Senior Manager Compliance - Personal Banking (12-Month Secondment/Fixed Term Contract)

ASB Bank; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ASB Bank in Auckland seeks a Senior Manager Compliance to lead FMCA and Privacy compliance for Personal Banking on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Reporting to the Specialist Compliance Lead, you will provide expert advice, drive regulatory change, and embed practical risk controls across the business. You will focus on stakeholder engagement, issue management, and ensuring robust compliance outcomes across the division.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in banking, compliance, legal, or risk roles.
• Strong knowledge of Personal Banking regulatory requirements including FMCA.
• Experience leading regulatory change and implementing compliance frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills to translate complex requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert compliance advice across Personal Banking, including FMCA and Privacy obligations.
• Lead regulatory change initiatives and manage risks and audits.
• Build relationships across the business to support informed decision-making.
• Support implementation of compliance controls and monitoring.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

FMCA

Privacy

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Job description

Senior Manager Compliance - Personal Banking (12-Month Secondment/Fixed Term Contract)

At ASB, we're committed to helping our customers achieve their goals and improve their financial wellbeing. Our Personal Banking team plays a key role in delivering great customer outcomes while ensuring we meet our regulatory obligations and continue to operate responsibly.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Manager Compliance to join the broader Line 1 Compliance and Conduct team on a 12-month fixed term contract. The role supports compliance across Personal Banking, with a particular focus on Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMCA) and Privacy-related compliance. This is an opportunity to provide expert compliance advice, lead regulatory change initiatives, and help shape how we manage compliance risk across the business. If you enjoy solving complex challenges, influencing stakeholders, and making compliance practical and meaningful, we'd love to hear from you.

Reporting to the Specialist Compliance Lead, you'll be part of the broader Line 1 Compliance and Conduct team. You'll play a critical role in protecting both our customers and ASB by making compliance simple, practical, and effective across Personal Banking, with particular support for FMCA and Privacy-related compliance. You'll provide trusted advice on regulatory obligations, support key business initiatives, and help ensure risks, issues, and compliance requirements are appropriately managed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing expert compliance advice across Personal Banking, including Privacy and Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMCA) obligations.


• Leading compliance and regulatory change initiatives, ensuring risks and obligations are understood and effectively managed.


• Managing compliance issues, incidents, audits, reviews, and regulatory engagements.


• Building strong relationships across the business to support informed decision-making and positive customer outcomes.

Ngā mea kia whai angitū ahau? | What do I need to be successful?

You'll bring strong compliance experience and the confidence to influence stakeholders across a complex environment. We're looking for someone who can balance regulatory requirements with practical business outcomes. Financial advice and/or Privacy experience would be highly valued.

You'll ideally have:

• 7+ years of experience in banking, compliance, legal, or risk roles.


• Strong knowledge of the regulatory environment relevant to Personal Banking, including Privacy and FMCA.


• Experience leading regulatory change and implementing compliance frameworks or controls.


• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into clear, practical advice.

Te mahi ki ASB | Working for ASB

At ASB, our values are more than just words. They’re anchors to who we are and where we’ve come from. They guide how we work together, how we show up for our customers and communities, and how we shape the future of ASB.

• Kia Manaaki | Care – Care is about lifting our people, customers and communities to reach their potential.


• Kia Māia | Courage – Courage is about doing the right thing even when it feels hard.


• Kia Mahira | Curiosity – Curiosity is about better decision making and applying judgement before we act.

This 12-month fixed-term contract offers a unique opportunity to deepen your compliance expertise, work on complex regulatory initiatives, and influence outcomes across one of ASB's largest business divisions.

Successful candidates will be required to complete pre-employment checks, which may include a Police Check, Credit Check, AML compliance checks, verification of qualifications, and relevant overseas checks if applicable.

To serve a diverse community, we need a diverse organisation. We encourage applicants from allbackgrounds who bring unique perspectives and thinking styles that add to the culture andperformance of our team.