Associate Director, Financial Institutions

About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

Papua New Guinea is a significant contributor to ANZ Institutional, supporting key institutional clients across financial institutions, development partners, multilateral agencies and public-sector stakeholders.

As an Associate Director, Financial Institutions, you will lead ANZ PNG’s coverage of strategically important institutional clients, growing a high-value portfolio to deliver sustainable, risk-adjusted revenue and system connectivity outcomes. You are accountable for driving FIG strategy in PNG, including deepening engagement across superannuation, development partners and interbank markets, while ensuring strong governance, regulatory compliance and non-financial risk (NFR) management across the portfolio.

You will represent ANZ’s presence in the PNG market through active participation in industry forums, stakeholder engagement and thought leadership, reinforcing ANZ’s position as a trusted institutional partner.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: Level 10 Harbourside South Building, Stanley Esplanade, Port Moresby NCD, PNG

Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

What will your day look like?

• Manage and grow a FIG portfolio of 50+ clients, delivering revenue, return, and share-of-wallet growth targets.
• Build and maintain senior relationships with banks, multilaterals, embassies, and NBFIs, positioning ANZ as a trusted financial partner.
• Originate, and execute multi-product solutions across lending, transaction banking, and markets.
• Translate ANZ Institutional and FIG strategies into effective local market initiatives and support PNG financial system connectivity and liquidity development.
• Ensure compliance with ANZ's regulatory, risk, AML/CTF, sanctions, and governance frameworks while balancing growth and portfolio quality.
• Act as the primary relationship owner for FIG clients, influencing senior stakeholders and driving aligned outcomes across ANZ.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Strong knowledge of the PNG market, including key industries, regulatory frameworks, and economic drivers.
• Sound understanding of financial institutions and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) preferred but not essential
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain senior stakeholder relationships and trusted partnerships.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across product, risk, and support functions.
• Strategic thinking and business planning capabilities, with the ability to translate vision into execution.
• Demonstrated alignment to ANZ values and a track record of delivering well-managed outcomes.
• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. you'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 120749.

Job Posting End Date

25/09/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)