Programme Finance Lead

Westpac New Zealand Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday + wellbeing leave

Parental leave top up

Banking benefits

Career development

Volunteer days

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand Ltd is seeking a senior finance professional to own the financial view across a major digital transformation programme. You will partner with Programme and Technology leaders to provide commercial insight and challenge for sound investment and delivery decisions.

You’ll lead budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking and financial reporting, track benefits, and translate complex programme activity into clear insights for senior stakeholders, with advanced Excel and finance systems

Qualifications

• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience.
• Experience managing financials across complex transformation or technology programmes.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with finance and reporting systems.
• Relevant finance qualification, banking or financial services experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial management of a large, multi-year digital investment.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking and financial reporting.
• Track investment performance, benefits and financial outcomes.
• Translate complex programme activity into clear, actionable insights.
• Identify financial risks, cost pressures and forecast variances early.
• Support programme prioritisation and funding decisions.
• Maintain strong financial control and governance across the programme.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Commercial judgement

Stakeholder communication

Excel

Finance systems

Education

Finance qualification

Tools

Excel

Finance systems

Job description

Mō te Tūranga

About the Role

This is an opportunity to take a key finance role within one of Westpac New Zealand’s significant digital transformation programmes. You’ll take ownership of the financial view across the programme, partnering with Programme and Technology leaders to provide the commercial insight and constructive challenge needed to support sound investment and delivery decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the financial management of a large, multi-year digital investment
• Own budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking and financial reporting
• Track investment performance, benefits and financial outcomes
• Translate complex programme activity into clear, actionable insights
• Identify financial risks, cost pressures and forecast variances early
• Support programme prioritisation and funding decisions
• Maintain strong financial control and governance across the programme

What will you bring?

You’ll bring strong programme finance and commercial capability, ideally gained within a large transformation, technology or enterprise change environment. You’ll be comfortable getting into the detail while also being able to step back, identify what matters and clearly communicate your insights to senior stakeholders.

You’ll also bring

• Strong financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience
• Experience managing financials across complex transformation or technology programmes
• Strong project accounting knowledge, including capitalisation, OPEX and benefits tracking
• Strong commercial judgement with the confidence to challenge and influence
• Experience managing costs across multiple initiatives, vendors and delivery streams
• Ability to turn complex financial data into clear, actionable insights
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with finance and reporting systems
• Relevant finance qualification, with banking or financial services experience desirable

Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi

Working at Westpac

Immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, and receive some of the best banking, and lifestyle benefits in the market along with:

• 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best
• Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year
• Banking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme
• Career growth – we promote internal capability; we have programmes that recognise star performers
• Generous parental leave – and top up government paid parental leave
• School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday 2 Volunteer days per year

Our Organisation

At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together. What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you!

Tono mai ināianei!

The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers.

We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodivergent, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities.

Together Greater Applications close: 10 November 2026

Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated.