Ko Mātou – About Us

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. 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.

Mō te tūranga - About the role

As a Financial Controller in our Financial Control team, you will provide Business Unit (BU) accounting and reporting services to support the Head of Financial Control (HoFC), including provision of accurate and timely financial information to the wider NZ CFO Units Finance team, ensuring that all financial and regulatory reporting obligations across the BU are adequately met. You will lead and manage the Financial Control Revenue team, providing appropriate leadership and support to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of month-end delivery requirements including reconciliations, trial balance, and that accounting services are completed to support the BU.

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 Type: 10 Months
Role Location: Auckland
Work Hours: 37.5 Hrs

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

As a Financial Control Lead, you will be accountable for:

• Managing the monthly financial close process, including finalisation of actuals, month on month analytical review, delivery of results to the HoFC and senior Finance managers; appropriate governance activities to support the integrity of the actuals
• Onshore and offshore delivery and performance including resolution of issues (including offshore issue escalation)
• Building and maintaining effective, collaborative relationships with stakeholders in NZ (Senior Finance managers and other management functions e.g. Products, Operations, Legal), and with Group colleagues, ensuring all needs are delivered and information is effectively exchanged to support Financial Control activities
• Ensuring the accuracy of Financial Control outputs, with processes complying with Group policies and procedures
• Embedding simplification, standardisation, elimination and relocation of financial control activities/processes where appropriate; driving end-to-end process improvement across the Bank with pragmatic, comprehensive recommendations.   
• Recruiting, motivating, developing and managing the performance of direct reports to ensure quality output and team cohesion.

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

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

• Many years of professional experience in Finance roles
• Significant demonstrated experience with statutory and regulatory accounting within a banking/insurance environment
• Effective leadership of finance professionals
• Strong interpersonal skills engaging with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders
• Ability to influence at all levels and drive change
• Strong detailed and conceptual analytical problem-solving skills with an end-to-end process lens and customer focus
• Experience leading work with off-shore sites preferable
• Chartered Accountant, Certified Practicing Accountant or equivalent will be highly desired

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:109476.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

15/02/2026 , 11.59pm, (NZ)