Senior Relationship Banker

Req ID: 110595

Department: Business Banking Waikato Taranaki & King Country

Division: New Zealand

Location: Waikato

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 Senior Manager leading our Commercial team, you’ll play a key role in supporting and enhancing the financial wellbeing across a range of commercial customers. This role is responsible for providing strategic leadership and coaching to a team of Relationship Managers and/or Relationship Associates to build and strengthen ANZ’s market presence across the region.

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: Waikato

Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5hrs

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

As a Senior Manager, you will:

Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Relationship Managers and/or Associates, fostering a high‑performing and engaged team culture.
Play a key role within the Business & Commercial leadership team, using your strong banking experience to help shape and deliver the regional strategy.
Represent and elevate ANZ’s presence in the local and regional marketplace through events, community initiatives, and meaningful customer engagement.
Champion data‑driven decision making, using insights to build capability, strengthen knowledge, and improve customer outcomes.
Embed a strong conduct and risk culture, ensuring consistent, responsible practices across the business.
Develop frameworks and standards that support consistent approaches to staff training, operating models, credit management, and adoption of change.
Grow and nurture relationships aligned with business strategy, ensuring new opportunities are developed and existing customer needs are proactively understood and met.

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

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

A successful track record in customer relationship management, risk management, and influencing outcomes across commercial, wholesale, and mid‑market lending portfolios.
Deep understanding and knowledge of the Business and Commercial sector, including the ability to build market presence, strengthen ANZ’s position, and win in competitive markets.
Demonstrated success in growing market share, particularly within commercial and mid‑market segments.
Strong commercial acumen, with experience structuring, managing, and workshopping complex commercial and wholesale lending deals.
Well‑developed leadership capability, with proven experience achieving results through collaboration.
Proven experience in providing direction, training, development, coaching, and motivation to high‑performing teams.
The ability to problem‑solve in complex environments, managing ambiguity and conflicting demands effectively.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to engage and influence at senior levels.
A strong understanding of how to use technology, data, and structured processes to establish systems that effectively manage performance and monitor key metrics.

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 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 110595.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

Sunday 29 March, 11.59pm, (New Zealand)