Senior Manager High Value & International Payments

Westpac New Zealand; Auckland; Sur place; NZD 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

4 weeks holiday + 5 wellbeing days

Additional leave up to 4 weeks peryear

Banking benefits & discounts

Career growth programs

Generous parental leave and top-up

School holiday subsidy

Volunteer days (2 per year)

Résumé du poste

Westpac New Zealand is seeking a senior leader to own and advance the High Value and International Payments domain, ensuring resilience, compliance and alignment with evolving customer needs. You will drive strategy, participate in industry forums, and translate regulatory changes into actionable requirements.

Based in Auckland, you will partner with Product, Digital, Technology, Risk and Operations to seize opportunities, strengthen payment rails and foster industry collaboration for

Qualifications

• Experience in high value payments, transaction banking, or international payments.
• Strong understanding of cross-border payment methods and settlement.
• Knowledge of payment-system rules, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience engaging with regulators, industry bodies, and external stakeholders.
• Experience shaping organisational positions on industry change and policy initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across functions.
• Strategic thinking with ability to translate developments into actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for executive papers and briefings.

Responsabilités

• Lead Westpac New Zealand's High Value and International Payments domain and ecosystem engagement.
• Own strategic position, rails, standards, and operating frameworks for high-value and international payments.
• Represent the bank in industry and regulatory forums and shape future directions.
• Drive governance, risk, and oversight for high-value payment capabilities and resilience.

Connaissances

High value payments

International payments

SWIFT knowledge

Regulatory & compliance awareness

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Excellent communication

Description du poste

Mł te tūńa | About the Role

• Lead Westpac New Zealand's High Value and International Payments domain, industry participation and ecosystem engagement.
• Own Westpac's strategic position, payment rails, industry standards, participation obligations and operating frameworks for high-value domestic and international payments, ensuring services remain effective, resilient, compliant and aligned to evolving customer, industry and regulatory needs.
• Represent Westpac in industry and regulatory forums, shaping the future direction of high-value and international payment systems and standards while fostering strong relationships with regulators, industry bodies, payment networks, financial institutions and ecosystem participants.
• Act as the business owner for Westpac New Zealand's high-value and international payment rails, standards, obligations and operating frameworks, ensuring they remain effective, resilient, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Develop and maintain Westpac's enterprise strategy and strategic position for high-value and international payment rails, clearing and settlement arrangements, industry standards and ecosystem developments.
• Represent Westpac in industry forums, working groups and stakeholder engagements with regulators, industry bodies and payment system participant, influencing the development of relevant rules, standards, market practices and operating frameworks.
• Lead the assessment and translation of industry, regulatory and standards change into business impacts, strategic recommendations and implementation requirements.
• Coordinate enterprise-wide responses to industry and regulatory consultations, discussion papers, policy proposals and industry submissions, ensuring a clear and aligned Westpac position.
• Lead governance, risk and oversight activities associated with high value and international payment capabilities, controls and operating processes to restrengthen resilience, compliance and operational effectiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement of payment capabilities, controls and operating processes to support capability maturity, compliance and customer outcomes.
• Monitor industry developments, standards evolution and ecosystem trends, providing insights and recommendations to stakeholders and senior leaders
• Partner with Product, Digital, Technology, Risk, Operations and other business units to support new business opportunities and use cases.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

• Experience in high value payments, transaction banking, international payments, correspondent banking, SWIFT or a related industry.
• Strong understanding of high value and cross border payment methods, clearing and settlement arrangements.
• Knowledge of payment-system rules, standards, participation obligations, operational risk, resilience and regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated experience engaging with regulators, industry bodies, standards organisations, working groups and external stakeholders
• Experience shaping organisational positions on industry change, regulatory reform, standards development, consultations or policy initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build alignment across business, technology, risk, legal and compliance functions.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical capability, with the ability to assess industry developments and translate them into business impacts, recommendations and actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive papers, consultation responses, submissions and briefing materials.

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

Ko mātou tānei | 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!

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