Settlements Operations Specialist

Settlements Operations Specialist

Join a critical operations team at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand where your work ensures the integrity of financial market settlements that support New Zealands financial wellbeing. This is a highly varied role offering exposure across domestic and international markets strong career development opportunities and a comprehensive wellbeing and benefits package.

Te tūranga The role

As a Settlements Operations Specialist you will play a key role in ensuring the accurate and timely settlement of the Banks domestic and foreign market transactions. Youll manage settlement lifecycle events reconcile accounts and investigate exceptions to ensure strong operational integrity and client service delivery.

You will provide support to Senior Settlement Operations Specialists and the Manager in daily operations and play a key role in contributing towards procedure reviews process improvements and investigate transactional and system issues while exercising decision making to ensure a resolution is achieved.

The role also involves completing rostered shift work: 12pm-8:30pm in summer and 10am-6:30pm in winter.

Ō pūkenga About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• Experience in wholesale banking products and treasury settlements.

• Working knowledge of settlement systems and infrastructures including SWIFT RTGS CSDs Euroclear CLS and treasury platforms.

• Excellent organisation skills along with a can-do attitude will be your driver towards a customer focused approach

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a passion for relationship building

• Strong analysis skills along with a keen eye for detail to help to formulate resolution strategies towards excellence in business delivery

Ngā painga What we offer

We offer an inclusive and flexible working environment to enable our people to bring their whole selves to work and embrace each others uniqueness. Our benefits include flexi-leave wellness package a range of learning and development opportunities and access to numerous social networking and sporting activities.

Ko wai matou - Who we are

We are New Zealands central bank. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Te Pūtea Matua

Were Kaitiaki (guardians) of New Zealands financial ecosystem enabling economic wellbeing and prosperity for all New Zealanders. We do all we can to support a sustainable productive and efficient economy built on integrity innovation and inclusion. Were building diversity and inclusion into everything we do. Our differences seed our innovation and help us deliver our best work reflective of the needs of society. We welcome and value knowledge of Te Ao Māori Te Tiriti and Tikanga.

So come join us if youre wanting that something more

Bring your talent curiosity and expertise and well help you do the rest. Youll be part of one of the worlds most trusted and respected central banks. Well invest in you. And with you were investing in New Zealand. Were unreservedly for New Zealand. But were not reserved.

To find out more please review the position description on our website and for specific queries contact Arun Kenneth on.

If this has helped you imagine a brighter future apply online by midnight 24 April 2026. Please include a cover letter and CV with your application.

Kōrero tāpiri - Additional information

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