Business Manager

Business Manager - Business Banking Nelson or Oamaru Full time, Permanent At Westpac, we're committed to helping New Zealand businesses thrive. Our Business Banking team partners with small and medium sized businesses across the country, providing expert banking, lending and financial solutions that support growth, resilience and long-term success. We're looking for a customer-focused and commercially minded Business Manager to join our high-performing team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced banking professional who enjoys building trusted relationships, solving complex problems and making a real difference for customers. About the Role As a Business Manager, you'll manage and grow a portfolio of business customers, supporting them with their day-to-day banking needs while providing tailored lending and financial solutions. You'll work closely with customers to understand their goals, identify opportunities, and deliver advice that helps their businesses succeed. You'll be empowered to take ownership of lending requests, structure effective solutions, work collaboratively across Westpac, and contribute to the growth and success of both your customers and the wider Business Banking team. Key Responsibilities Develop and manage strong relationships with business customers. Identify customer needs and provide tailored banking and lending solutions. Prepare high quality credit submissions and lending recommendations. Grow and retain a portfolio through proactive customer engagement. Collaborate with specialist partners across Westpac to deliver excellent customer outcomes. Contribute to business growth through balance sheet growth and market share opportunities. Champion exceptional customer experiences and support continuous improvement initiatives. Maintain strong risk disciplines and ensure compliance with banking policies, procedures and regulatory requirements. What You’ll Bring You’ll be a relationship-driven professional with strong commercial acumen and a passion for helping businesses succeed. We're ideally looking for: Experience in Business Banking, Commercial Banking or a related financial services environment. Strong lending and credit assessment capability. Sound understanding of business financials and the ability to analyse and interpret financial information. A proven track record of building trusted customer relationships and delivering exceptional service. Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills. The ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively within a team environment. A proactive approach to risk management and ethical decision making. Working at Westpac Immerse yourself in a supportive team environment, and receive some of the best banking, and lifestyle benefits in the market along with: 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your bes Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year Banking benefits and insurance discounts Career growth – we promote internal capability; we have programmes that recognise star performers Generous parental leave – and top up government paid parental leave School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday 2 Volunteer days per year Our Organisation At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together. What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant 'W' on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you! Tono mai ināianei! The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities. Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Applications close: 27 August 2026 Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated. #J-18808-Ljbffr