Mō te tūranga | About the Role
As a Senior Financial Analyst within the External Reporting team, you'll support the preparation and delivery of Westpac New Zealand's external financial reporting obligations across multiple legal entities. You'll partner closely with Finance, Treasury, Risk, Legal and senior stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely and compliant reporting while providing meaningful financial analysis and insights.
This role offers exposure to executive and board-level reporting, external auditors, regulatory reporting requirements, and a variety of projects focused on improving reporting processes and controls.
Key Responsibilities include:
Prepare and review statutory financial reports, disclosure statements, subsidiary financial statements and treasury programme documentation.
Analyse financial results and reporting packs, providing insights into key movements and trends.
Coordinate reporting deliverables and stakeholder inputs to support executive, CEO and board sign-off.
Partner with auditors and internal stakeholders to ensure reporting requirements are met accurately and efficiently.
Support regulatory reporting obligations across Westpac New Zealand entities.
Contribute to finance projects, process improvements and reporting enhancements.
Coach and support junior team members, helping build capability across the team
Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?
CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
Experience gained within a Big Four accounting firm, financial services organisation, or listed corporate environment.
Strong understanding of external financial reporting principles and practices.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders across a complex organisation.
Experience with reporting, automation or data tools such as Power BI will be highly regarded.
Banking or financial services experience is advantageous.
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 tēnei | 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! | Apply Now!
Apply today with your CV and Cover Letter.
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 neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities.
Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Greater
Applications close:
30 July 2026Skills Required
- CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
- Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
- Experience within a Big Four accounting firm, financial services organisation, or listed corporate environment.
- Strong understanding of external financial reporting principles and practices.
- Experience preparing statutory financial reports, disclosure statements and subsidiary financial statements.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders across a complex organisation.
- Experience with reporting, automation or data tools such as Power BI.
- Banking or financial services experience.
Westpac Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Westpac and has not been reviewed or approved by Westpac.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Extensive paid and unpaid leave options span wellbeing leave, Culture/Lifestyle/Wellbeing days, purchased leave up to 12 weeks, career breaks, and various specialized leaves. This breadth supports work-life balance and accommodates a wide range of personal circumstances.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental provisions include 16 weeks full pay (or 32 at half pay) for primary carers, four weeks for support carers, and continued superannuation during unpaid parental leave. Additional supports cover domestic and family violence leave, Family Pathways leave, and grandparental leave.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include counselling and coaching services, workplace mental health training, free nutrition advice, and health insurance access with pre‑existing conditions covered if joined promptly. Financial and lifestyle perks include banking discounts for employees and families and the myDiscounts program.
Westpac Insights
What We Do
Westpac is Australia’s oldest bank and company, one of four major banking organisations in Australia and one of the largest banks in New Zealand. We provide a broad range of banking and financial services in these markets, including consumer, business and institutional banking and wealth management services. We also have offices in key financial centres around the world including London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Westpac Group's portfolio of financial services brands and businesses is focused on our vision, which is "To be one of the world’s great service companies, helping our customers, communities and people to prosper and grow.”
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