Senior Counsel

Req ID

117867

Department

Legal New Zealand Counsel

Division

Legal & Corporate Governance

Location

Auckland

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 Lawyer in the ANZ Legal Team, you’ll partner with our ANZ business, risk and product teams to deliver high-quality, commercially pragmatic legal advice. This role includes supporting the New Zealand Markets and Insights business teams as well as the broader ANZ Institutional team and across the ANZ business. You will help manage legal risk, strengthen governance, and enable confident decision-making.

Working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, you’ll build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders while providing clear, outcome-focused guidance to support ANZ’s strategic priorities.

Role Location: Auckland/Wellington

Role Type: Permanent, Full time

Role Hours: 37.5hrs per week, Monday to Friday

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

In this role, you will:

Deliver legal services to ANZ Institutional and wider business units leveraging a range of internal and external resources

Provide high quality, commercially appropriate, timely and cost-effective legal support to the ANZ business, providing clear, succinct, pragmatic and plain-language advice

Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure ANZ’s interests are well represented

Provide expert legal and corporate governance advice that mitigates risk and supports sound, strategic decision-making

Stay across legislative and regulatory developments while actively managing risk, contributing to risk forums, and supporting process improvements for the ANZ business and wider ANZ NZ legal team

Work across the ANZ legal team on joint projects impacting ANZ as a whole.

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

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

Demonstrated experience in banking and financial services law, with the ability to provide commercially pragmatic, high-quality legal advice.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, plain-language guidance.

Proven ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Solid understanding of legal risk and governance, with the ability to balance regulatory requirements and strategic business objectives.

A proactive mindset, staying across legislative and regulatory developments and contributing to continuous improvement.

Strong organisational skills, with the ability to work at pace and engage confidently with senior stakeholders in a dynamic environment.

Capability to develop procedures and facilitate training to help the ANZ business understand and navigate the legal environment.

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

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