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 customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

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. 

The Head of Talent & Culture, India Branch and UAE is critical to making this happen. As a senior member of the India Branch and UAE Leadership Teams and the International Talent and Culture (T&C) team, this role is responsible for all people aspects of bringing our Institutional and T&C strategy to life across our India Branch and UAE businesses.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: ANZ Branch, Mumbai, India     

Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

What will your day look like?

As a Head of Talent & Culture, India you will

• Partner with the Country Heads and local leadership teams across India Branch and UAE, providing expertise and support for Talent and Culture programs and initiatives including talent and succession planning, capability building.

• Be a strong coach to the Country Heads and Executive Leadership teams and supporting T&C Operations and systems.

• Be a key connector across ANZ International and the broader Group, partnering with relevant T&C and business teams to deliver, sharing information and leveraging initiatives into India Branch and UAE, as appropriate.

• Focus on training and developing your own team in both countries, supporting our people to grow their skills, experience and network connectivity.

What will you bring?

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

• The ability to formulate and execute on a Talent & Culture strategy for the India Branch and UAE businesses which is aligned with key business and Group T&C priorities.

• Strong knowledge of local regulatory environment and obligations and issues relating to People Risk.

• Great organisational skills and strong execution focus, with capabilities in driving efficient and effective delivery of country people initiatives.

• Skilled and effective change agent with good business acumen.

• Strong skills in collaboration, relationship management and influencing of stakeholders across the network including senior management, with a willingness and ability to challenge effectively as needed.

• Ability to be a trusted advisor, coach and confidant to senior stakeholders on a broad range of people-related issues, with an empathetic and pragmatic approach, grounded in our Values and Behaviours.

• Ability to lead and oversee delivery of all local operational processes across the employee lifecycle, including payroll, taxation and regulatory compliance, in partnership with relevant internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to work in a multinational environment with experience operating with stakeholders across multiple geographies and leveraging support from relevant Employee Experience Tribes including Talent Acquisition and Mobility, Employee Relations, Reward & Pay, etc.

• Strong coach and people leader, focused on helping your teams to develop skills and confidence to take on broader opportunities.          

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 are a candidate with a disability or access requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

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 85748.

Job Posting End Date

10/02/2025 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)