Senior Analyst– Money & Cash.
This is your opportunity to shape the Future of Money and Payments in Aotearoa!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Analyst to join our Cash Production and Circulation team. In this role, you will contribute to the management and oversight of New Zealand's cash system, supporting decisions that ensure banknotes and coins remain available, trusted, and accessible for all New Zealanders.
You will undertake analysis, research, and planning across a range of cash-related activities, including cash system resilience. Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you will help identify and respond to emerging challenges and opportunities affecting the cash system.
Te tūranga – The role
As a Senior Analyst you will;
Engage and collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders
Monitor and analyse cash usage, circulation, and demand trends.
Support initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency, resilience, and sustainability of the cash system.
Build and maintain competency and capability to deliver outcomes aligned with the team's policy goals
Provide advice to policy makers and present material to internal working groups, steering groups and advisory groups, as well as the payments and currencies committee.
Ō pūkenga – About you
You’ll need:
Relevant professional experience with a tertiary qualification in either economics/finance/ supply chain management, or related disciplines
A collaborative approach with the ability to identify and influence key audiences
Strong analytical and conceptual skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent relationship management skills and the ability to build and maintain professional relationships particularly with external stakeholders
Experience working with data to identify trends and inform decision-making.
An understanding of cash operations, banking, currency management, logistics, supply chain management, or central banking would be advantageous.
The anticipated appointment range for this role is $128,669 to $142,99 (actual salary will be dependent on your skills and experience).
Ngā painga – What we offer
We have a broad range of responsibilities and great opportunities to match people across all stages of careers. We encourage an inclusive and positive workplace culture. We support flexible working and work-life balance. Our benefits include additional leave options, a wellness package, generous parental leave provisions, learning and development opportunities, and access to numerous social, networking and sporting activities.
Ko wai matou - Who we are
We’re kaitiaki (guardians) of New Zealand’s financial ecosystem – enabling economic wellbeing and prosperity for all New Zealanders. We do all we can to support a sustainable, productive and efficient economy built on integrity, innovation and inclusion. We’re building diversity and inclusion into everything we do. Our differences seed our innovation and help us deliver our best work – reflective of the needs of society. We welcome and value knowledge of Te Ao Māori, Te Tiriti and Tikanga.
So come join us if you’re wanting that something more
Bring your talent, curiosity and expertise and we’ll help you do the rest. You’ll be part of one of the world’s most trusted and respected central banks. We’ll invest in you. And with you, we’re investing in New Zealand.
To find out more please review the position description and for recruitment queries please contact [email protected]
Applications for this role close at midnight 20 July 2026. Please include a cover letter outlining why you think you will be a great fit for the role. Whilst acknowledging the growing use of AI, we kindly ask that the information you provide outlines why you think you will be a great fit for this role.
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].
Skills Required
- Tertiary qualification in economics, finance, supply chain management or related discipline
- Relevant professional experience in a related field
- Experience working with data to identify trends and inform decision-making
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills
- Collaborative approach with ability to influence key audiences
- Understanding of cash operations, banking, currency management, logistics, supply chain management, or central banking
What We Do
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Pūtea Matua is New Zealand’s central bank. Toitū Te, Toitū Te Ōranga - we enable economic wellbeing and prosperity for all New Zealanders. We have a clear goal – to create an environment that fosters the overall economic wellbeing of the country and the living standards of all New Zealanders so that we, and generations to come, continue to enjoy this great country. Our mandates are: - maintaining low and stable consumer price inflation while contributing to maximum sustainable employment; - promoting and maintaining a sound and efficient financial system; - meeting the cash needs of the public; - and providing robust payment and settlement services for New Zealand’s financial institutions.
