Business and Project Planning Analyst

Short Description:

We're looking for a switched on, experienced Business and Projects Planning Analyst, with strong business analysis, process and planning skills to help us shape up new initiatives, to support our Future Bank.

About the role

As part of the Enterprise Portfolio and Change Management Team, you’ll work closely with Programme Leads, Project Managers and Business Leads to support shape initiatives from early concept stage through to delivery. You'll help to identify what needs to change across people, process, systems and data and ensure our requirements are development ready with clear acceptance criteria.

This is a 15-month fixed term role.

You’ll bring the following experience to the table:

• Strong requirements gathering, gap analysis and acceptance criteria writing
• Good data analysis skills, including mapping, profiling and reconciliation
• Experience mapping customer, operational or system processes
• Ability to link regulatory obligations to business requirements and controls
• Confidence working with systems, integrations, reporting and testing
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills

Ex Experience Better with Us

We’re a small and mighty Bank driven by the shared goal of helping New Zealanders bank better. As a proudly customer-owned Bank and Certified B Corporation, not only will you be helping Kiwis achieve their goals, but you’ll also experience better simply by working here:

· Purpose: As a smaller bank, your impact is bigger—you’ll see how your work makes a real difference in delivering exceptional customer experiences and financial outcomes, every single day.

· Career Growth: Expand your skills, take on new challenges and tap into a range of areas across the Bank.

· Support: We support you to balance life and work through generous benefits including Wellbeing Leave, Parental Leave Benefits, Life and Critical Illness insurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Banking Benefits, Profit Share and Workride.

· Belonging: You will feel like part of the team from day one. From the way we work together, our commitment to Pride Pledge, and focus on diversity and inclusion, you’ll be part of a team that’s making banking better for New Zealanders, together.

We’ve been operating for nearly 100 years and support over 180,000 customers across New Zealand. If you’re looking for a role where we work together to make an impact, and you can build a career your proud of, you’ve found the right place.

We understand that no candidate is a perfect match for every qualification listed. So, if you are passionate about helping people to bank better and possess some of the key skills, we encourage you to submit your application. For any questions, please contact recruitmenthelp@co-operativebank.co.nz.

Position Description

Applications Close: 5 November 2026.