Head of Banks & Diversified Financials

About Us

Role Location: Melbourne or Sydney
Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

Transaction Banking is a core pillar of ANZ's Institutional strategy and a significant contributor to enterprise objectives, supporting anchored client relationships, cross-sell opportunities and stable, capital-light funding. The Head of Banks & Diversified Financials leads and grows the Transaction Banking Financial Institutions business in Australia, aligning segment strategy to the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and Transaction Banking 2030 ambitions. The role is accountable for strategic direction, commercial performance, client franchise, people leadership and risk management of the business.

The role leads the full spectrum of business development, sales and account management and is responsible for the end-to-end client lifecycle, from origination and sales through implementation, relationship management, retention and wallet growth.

The portfolio brings together the established Banks franchise, covering cross-border payments, Clearing and Correspondent Banking and Agency Services, with the broader Diversified Financials franchise, including Payments and Cash Management.

Your key accountabilities in this role will include:

• Lead and execute the Transaction Banking strategy for Banks and Diversified Financials in Australia, aligning client priorities, segment strategy and ANZ's long-term growth ambitions to deliver sustainable franchise expansion.
• Grow ANZ's market-leading Financial Institutions franchise, deepening relationships across correspondent banking/ clearing services, agency services and diversified financial institutions including equity brokers, non-bank lenders and payment service providers. .
• Drive revenue, deposit and balance sheet growth, owning portfolio performance, client retention, profitability, funds under management and overall commercial outcomes.
• Identify and deliver innovative client solutions, accelerating growth in strategic areas including real-time payments, New Payments Platform capabilities, client monies and other emerging Transaction Banking opportunities including Digital Assets.
• Lead strategic client engagement and sales execution, ensuring disciplined client planning, opportunity management and delivery of differentiated customer outcomes across the portfolio.
• Partner across Financial Institutions Relationship, Product, Technology, Operations, Risk and teams to shape investment priorities, deliver integrated solutions and strengthen ANZ's market proposition.
• Build and lead a high-performing sales and relationship management team, establishing effective coverage models, clear accountability, capability uplift and execution excellence across the business.
• Maintain strong risk, governance and regulatory disciplines, ensuring sustainable growth through effective management of financial crime, conduct, correspondent banking and client lifecycle risks.

About You

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

• Strong Transaction Banking and/or Financial Institutions experience, with a track record of delivering growth and commercial outcomes.
• Proven ability to build senior client relationships and convert client needs into strategic opportunities.
• Deep knowledge of Transaction Banking solutions, including payments, cash management, liquidity, clearing, correspondent banking and agency services.
• Strong commercial and industry acumen across Financial Institutions and evolving market trends.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to navigate complex matrix environments.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, building high-performing teams and driving accountability and execution.
• Sound understanding of risk, compliance and regulatory requirements within a highly regulated banking environment.
• The ability to lead and motivate diverse teams, including a reputation for coaching, encouraging curiosity and investing in people development.
• Passion, energy, and drive for ANZ, its purpose, vision, and 2030 Strategy. A true alignment with the values of the organisation.

About ANZ

This is an exciting time to be a leader within one of Australia's biggest banks as we unlock our potential to win the preference of customers, shareholders and the community.

Our culture is critical to making this happen and we bring this to life by embracing these values:

• Put customers first: by providing better outcomes every day;
• Deliver with excellence: by setting high standards and delivering on commitments;
• Own the outcome: by taking accountability and doing what’s right; and
• Work as one: by bringing the best of ANZ together to succeed.

We ask our leaders to role model our values, which shape how we work together, make decisions and manage risk.

We support our leaders with tools, tips and online coaching so that they can help their teams focus on these things too, helping them to grow and succeed in their roles.

ANZ recognises the value of an inclusive and diverse work environment. We take pride in the diversity of our people and encourage applications from diverse candidates. If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support. Our recruitment decisions are based on the key inherent needs and requirements of each role, and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and characteristics. We work flexibly at ANZ. Talk to us about how this role can be flexible for you.

To find out more about working at ANZ or to view other opportunities visit www.careers.anz.com. You may apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 126261.

Job Posting End Date

22/11/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)