Business Manager

**Req ID**: 76553
**Department**: Tech Performance & Planning
**Division**: Technology
**Location**: Wellington
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 Business Manager in our Performance and Planning business unit, you’ll play a key role in helping to support the financial performance, discipline and achievement of commercial outcomes across Technology NZ. This role is responsible for ensuring that the business goals are consistently met in an effective & efficient manner while creating a greater alignment between business priorities and objectives, while minimising risk and maximising business efficiencies. Can undertake activities such as business planning, analysis of performance against budget, governance, sales forecasting, delivery of specific business unit initiatives; and generally supports the business to achieve priorities. These positions require a broad range of capabilities, people management expertise and strong knowledge of LoB being supported.
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**: 12 month Fixed Term
**Role Location**: Wellington or Auckland
**Work Hours**: Standard business hours
Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like
This role will support establishment and management of mechanisms for commercial outcome tracking, while supporting senior stakeholders to coordinate their updates into this process. It will also include providing oversight of the in-year portfolio of Tech owned initiatives and ensuring that these are tracking to forecast, with a robust change management and quarterly review process in place.
Working with the Strategic Execution Lead, Finance, Commercial Management and the Performance Lead to ensure alignment of delivery and commercial performance with Tech NZ strategic objectives.
Maintaining an accurate central view of status and forward roadmap of activity - operational and senior stakeholder reporting
Supporting regular planning, prioritisation, and reporting processes relating to Tech owned initiatives or other commercial outcomes
Contributing to regular execution updates to the Technology Leadership Team and meeting other reporting needs as required.
Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?
This role requires a generalist, execution oriented mindset and experience rather than a pure Finance/Accounting skillset. However, the candaiate should possess strong commercial and business acumen. The ‘must have’ knowledge, skill and experience (KSE) the role requires are:
Ability to work in a fast paced environment with strong time management skills and attention to detail, while also demonstrating flexibility to respond to short notice requests
Experience in business or project planning/management, or other relevant experience in establishing and working in a structured way towards a business outcome while demonstrating measurable progress throughout
Business/commercial acumen
Strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to understand and analyse problems and identify solutions in a structured way.
Must be able to collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior stakeholders.
Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.
Competency in working with large data sets and with data analysis tools, including Excel. Must be able to analyse data and derive actionable insights.
Self-motivated and able to work independently
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 communiti