Associate Director - Business Execution

About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

As Associate Director, Business Execution – China, you will provide strategic insights and advice to drive and optimise the performance of our China business. You will help maintain a well-managed business, coordinate day-to-day strategic and operational priorities, and support the Country Head in running the franchise.

You will provide direct support to the Country Head, China, with functional reporting to the Executive Director, Business Execution – International. As a local extension of the International Business Execution team, you will partner with country leaders and Central Strategy & Execution colleagues to align China’s priorities with the wider International strategy and deliver the International and Institutional 2030 strategy locally.

Key stakeholders include the Country Head and local leadership team in China, International leadership teams, the Central Strategy & Business Execution team, and Business Execution – International.

Success in the role is achieved through deep partnership with the Central Strategy & Business Execution team, leveraging central expertise, governance, reporting, communications, transformation and business management capabilities to deliver consistent outcomes across the International network.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: Shanghai, China
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

What will your day look like?

As Associate Director, Business Execution – China, you will:

- Execute the International and Institutional strategy by connecting strategic objectives to financial outcomes across the China business.

- Provide high-quality analysis, insights, and reporting to support commercially astute, fact-based decision making.

- Assist the division and International in delivering short, medium, and long-term financial targets through analysis of business performance, key drivers, emerging trends, and issues requiring attention.

- Translate International and Institutional strategic priorities into clear local execution plans for the China franchise.

- Partner with country leadership and central teams to coordinate transformation and change initiatives, simplify ways of working, and embed capabilities that improve customer outcomes and operational efficiency.

- Champion the effective utilisation of Central Business Execution capabilities, leveraging governance, reporting, communications, change, and execution support to accelerate strategy delivery and avoid duplication of effort.

- Support the evolving International Business Execution operating model, adapting to changes in responsibilities and decision-making across central and country teams while ensuring effective local adoption and stakeholder engagement.

- Align stakeholders across countries and ANZ to achieve the best outcomes for the bank, with a focus on driving whole-of-bank performance.

- Develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring alignment on customer priorities and business objectives, including Communications, Marketing, Finance, and other enablement functions.

- Support the design, planning, and continuous improvement of processes across segments and countries to deliver better customer and banker outcomes, while providing timely, accurate, and meaningful information.

- Ensure the China franchise adopts common International frameworks, governance practices and execution standards where appropriate, and represent China in projects to provide business context and influence delivery and communications.

- Lead by example, build collaborative relationships, and share best practice and knowledge across country, global and enablement teams.

- Engage stakeholders to ensure regulatory, operational, and non-financial risks are effectively managed, while fostering a strong risk culture and supporting the continuous uplift of operational risk management practices.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will bring the following:

- Proven track record of working with a wide range of stakeholders to translate enterprise strategy into local delivery.

- Demonstrated ability to leverage centralised capabilities and specialist functions to deliver business outcomes, recognising success is achieved through collaboration rather than local ownership alone.

- Strong experience and knowledge of China’s Institutional banking environment, culture and operating rhythm, with a demonstrated understanding of customers and products.

- Demonstrated experience in delivering and supporting initiatives which deliver strategic outcomes, with strong customer focus.

- Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders at all seniority level.

- Experience operating in a matrixed environment, navigating competing priorities, avoiding duplication and increasing efficiency by leveraging central delivery teams.

- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to articulate a clear vision, build relationships, manage and deliver change, exercise sound judgement, and develop and empower others.

- Ability to distil complex data and turn it into meaningful insights for the business. Developed capability for risk focused commercial and analytical judgement.

- Experience strengthening control environments and putting policies and procedures into practice to meet internal and regulatory obligations.

- A mature, resilient approach, comfort with ambiguity, and a strong delivery focus to balance competing priorities and achieve outcomes.

- Experience working across multiple geographies and time zones, and project and change management experience, would be advantageous.

- Spoken Mandarin and written Chinese skills are desirable.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. you'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers . You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 127181.

Job Posting End Date

15/11/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)