Manager, Regulatory Change

Rabobank New Zealand Limited; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rabobank New Zealand Limited seeks a Manager, Regulatory Change to lead the regulatory change management framework and provide expert guidance across the bank. You will collaborate with leaders to ensure new and changing obligations are identified and addressed with effective oversight.

The role requires navigating a complex NZ regulatory environment, with responsibilities spanning policy development, stakeholder engagement and regulatory reporting to senior management and the Board.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in compliance, risk, or audit in financial services.
• Tertiary qualification in Commerce, Economics, Business, or Law.
• Strong knowledge of the New Zealand regulatory environment.
• Experience with privacy, AML/CTF, sanctions and prudential requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to influence.
• Ability to work autonomously and provide constructive challenge.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regulatory change and adherence process, ensuring developments are identified and assessed.
• Strengthen the Regulatory Change and Adherence Management Framework.
• Provide guidance to obligation owners and implementation leads to ensure timely delivery.
• Maintain oversight of obligation registers and attestation processes.
• Coordinate with Legal and Regulatory Affairs on emerging developments.
• Develop and maintain policies and processes supporting regulatory compliance.
• Prepare insightful regulatory change reporting for senior management and the Board.
• Support training and capability-building initiatives.
• Represent NZ Compliance in regional and global regulatory change projects.
• Build relationships across Rabobank NZ, Regional Compliance and external providers.

Job description

At Rabobank, we’re proud to be the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. Our success lies in our people, who are committed to adding long‑term value for clients.

We’re growing a better New Zealand, together. Want to join us?

About the role | Mō te tūranga

Regulation is changing rapidly. How an organisation anticipates, interprets and responds to that change matters.

We’re looking for an experienced compliance, risk or regulatory professional to join our Compliance team as Manager, Regulatory Change.

This is an influential role with genuine scope to make an impact. You’ll take ownership of our regulatory change management framework, helping the business navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment and ensuring new and changing obligations are identified, and maintaining effective oversight of the business response.

Working with a high degree of autonomy and professional judgement, you’ll partner with leaders and teams across the bank, provide constructive challenge and expert guidance, and help the business understand the implications of complex regulatory requirements.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the regulatory change and adherence process, ensuring regulatory developments are identified and assessed, and maintaining visibility of business‑led implementation through progress tracking, challenge, reporting and escalation.
• Continuously strengthen our Regulatory Change and Adherence Management Framework.
• Provide expert guidance and constructive challenge to obligation owners and implementation leads, supporting high‑quality and timely delivery.
• Maintain oversight of obligation registers, including prudential obligations, and coordinate six‑monthly and annual attestation processes.
• Partner with Legal and Regulatory Affairs to monitor emerging regulatory developments and support an effective organisational response.
• Develop and maintain policies, standards, procedures and processes that support regulatory compliance.
• Prepare clear, insightful regulatory change reporting for senior management, governance committees and the Board.
• Support targeted training and capability‑building initiatives across the organisation.
• Represent New Zealand Compliance in regional and global regulatory change projects.
• Build strong relationships across Rabobank New Zealand, Regional Compliance, Group Compliance and external service providers.

About you | Ō pūkenga

You’ll be comfortable operating in a complex environment where judgement, influence and the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical outcomes are essential.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• At least 3 years’ experience in compliance, audit, risk management or a related discipline.
• A tertiary qualification in Commerce, Economics, Business, Law, or a relevant industry qualification, or strong equivalent banking and finance experience.
• A sound understanding of the New Zealand regulatory environment and emerging requirements affecting financial services.
• Knowledge across areas such as privacy, AML/CTF, sanctions, anti‑corruption, conduct, advice, conflicts of interest and prudential requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with an ability to make complex matters clear.
• Confidence influencing stakeholders, constructively challenging decisions and building agreement.
• Strong judgement, accountability and the ability to work autonomously.

Experience with governance frameworks or Agile methodologies would be an advantage.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to take on a highly visible compliance role where your work will reach across the organisation.

You’ll have the autonomy to own a critical regulatory process, the opportunity to work with senior stakeholders and the Board, and connections into regional and global Compliance teams. Most importantly, you’ll help ensure regulatory change is translated into meaningful, sustainable action across Rabobank New Zealand.

Life at Rabobank | te ora I Rabobank

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a values‑driven organisation with an ambitious growth strategy. We have a workplace culture that our people are proud of, where we embrace inclusion and belonging and strive to deliver positive experiences for our people and clients.

At Rabobank we offer a range of benefits:

• Access to and eligibility for the Bank’s annual variable remuneration incentive scheme
• A range of wellbeing benefits including free Flu vaccinations, 2 days wellbeing leave, wellbeing webinars and Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual leave plus eligibility for an extra week of bonus leave, as well as the option to purchase up to two extra weeks of leave a year
• Professional development and training
• Access to 26 weeks fully paid parental leave for new parents, continued payment of the employer KiwiSaver contribution for the 52 weeks
• Active employee social club and a range of fun activities throughout the year

Applications close Friday 6 November 2026

Our Values | ō mātou uara

Rabobank New Zealand fully embraces inclusion equity and belonging and delivers positive experiences for our people and clients. Our great working conditions, broad learning and development programmes and the opportunity to work together for the greater good are reasons why our employees love working here.

We are committed to our values; we are client focussed, action oriented, purposeful, and courageous in our work. We are professional and considerate and bring out the best in each other and are committed to keep learning.

We have an open culture, where you can be yourself and valued for who you are. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, sex/sex characteristics, gender (Inclusive of all genders), gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or other diversity characteristics not mentioned. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.