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Our people & culture.
When you join Westpac, you’ll be joining a whole organisation of highly motivated people who love helping others find their success.
We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. We’re committed to being a place where you can be your whole self, your true self, your best self.
We’re an inclusive, diverse, and safe place for all the people that work here. We welcome everyone with open arms and respect their unique perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.
We know that at Westpac it’s our differences that make us greater and we have a saying around here that goes: Ko te tangata te tuatahi, mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou. People first, together greater.
It’s this commitment to caring for our people that saw us awarded No. 3 in the 2022 LinkedIn Top Companies List. This list honours the 25 most sought-after companies nationwide and celebrates the companies where New Zealanders want to work now. We are also proudly accredited by RainbowTick, DVFREE Tick (Domestic Violence Free) Gender Tick and The Accessibility Tick programmes.
Sustainability & community at Westpac.
We have an important role to work together with our customers, and communities to help make Aotearoa even greater. We’re on a mission to create meaningful environmental, social and economic impact where it matters most to our customers, communities, and employees.
We’re energised by giving back. We partner with a range of organisations and businesses around the country, with the goal of delivering social good through caring for communities, supporting sustainable projects, and building a more inclusive Aotearoa.
Check out what our people are doing to create greater futures for our customers, employees and the wider community.
Our purpose, commitments & behaviours.
Our purpose, commitments and behaviours are our guiding principles at Westpac New Zealand.
Our purpose is taking action now to create a better future. It's our why and the reason we show up every day with energy and intent to grow greater for our customers, our communities, and for each other. In te reo Māori it is Mahia ināianei mō āmua ake – meaning, do it now for the future/ for a better future.
Our ambition is to become our customers’ #1 bank and partner for life. To achieve this, we need to act with urgency to meet our customers’ evolving needs. We need to be responsive, courageous, and relentlessly focused on what matters most – with care at the heart always. Because every action we take, big or small, has the power to create meaningful, positive change.
Our Commitments and Behaviours are how we live our purpose. They’re the fuel behind our momentum – practical, meaningful, and easy to apply in our everyday work. They help us understand what’s expected of us, how we collaborate, and how we deliver. These are the foundations of a culture where we can feel confident, enabled and inspired to do our best for our customers and each other.
Westpac vision & strategy.
Our strategy is to bring our inherent customer focus and organisational bravery to the fore. We want to be recognised as a bank which is unlike the others – because we have more heart, care more about the communities we serve, and we genuinely make a difference to Aotearoa New Zealand.
We will do this by playing to our strengths, with a focus on our key differentiators of care for customers, advocating fiercely for inclusion and powering a sustainable Aotearoa.
To enable us to do more of the things that show our Together Greater spirit at its best, right now much of our effort internally is centered on how we strengthen our foundations to improve the resilience of our platforms, cyber security, data and payments.
We’ll then move into modernising our business. To complete effectively, we need to be a digital and modern bank, with systems which are fit for purpose for us and our customers.
We continue to focus on unlocking our culture and investing in our people so we can be brave challengers and relentless advocates for our customers.
Together Greater is all about working with our customers and communities to achieve amazing things. We want people to know we are a trusted partner who’s got their back, and to feel that with us by their side, anything is possible.
Together Greater recognises the fact that we can use our size and strength to help people solve their problems and achieve their dreams – delivering on our purpose of Creating Better Futures Together.
Together Greater also resonates for all of us – by working collaboratively, we’ll help to deliver great results for our businesses and our customers.
Our history.
Westpac has been part of the Aotearoa New Zealand community since 1861. What began as Australia’s first and oldest banking institution, today is a bank firmly entrenched in the lives and landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Beginning with our first customers in the Otago goldfields, we’ve been helping New Zealanders succeed for over 160 years. And as our nation grew, so too did we.
Today we aim to support our customers to become financially secure. Through sustainable business practices, we invest in and care for the places we live so that our people and communities thrive and succeed.
Now more than 1.5 million New Zealanders bank with us, and as a large business we touch the lives of 5,000 employees and countless communities nationwide.
Our benefits.
We’re not just a place to work but a place to thrive and so our employment benefits support you through all aspects of your professional and personal life.
We offer fair and competitive pay, and many other work and lifestyle benefits designed to help you maximise your wealth, your health and happiness at Westpac.
Just talk to us about what you need to be your best.
Career pathways.
Our graduate programme
We’re looking for graduates from all walks of life to apply for a diverse range of programmes. With the support of industry leaders and a collaborative working environment, it’s the perfect launching pad for budding careers.
Kickstart your career with us.
Te Waiu O Aotearoa Trust Scholarships
We offer tertiary study scholarships for the education and advancement of Māori within the general business, banking and finance industries.
Check your eligibility and application dates.
Work overseas
We’re based all around the globe, providing the chance to work abroad. You can help our international customers achieve their goals while expanding your career.
Check out our careers in Australia, careers in Papua New Guinea and careers in Fiji.
How to prepare if you’re applying for a role with us.
Once you have visited our careers site and found the role(s) you wish to apply for, you will need to prepare an application that will set you up for success and differentiate yourself from the rest.
As we receive a large amount of job applications per role, when we are reviewing each application, we look at the supporting documents attached, such as your CV and cover letter.
To best set yourself up for success you should apply for the role(s) that closest match your skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities as outlined in the competencies section of the job advertisement.