Director of Risk, Resilience and Compliance

• We're growing and evolving – our work impacts all New Zealanders each and every day
• Great benefits and substantial wellness package
• Wellington or Auckland based - newly created position

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Pūtea Matua is New Zealand's central bank. Its purpose is enabling economic prosperity and well-being for all New Zealanders - Toitū te Ōhanga, Toitū te Oranga. Responsible for maintaining price stability and supporting maximum sustainable employment, these economic objectives sit alongside ensuring the stability of the financial system and otherwise acting as Aotearoa's central bank. It is an exciting time as the Bank continues to transform, setting up to meet an evolving mandate and purpose.

Te tūranga - The role

The role of Director of Risk, Resilience and Compliance is a newly created position following the adoption of a new operating model across freshly formed Risk, Compliance and Legal Services group. Working with the Executive Leadership Team and being part of the wider Leadership Team cohort, this role will contribute to the setting of strategic priorities for Te Pūtea Matua. As a key leader within the Risk, Compliance and Legal Services group, this role will ensure the development and cascade of clear, strategically-aligned departmental business plans. Providing strategic thought-leadership and operational leadership, the Director of Risk, Resilience and Compliance will empower their team to grow, develop and deliver on outcomes, while growing the risk awareness and maturity of our organisation.

Ō pūkenga - About you

The Director of Risk, Resilience and Compliance is a Senior Leadership position reporting directly to the Assistant Governor / General Manager, Risk, Compliance and Legal Services. Striving for excellence, with the aim to grow the risk and compliance awareness and maturity across Te Pūtea Matua, you will bring your risk expertise and people leadership skills to the floor. With the support and driving force of your team, you will bring the organisation on a journey to develop and embed risk and resilience culture, frameworks and methodology to ensure best practice is being used. You will have the mandate to make change, and this is the perfect opportunity to come into a critical leadership role in a risk environment where you can truly leave your mark on an organisation.

Leading, delivering and championing cross-functional strategies, activities and programmes of work makes this position crucial to the Te Pūtea Matua, and in turn, crucial to the lives of all New Zealanders.

To be successful in this role, you will have the following:

• Comprehensive experience within enterprise risk, risk management and business resilience practices
• Demonstrated leadership experience with an ability to build, foster, and enable a high performing, collaborative, inclusive and diverse team
• Strong communication skills with sound judgement and the proven ability to manage, and think holistically across a broad range of issues that arise
• Strong influencing skills, with the ability to identify key audiences and implement strategies to achieve required decisions and actions
• A collaborative and courageous mind-set, allowing you to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders, empowering them through a phase of change and growth

Ngā painga - What we offer

We offer an inclusive and flexible working environment to enable our people to bring their whole selves to work and embrace each other's uniqueness. Our benefits include flexi-leave, wellness package, working from home subsidy, generous parental leave provisions, a range of learning and development opportunities, and access to numerous social, networking and sporting activities.

Ko wai mātou - Who we are

All New Zealanders have dreams, hopes, plans and goals. To achieve them we need a stable economy and sound and dynamic financial system built on integrity, innovation and inclusion. And that's exactly what we at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Pūtea Matua enable. A trusted system that gives Kiwis the confidence to make the spending and savings decisions that matter most to them.

We have a clear goal: to improve the economic wellbeing and prosperity of all New Zealanders so that we, and the generations to come, continue to enjoy this great country.

We are hugely passionate about what we do and the impact it has on Kiwi businesses, communities and whānau. Enabling New Zealand's financial system takes expertise, determination and a strong commitment to working collaboratively with our partners. We carry this responsibility with great pride and encourage you to apply if this resonates with you.

Me pēhea te tuku tono - To apply/Interested?

To find out more please review the position description and for a confidential discussion, please email Sarah Owen, Assistant Governor / General Manager Risk, Compliance and Legal Services [email protected].

For recruitment queries, contact Sam Cockerton, Senior Recruitment Adviser on [email protected]

If the sound of this role has grabbed your attention, apply online by 5pm on Thursday, 19 May 2022. Please include a cover letter with your application.

Kōrero tāpiri - Additional information

If you encounter accessibility barriers in the application process or if you have access needs and require support or adjustments to participate equitably in the recruitment process, please email [email protected].

Here at Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua we are committed to keeping everyone safe from COVID-19. From January 2022 our COVID-19 Vaccination policy is in place which requires all staff, contractors, clients and visitors to be fully vaccinated before they can access our offices. During the recruitment process you will be asked to show us your 'My Vaccine Pass' or an exemption letter from the Director-General Health. No other exemption will be considered