes and leverages its scale to drive continual process improvement within the cost domain.

Your responsibilities include driving the implementation and continuous improvement of the Cost Management Unit Framework, including analysis and insights, ongoing reporting and identification and tracking of CMU productivity initiatives and actions. Focusing on best practice cost management and consistency of implementation across all Divisions in collaboration with relevant teams. This role will also drive Cost CoE standardised strategies across Cost Management processes.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: 833 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008
Work Hours: Full Time (40 Hours/Week)

What will your day look like?

• Deliver high‑quality decision support for CMU and Cost Management aligned to Group strategy.
• Provide financial transparency to Group and Divisional stakeholders.
• Support stakeholders with management actions that improve performance across the bank.
• Lead strategic planning and outlook processes, embedding clear financial targets (CMU Targets/KRAs/OKRs).
• Partner with the Head of Cost CoE and GGM Financial Performance, supporting interactions with Group CEO/CFOs.
• Build strong internal networks and maintain effective stakeholder relationships across ANZ.
• Uphold ethical frameworks balancing ANZ, customer, and community interests.
• Provide thought leadership and promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development within Finance.
• Run effective CMU planning and forecasting aligned to Group expectations for resource allocation.
• Respond to audit/regulatory issues with clear actions and follow‑through.
• Drive continuous improvement in Finance Decision Support for a safer, more efficient function.
• Identify CMU and Divisional opportunities and risks for the enterprise.
• Support the framework for managing and monitoring CMU productivity.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

Must have:

• Stakeholder Management - Engaged people and stakeholders to support the effective delivery of projects/initiatives
• Collaboration - Worked collaboratively with offshore colleagues to achieve shared goals & common outcomes
• Communication - Used your strong verbal, visual and written communication skills to communicate initiatives, projects, ideas that progress to senior stakeholders
• Continuous/Process Improvement - Designed, improved or managed operational processes and organisational systems
• Financial Processing - Work related to costs, understanding of Financial Control processes, policies & procedures,
• project/investment accounting principles & concepts, running/ managing Finance processes or Planning, Forecast and
• Performance Reporting
• Financial Analysis - Structuring, analysing and manipulating data (proficient in Excel) advanced is desirable but not essential
• Systems & Tools - Proficiency in core tools including Excel/PPT, Sharepoint, PPM, HFM & PSGL with a willingness to learn new
• tools and techniques

Good to have:

• Big Picture: Have a broad conceptual understanding of the business, the competitive landscape, and economic factors impacting the industry; and spend time bringing ideas together to understand how they apply to products and services.
• Persistent and resilient able to manage demands from multiple stakeholders simultaneously
• An Aligner - understanding that your area operates as part of a complex system & work closely with colleagues to ensure alignment

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.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and 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 support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch 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 health and 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 the communities we serve. 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're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 112779 .
 

Job Posting End Date

13/04/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)