Senior Analyst - Financial Market Infrastructure Supervision

About the Role and Impact

Join the Financial Stability Group as a Senior Analyst, contributing your financial system knowledge to enhance supervision, analysis, and advisory activities that reinforce Te Pūtea Matua’s influence. You will be part of the collaborative FMI Supervision team within the Specialist Supervision Directorate, helping safeguard New Zealand's financial market infrastructures (FMIs), which include essential systems for payments and securities settlement. Your focus will be on overseeing systemically important FMIs, particularly relating to securities clearing and settlement, applying the Financial Market Infrastructures Act 2021 and relevant standards.

Your responsibilities include leading analytical reviews, assessing how these entities manage resilience, governance, and strategic risks, and working closely with the Financial Markets Authority as joint supervisor. Additionally, you will influence policy development in response to evolving technologies, product innovations, cyber risks, and geopolitical challenges.

Candidate Profile

• Proven ability to evaluate prudential risks, exercise sound judgment, and produce comprehensive, high-quality written analyses and recommendations for use by management and senior leadership.
• Experience in utilizing frameworks and procedures for risk assessment, option development, and recommendation of preferred strategies.
• Solid understanding of financial markets, trading, payments, or experience in supervision, regulatory environments, financial systems, along with qualitative and quantitative analytical skills.
• A strong focus on delivering results by managing priorities effectively, meeting deadlines, and ensuring outputs meet intended objectives.
• Confidence in engaging constructively with regulated organizations, including interaction with management, executives, and board-level personnel.
• A collaborative mindset aligned with a one-team culture, fostering strong relationships internally and with the Financial Markets Authority.
• Commitment to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s core values, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Te Ao Māori, diversity, equity, inclusion, and maintaining a safe, healthy workplace.

About Us

We act as guardians of New Zealand’s financial system, promoting economic wellbeing and prosperity. Our responsibilities include providing money and cash services, maintaining price stability and employment levels, ensuring safe banking practices, and supporting a robust financial infrastructure that facilitates spending, saving, insurance, and commerce. We prioritize sustainability, productivity, efficiency, integrity, innovation, and inclusiveness. We embrace diversity, including knowledge of Te Ao Māori, Te Tiriti, and Tikanga, to better serve society’s needs.

What We Offer

• A wide array of responsibilities suited to professionals at various career stages.
• A positive and inclusive workplace culture encouraging flexibility and work-life balance.
• Benefits such as additional leave options, wellness programs, generous parental leave, learning and development opportunities, and access to social, networking, and sporting events.
• The salary range is NZD 128,699 to 150,149, depending on your skills and experience.

Additional Information

Applicants do not need to meet every criterion to be considered; contributions across several areas are valued. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and strive to facilitate equal participation in the recruitment process. For queries or accessibility support during application, contact recruitment@rbnz.govt.nz.

Application Process

Applications should include a cover letter explaining why you are suited to this role and must be submitted before midnight on Sunday, 23rd August 2026. While acknowledging the growing use of AI, we request that your application genuinely expresses your fit for the position.