Senior Partner - Small Business

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Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

As a Senior Partner – Small Business, you'll be responsible for motivating and leading a growing team of Small Business Partners to deliver our in market, customer facing proposition with the goal of achieving great outcomes for Small Business owners and growing our market share through acquisition.  You will do this through fostering a positive, high-performance culture centered on team work and growth.

What are the key day to day tasks for our Senior Partners?

• Leading and motivating a team of Small Business Bankers, through effective coaching and training.

• Actively managing resources to meet the peaks and troughs of activity within CAB Small Business.

• Drive and inspire team performance through regular conversations, development plans, employee recognition and feedback.

• Supports the Head of Small Business Partners in execution of a strategy for identifying new and existing business development activities to support the growth of Small Business market share.

What attributes will make you successful? 

We’re looking for a motivate leader, you’ll be a natural coach, and someone who enjoys building relationships. With a growth mindset, commercial awareness and genuine desire to help small businesses thrive, you’ll inspire your team to delivery outstanding customer outcomes. You will bring:

• Proven leadership experience and a strong understanding of our Small Business customer needs would be an advantage.

• Your business acumen and lending knowledge will enable you to coach to market leading financial solutions.

• Knowledge of financial products and services, along with strong technical capability and understanding of Banking systems.

• Leadership experience, previous success developing, coaching and managing staff performance. 

• Experience working within a fast paced and complex environment, where you have demonstrated your critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Proven experience of holding accountability for risk and compliance.

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity?

Few roles offer the opportunity to see the direct impact of your work as clearly as this one. Every day brings the opportunity to help customers overcome challenges, seize new opportunities and grow their business, and it is incredibly rewarding building long-term relationships with small businesses, and seeing them succeed.

Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand 

This is an exciting opportunity to join us!  We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it. 

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”

Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.