Sustainability Reporting 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

This exciting opportunity is designed to support ANZ in delivering its climate-related disclosures with accuracy and integrity.

You’ll work closely with the Environment Sustainability Governance (ESG) Disclosures and Reporting Manager to prepare, review, and verify content for Climate-Related Disclosure Reporting. In this pivotal role, you’ll liaise with key stakeholders across the business, ensuring ESG reports are complete and compliant.

You will help strengthen ANZ’s climate governance, guiding internal processes and supporting regular analysis of peer and international ESG disclosures.

Role Location: Auckland or Wellington

Role Type: Fulltime, Permanent

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

As our Sustainability Reporting Associate, you’ll play a vital part in supporting the preparation and verification of ANZ’s climate disclosures. You’ll coordinate with the ESG Centre of Excellence, Risk, Finance, and Legal teams, ensuring that the right documentation is in place and everything is aligned with internal policies and procedures. Day-to-day, you’ll help to assess and support ESG reporting, including liaising with external auditors and ensuring all documentation meets regulatory and reporting standards.

Your work will have a direct impact on how ANZ’s sustainability metrics and climate targets are communicated, so your organisational and communication skills will shine.

Key tasks include:

• Coordinating Climate Reporting Disclosures
• Supporting compliance checks for ESG disclosures
• Managing relationships with internal stakeholders and external auditors
• Assisting with the retention and documentation of climate-related records
• Contributing to the integrity and development of key sustainability metrics and targets

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

This role will suit a professional with strong experience in climate-related or external reporting. You’re a confident communicator who can simplify complex matters and ensure your reports are clear, concise, and compliant. You’ll be highly organised, adaptable, and able to handle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Your relationship-building skills will allow you to work closely with senior management and across departments.

Key skills and experience may include:

• ~5 years professional experience in climate-related reporting, finance or external reporting roles
• Strong analytical, writing, and communication skills
• Audit or assurance skills sufficient to review compliance with policies and procedures
• Great experience in Delivery (Deliver to a plan whist also considering multiple upstream and downstream influences)
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, customer centric and collaborative team environment
• Banking and financial sector experience
• Understanding of national and international reporting and accounting frameworks such as TCFD, ISSB and GHG Protocol 

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? (NZ)

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 90509.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

Friday 4th April, 11:59