Senior Business Analyst - Deposit Takers Act (12-Month Fixed-Term)

Make your mark on the future of New Zealand banking with Rabobank, proudly recognised as Bank of the Year in the 2025 Roy Morgan New Zealand Customer Satisfaction Awards, as voted by customers.

Rabobank is the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. One of our key strengths lies in our kaimahi (employees) who have a deep understanding of agriculture and are committed to adding long-term value for our clients.

Our purpose is clear - ‘growing a better New Zealand together’. Our commitment to our employees and clients is at the heart of everything we do.

Join us on a 12-month fixed-term contract and play a key role in delivering one of the bank's most significant regulatory change programmes, supporting implementation of the New Zealand Deposit Takers Act (NZ DTA). 

About the Role | Mō te Tūranga

This is a highly visible role where you'll work closely with Product Owners, Road Managers, Business Analysts and subject matter experts across the organisation to support the delivery of regulatory and business change initiatives.  

You'll help bridge the gap between regulatory requirements and business execution, ensuring solutions are practical, compliant and aligned to Rabobank's operating model. 

Partner with senior stakeholders across Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations and Technology to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, sustainable solutions that strengthen governance and support the bank's future success.

What You'll Be Doing 

• Supporting the interpretation of NZ DTA standards and translating regulatory requirements into clear business requirements 

• Capturing and documenting current-state processes and supporting the design of future-state processes 

• Assisting with organisational, operational and process impact assessments 

• Supporting stakeholder engagement, discovery activities, workshops and working sessions 

• Documenting and maintaining requirements, decisions and traceability artefacts 

• Supporting the development and update of policies, processes, procedures and staff guidance materials 

• Working with technology teams to support system and process change requirements 

• Assisting with user acceptance testing, quality assurance and implementation activities 

• Identifying and escalating risks, issues, dependencies and assumptions 

• Contributing to the successful delivery of programme objectives and milestones 

About You 

You'll be an experienced Senior Business Analyst who enjoys working in complex environments and can translate business and regulatory requirements into practical outcomes. You'll be comfortable engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and bringing structure to ambiguity. 

Ideally, you'll bring: 

• Proven business analysis experience within banking, financial services or a regulated industry 

• Strong requirements elicitation, documentation and traceability skills 

• Experience with process mapping, process improvement and future-state design 

• Knowledge of operational risk, compliance and regulatory frameworks 

• Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation and communication skills 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability 

• Experience supporting testing, change and implementation activities 

• The ability to work collaboratively across business and technology teams 

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline

Life at Rabobank | te ora I Rabobank

At Rabobank we offer a range of benefits:

• Access to and eligibility for the Bank’s annual variable remuneration incentive scheme
• A range of wellbeing benefits including free Flu vaccinations, 2 days wellbeing leave, wellbeing webinars and Employee Assistance Programme
• Fully paid Income Protection, Life and Total Disability insurance
• Annual leave plus eligibility for an extra week of bonus leave, as well as the option to purchase up to two extra weeks of leave a year
• Professional development and training
• Access to 26 weeks fully paid parental leave for new parents, continued payment of the employer KiwiSaver contribution for the 52 weeks
• Active employee social club and a range of fun activities throughout the year.
• Paid Community Leave Day to undertake volunteer work for the communities we live in and support

If you are interested in Growing a better New Zealand together (kia ngātahi te tipu o Aotearoa) please follow the link and apply online or visit www.rabobank.co.nz./careers.

Applications close Tuesday 15 September 2026

Our Values | ō mātou uara

Rabobank believe embracing inclusion, equity and belonging delivers positive experiences for our people and clients.  Our great working conditions, broad learning and development programmes and the opportunity to work together for the greater good are reasons why our employees love working here.

At Rabobank New Zealand, we are committed to our values; we are client-driven, we take responsibility, we are professional and cooperative.   We have an open culture, where you can be yourself and be valued for who you are.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, sex/sex characteristics, gender (Inclusive of all genders), gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or other diversity characteristics not mentioned.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Together, we can grow a better world.