Financial Control Associate

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 Markets Finance Associate in our Markets and Treasury Financial Control (MTFC) team, you’ll play a key role in producing financial reporting and analysis for the Markets and Treasury divisions whilst maintaining a robust control environment. MTFC ensures the business is well managed from a financial and regulatory standpoint through the application of disciplined end-to-end trial balance control processes including but not limited to Balance Sheet (BS) & Profit/Loss (P&L) recognition and substantiation, P&L explain/attribution of all market and model inputs, defined valuation adjustments, analytical review and review of regulatory data, and performance attribution.

The Markets Finance Associate is a specialist and subject matter expert to senior stakeholders and/or other team members who is expected to support and develop collaborative relationships with the business, ensuring no surprises. You will seek ways to continuously improve end-to-end production and assess if further evolution and streamlining of processes are needed. The role requires a good understanding of Markets and a strong control mindset.

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: Permanent, Full-time
Role Location: Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Wellington 

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

As a Market Finance Associate, you will be responsible for supporting accounting and reporting activities to support the Financial Control team. It includes providing appropriate support to the Financial Controller (and Divisional Financial Controller) by ensuring delivery of month-end requirements (including statutory and regulatory reporting). This role will also include support the Financial Controller in providing reporting, analysis, and commentary on results to senior management. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Communicate and deliver to stakeholder’s financial results and analysis including reporting of actual and forecast performance 
• Support the accuracy of financial control outputs, by ensuring processes adhere to compliance and control disciplines 
• Support compliance with all applicable reporting requirements (both internal and external) - Support the completion and accuracy of the monthly close process including finalisation of actuals
• Ensure the accuracy and compliance of ANZ accounting policies and processes including preparation of journal requests, supporting month end activities, and completing necessary checks and reconciliations to ensure the accuracy of financial information 
• Support the preparation of all external statutory and regulatory including reporting to the Supervisor 
• Support the timely response of auditor requests and queries 
• Apply rigorous financial analysis and ensure decisions drive financial performance 
• Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders ensuring all needs are delivered 
• Maintain collaborative relationships with other management functions to enable effective exchange of information required to support general accounting services 

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

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

• Bachelors’ university degree and be a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) / Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) - Professional experience in financial services roles 
• Solid working knowledge of financial control within a financial services environment 
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives 
• Experience in presenting finance matters, including issues and resolutions to stakeholders 

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 89814.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

Friday 23rd  March, 11.59pm, (NZST)