Senior QA Analyst

Join a leading financial services organisation undergoing significant technology and digital transformation.

This role goes beyond traditional quality assurance. You will help improve quality across the full software development lifecycle, embedding testing, controls and quality standards earlier in the delivery process.

A key focus will be understanding how AI-assisted development and AI-generated code affect quality assurance. You will establish practical standards for testing and governing AI-generated code while identifying safe and valuable ways to use AI across test-case generation, defect analysis, automation and regression testing.

Key responsibilities

• Assess and improve testing and quality practices across the end-to-end SDLC.
• Establish practical test strategies, quality standards and release-readiness criteria.
• Define how AI-assisted development and AI-generated code should be tested, reviewed and governed.
• Identify safe opportunities to use AI for test-case generation, defect analysis, automation and regression testing.
• Improve test automation and embed quality controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, product and delivery teams to promote ownership of quality.

What you will bring

• Strong senior-level QA or quality engineering experience within a complex technology environment.
• Excellent knowledge of the end-to-end SDLC, shift-left testing and quality engineering practices.
• Practical experience using AI tools within software development, testing or quality assurance.
• Experience across automated, API, integration, regression and non-functional testing, along with CI/CD quality controls.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills and the ability to influence and challenge established practices.

Experience in financial services or another similar environment would be an advantage.

You will bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset, balancing enthusiasm for emerging technology with practical risk judgement and the ability to turn new ideas into meaningful quality improvements.

Apply NOW or send your CV to Amber.shaw@talentinternational.com.

Please note – you must be based in New Zealand and hold a valid visa allowing you to work in New Zealand

Opportunity Knocks:

Step into a high-impact 6-month contract with a leading enterprise operating in a highly regulated industry. You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering a next-generation CRM platform alongside a Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) solution, helping transform the customer experience at scale.

Working at the heart of a major transformation programme, you’ll bridge business and technology, define technical requirements, and drive seamless integration across multiple enterprise platforms. This is an opportunity to influence architecture, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and make a tangible impact on a business-critical initiative.

About You:

You’ll bring a strong technical BA background with hands-on experience delivering complex CRM and CCaaS implementations in enterprise environments.

You’ll have:

• Proven experience defining technical requirements for CRM and CCaaS solutions, including end-to-end integration design.
• Strong cross-system impact analysis skills, with the ability to identify downstream impacts across CRM, CCaaS, APIs, and connected enterprise platforms.
• Confidence working with technical artefacts, including OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, YAML, JSON, Postman collections, webhooks, event payloads, and vendor API documentation.
• The ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable requirements for both technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with architects, developers, vendors, and delivery teams in agile environments.

What’s in It for You?

• Join a high-profile enterprise transformation programme.
• Work alongside experienced architects, engineers, and delivery leaders.
• Make a genuine impact on a business-critical technology implementation.
• Competitive contract rates and the opportunity to work on modern cloud-based technologies.

Next Steps:

If you’re a Senior Technical Business Analyst who thrives on solving complex integration challenges and enjoys working on large-scale transformation programmes, we’d love to hear from you.

Please Note: Only applicants based in Auckland will be considered for this role.

Senior Business Analyst | Finance Transformation (Contract)

Contract: Initial term until March 2027
Location: Auckland CBD

Our client within the financial services sector is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major enterprise transformation programme within the finance domain.

This is an excellent opportunity for a business-focused BA who thrives in large, fast-paced transformation environments and enjoys working at the intersection of finance, business processes and organisational change.

About the Role

Working within the CFO function, you’ll play a key role in understanding how large-scale business transformation impacts finance operations and processes. You’ll collaborate with Finance SMEs, technology teams and external delivery partners to analyse current and future-state processes, define business requirements and support the successful delivery of complex change.

Your focus will include areas such as:

• Finance systems and business processes

• General Ledger processes

• Financial controls and reconciliations

• Financial reporting

• Business process analysis and impact assessment

• Requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement

This is a highly collaborative role requiring someone who can confidently work across multiple business areas, navigate ambiguity and drive outcomes in a complex programme environment.

What We’re Looking For

We’re keen to speak with Senior Business Analysts who have:

• Strong experience as a business-focused Business Analyst (rather than a technical BA)

• Previous experience within banking or financial services

• Finance domain knowledge, ideally including General Ledger, financial controls, reconciliations or reporting

• Experience working on large-scale transformation programmes with multiple stakeholders

• Excellent business process analysis and requirements elicitation skills

• The ability to engage confidently with senior business stakeholders, SMEs and delivery teams

• A proactive approach, strong ownership mindset and the ability to deliver outcomes in fast-moving environments

A background in accounting or finance would be highly regarded but is not essential.

If you’re an experienced Senior Business Analyst with a strong banking and finance background looking for your next long-term contract, we’d love to hear from you. APPLY now or send your CV to Amber at amber.shaw@talentinternational.com

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will only be considered if they are already in the country with Valid New Zealand working rights.

Overview:

You will join an environment undergoing significant technology uplift where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our technology landscape.

As a key contributor to our growing pipeline of projects, you will collaborate closely with our existing Solution Architect to design and implement robust solutions that meet business needs. We’re looking for a tech-savvy innovator who not only brings technical expertise but also a sense of humor to the table.

Required Skills:

• Proficient in API design and management
• Experience with integrations involving complex systems
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and operate effectively without established frameworks

Nice to Have Skills:

• Familiarity with cloud-based solutions and microservices architecture
• Experience in working with Agile methodologies
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle best practices

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in solutions architecture or a similar role
• Proven experience in CRM systems and their integration with other platforms

Other Requirements:

• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical team members
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Flexibility to adapt to changing project requirements and priorities

Join us in crafting innovative solutions that drive success. If you’re ready to challenge the status quo, collaborate in a fun environment, and make a real impact, we encourage you to apply today!

Please note: Only Auckland based applicants will be considered for this opportunity.

• Auckland CBD | Hybrid working
• Senior business-partnering role
• Financial services / insurance / regulated environment
• Strong compliance background highly valued

We are partnering with a well-established financial services organisation to appoint a Senior Compliance and Risk Lead/Partner into a business-facing first-line risk and compliance role.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced compliance and risk professional who enjoys working closely with senior stakeholders, building trusted relationships, and helping the business make practical, risk-informed decisions.
This is not a “risk police” role. You’ll be working as a trusted advisor to business leaders, helping them navigate risk and compliance obligations in a pragmatic and commercially sensible way.
About the role
As Senior Risk & Compliance Lead, you’ll partner with key business units to support the effective management of risk, compliance, controls and governance. You’ll help embed risk and compliance practices into day-to-day business operations, provide guidance on risk matters, and support a stronger risk/compliance culture across the organisation.
This role sits within a first-line risk and compliance team and will work closely with senior leaders across the business.
Key responsibilities
You’ll be responsible for:

• Partnering with business leaders to provide practical risk and compliance advice
• Supporting the implementation and ongoing use of risk management frameworks
• Helping business units understand their compliance obligations and accountabilities
• Supporting risk and control assessments, including RCSAs
• Advising on governance, policy, regulatory and operational risk matters
• Monitoring key risk indicators, controls and emerging risks
• Supporting delivery risk assessments for business initiatives and projects
• Building strong relationships and raising the profile of risk and assurance across the business
• Helping strengthen risk culture through coaching, engagement and trusted partnering

About you
You’ll bring strong compliance experience, ideally with exposure to risk management, governance or regulatory environments. You may come from insurance, banking, broader financial services, consulting, or another highly regulated environment.
You’ll be someone who can balance technical capability with strong stakeholder engagement. The ability to influence, challenge constructively and build credibility with senior leaders will be key.
You’ll ideally bring:

• Experience in compliance, risk management, governance, regulatory advisory or operational risk
• Strong compliance expertise, with exposure to first-line risk highly regarded
• Experience working in financial services, insurance, banking or another regulated environment
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• A practical, solutions-focused approach
• Good judgement and the ability to prioritise what matters most
• Experience with risk frameworks, controls, RCSAs, KRIs or regulatory obligations
• Confidence working with senior leaders and business units
• Exposure to Australian and/or New Zealand regulatory environments would be advantageous

What’s on offer

• Senior, visible role partnering with business leaders
• Opportunity to shape risk and compliance culture
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Hybrid working model
• Auckland CBD location
• Competitive salary package
• Opportunity to join a values-led organisation with strong career pathways

Apply now
If you’re an experienced risk and compliance professional who enjoys partnering with the business and taking a practical, relationship-led approach, we’d love to hear from you.

For a confidential conversation, please apply or get in touch with Jenny Nguyen to learn more.

Applicants must be based in New Zealand and hold a valid work visa to be considered for this role. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Senior Business Analyst – Salesforce Transformation (Contract)

6-Month Contract (potential extension) with 1 day onsite in Hamilton/per week

We are looking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major Salesforce transformation programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in Project BOB, a strategic programme replacing SAP with Salesforce to deliver a modern self-service experience for their customers.

About the Role

As the Senior Business Analyst, you’ll work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to understand business needs, map current and future state processes, and help shape the successful implementation of Salesforce.

You’ll be instrumental in guiding stakeholders through business change while ensuring solutions align with Salesforce best practice and out-of-the-box capabilities wherever possible.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Facilitate workshops and engage with business stakeholders across the organisation
• Elicit, analyse and document business and functional requirements
• Develop user stories, acceptance criteria and process documentation
• Map current and future state business processes
• Support solution design and ensure alignment with Salesforce capabilities
• Guide stakeholders through adopting standard Salesforce functionality (OOTB) where appropriate
• Work collaboratively with Product Owners, Solution Architects, Developers and Test teams
• Support Agile delivery throughout the project lifecycle

What We’re Looking For

You’ll bring:

• Extensive experience as a Senior Business Analyst
• Proven experience delivering Salesforce implementation or transformation programmes
• Experience working on complex enterprise technology implementations
• Strong business process mapping and requirements elicitation skills
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation experience
• A solid understanding of out-of-the-box (OOTB) process alignment and the ability to guide business stakeholders towards adopting standard Salesforce capabilities
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Nice to Have

• Salesforce Business Analyst certification
• Experience replacing legacy enterprise platforms (SAP, CRM or ERP)
• Experience working on customer-facing digital transformation programmes

What’s on Offer

• Contribute to a high-profile enterprise Salesforce transformation
• Hybrid working model (1 day per week onsite in Hamilton)
• Collaborative, supportive programme environment
• Initial 6-month contract with potential for extension

Apply Now

If you’re an experienced Senior Business Analyst with Salesforce transformation experience and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Jenny Nguyen at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

Please note: Applicants must be currently based in New Zealand and have valid NZ working rights (NZ Citizen, Permanent Resident or a valid work visa).

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Contract | Hybrid working

Were looking for an experienced Lead Infrastructure Engineer where you’ll take high-level designs and turn them into clear, detailed implementation plans, then provide technical leadership and mentoring through build and execution.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who enjoys unblocking teams, lifting delivery quality, and ensuring infrastructure solutions are secure, well-designed, and operationally ready.

What you’ll be doing

• Interpret solution designs and translate them into practical delivery plans (steps, dependencies, implementation detail)
• Partner with engineering teams to troubleshoot, optimise, and refine infrastructure deployments
• Upgrade and implement infrastructure solutions and services, ensuring they’re integrated and run effectively
• Promote security, governance, and cost optimisation across delivery
• Ensure implementations align with Well-Architected Framework principles
• Document solutions and support knowledge transfer / capability

Your skills (what you’ll bring)

• Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure engineering delivery end-to-end.
• Strong ability to bridge architecture and engineering, turning design into executable plans.
• Strong troubleshooting and optimisation capability in complex environments.
• A governance mindset: security-by-design, cost awareness, and operational discipline.
• Clear communication skills across engineers, architects, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong documentation and knowledge transfer habits.

Apply now or send your CV through to Amber at Amber.shaw@talentinternational.com, please note to be considered for this opportunity you must already be in the country and hold New Zealand valid working rights.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Analyst with hands-on experience building a practical customer “golden record.” You’ll work with business and technical teams to define data standards and match/merge (survivorship) rules that improve quality and consistency across systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Run structured discovery sessions with business SMEs to understand how customer/client data is created, used, and interpreted.
• Define a practical target structure for the golden record
• Document data standards and rules (required fields, acceptable values, validation logic, edge cases)
• Perform gap analysis across source systems to identify completeness/quality issues and inconsistencies
• Design and support match/merge e.g matching on name + DOB with fallbacks, and conflict resolution across systems
• Partner with data/CRM teams to validate rules, test outcomes, and iterate based on findings

Key Skills:

• Golden record / canonical customer entity definition experience
• Match/merge + survivorship rules experience
• Structured discovery + writing clear, testable definitions
• Direct CRM data work (Dynamics/Salesforce)
• SQL + data profiling/gap analysis

Next Steps:

If this role sounds like the right fit for you, please click APPLY and submit your CV today – we look forward to hearing from you.

Please note: Only candidates who are based in Auckland with valid working rights will be considered for this role.

MŌ MĀTOU – ABOUT US

This isn’t just a leadership role; it’s a movement. The Diversity Agenda is about creating industries where everyone thrives – today and tomorrow. It’s about ensuring pay gaps shrink, leadership is inclusive, and our workplaces reflect the diversity and vibrancy of Aotearoa.

The Diversity Agenda is an award-winning diversity and inclusion programme delivered in partnership by Te Ao Rangahau Engineering New Zealand, the Association of Consulting and Engineering New Zealand, and Te Kāhui Whaihanga the New Zealand Institute of Architects.

Our goal is to grow more diverse and inclusive professions-so they reflect Aotearoa New Zealand, honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and are places where people feel safe, valued and able to thrive.
Through our Accord and sector-wide initiatives, we bring together leaders committed to driving meaningful, measurable change – one that is grounded in action, accountability, and collective impact.

HE KAUPAPA | THE OPPORTUNITY

We are on the hunt for an experienced and influential General Manager to lead The Diversity Agenda and grow its impact across the sector. This is an opportunity to lead one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential DEI movements and work alongside sector leaders to create lasting change.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact, sector-wide initiative and shape the future of our professions. You will:

* Be a visible and trusted leadership voice for diversity, equity, and inclusion across engineering and architecture.

* Work closely with industry leaders, Governance Partners, and a Steering Group to grow a united movement and to influence structural change.

* Lead and deliver a sector-wide strategy with real influence and momentum.

* Grow membership and partnerships, and ensure the ongoing financial and operational sustainability of the programme. Reporting to the Chief Executive of ACE New Zealand, you will be accountable for delivering the strategy and ensuring the programme remains impactful, relevant, and financially sustainable.

KO WAI KOE? | WHO ARE YOU?

You are a strategic and credible industry leader who brings both passion and pragmatism to advancing diversity and inclusion, and can offer:

* A relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. business, HR, communications, public policy, or similar), or equivalent experience.

* Significant and proven senior leadership experience in a similar position providing strategic advice, support and delivery to a broad audience including senior leaders across the sector, and using evidence to support planning and decision-making and in stakeholder management.

* Significant senior leadership experience influencing and delivering strategy and working with executive-level stakeholders and volunteers to action change initiatives.

* Deep understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion and the issues shaping modern workplaces, and an ability to translate that knowledge into actionable insights for change.

* Experience growing programmes, partnerships, or delivering change initiatives in complex environments, within governance environments (e.g. boards, steering groups).

You will also:

* Be a confident communicator and influential relationship builder.

* Be a thoughtful and collaborative leader with a “deft touch” in navigating diverse perspectives and challenging conversations.

* Bring sound judgement and a collaborative, pragmatic approach.

* Be a self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and is motivated by impact.

* Be genuinely committed to creating more inclusive and equitable professions.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU | TĀ MĀTOU E TUKU AI KI A KOE

* Commitment to flexibility – whatever that looks like for you.

* 5 weeks annual leave, and up to 3 organisational days.

* A prorated wellness benefit, a phone allowance.

* Wellbeing initiatives which include a pro-rated wellbeing benefit and confidential counselling.

* Opportunities to get involved in values-driven initiatives across our partner organisations, such as the Neurodiversity Initiative, waiata practice, rainbow community, and te reo Māori learning.

We are committed to accessibility, equity, and inclusion and can offer a range of workplace adjustments for all kaimahi.
Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to remove barriers or support you to bring your best during the recruitment process.

KŌRERO MAI KI A MĀTOU – TALK TO US

Please apply with your CV and cover letter, highlighting the experience, values and passions you would bring to leading this award-winning movement for change, by 9.00am on Monday 20 July 2026.

To start a confidential conversation or to request a copy of the Position Description, please contact John Keith on 021 205 3252 or john.keith@talentinternational.com, or Katie Kemp on 021 928 232 or katie.kemp@talentinternational.com.

Applicants must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand at the time of application.

Business Analyst – Digital & Transformation x 2

We are seeking two experienced Business Analysts (Mid-Level and Senior) to join a dynamic Digital & Transformation team. These roles will play a key part in delivering a wide range of strategic technology and data initiatives that drive operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and support business growth.
You will work across a diverse portfolio of projects including enterprise system implementations, data transformation, integration initiatives, and digital platform improvements. This is not a single-project environment – you will be exposed to multiple workstreams across a complex and evolving digital landscape.
You will:

• Work closely with stakeholders across complex digital and transformation initiatives to gather, define, and document requirements
• Facilitate workshops and support end-to-end business analysis activities
• Drive continuous improvement across BA practices, processes, and delivery approaches

Key Projects You May Work On

• Data transformation initiatives including data migration, data warehousing, and data governance improvements
• Website rebuilds and digital experience enhancements
• Implementation of an enterprise analytics and business intelligence platform
• Deployment of enterprise systems (e.g. Procurement, CRM, HRIS, ERP)
• Complex integration projects connecting core systems such as CRM, eCommerce, and Point of Sale
• Cross-functional digital transformation programmes

Experience You will bring:

• Strong experience in workshop facilitation and requirements gathering
• Ability to lead or support UAT and training activities
• Experience delivering large-scale technology implementations such as ERP, CRM, Salesforce, and complex integrations
• Exposure to data-related initiatives including data migration, data warehousing, and data governance/privacy
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to collaborate effectively, take feedback constructively, and influence outcomes
• Comfortable working across both Agile and Waterfall environments

Why Apply?

• Work on meaningful digital transformation projects.
• Collaborate with experienced, supportive teams.
• Influence strategic initiatives and business outcomes.
• Enjoy a flexible, modern working environment with opportunities for professional growth.

If you’re an experienced Business Analyst who enjoys solving complex problems and delivering real business value, we’d love to hear from you.

Applicants must be based in New Zealand and hold a valid work visa to be considered for this role. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For over 30 years Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry leading support, exclusive contractor benefits & a world-class digital platform ENGAGE to access it all. Apply today to see how we can elevate your career

They are building an enablement-led Data, Insights & AI function that will provide trusted enterprise data foundations, governed analytics, safe AI capability and self-service enablement across the business.
This role will own the engineering platform that underpins every downstream analytics, reporting and AI capability.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll remain close to the platform, designing pipelines, reviewing code, improving reliability and solving production issues while setting the standards, operating rhythm and engineering discipline that allow a small but growing team to scale safely.

Required Skills:

• Significant hands-on experience operating production data platforms, ideally including Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog, or equivalent cloud-native data platforms such as Azure Synapse, Snowflake or AWS data services
• Strong experience across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, deployment and operational support of enterprise data platforms
• Proven experience designing and scaling medallion-style data architectures across bronze, silver and gold layers, or equivalent layered data modelling patterns
• Strong Python and SQL skills
• Comfortable working with CI/CD, GitHub or Azure DevOps, version control and modern engineering workflows
• Experience setting engineering standards across ingestion, transformation, testing, observability, deployment and code review
• Strong understanding of platform reliability, including SLAs, incident response, runbooks, monitoring and post-incident improvement
• Experience leading small but growing technical teams with a coaching-led, hands-on leadership style
• Ability to review technical designs, challenge trade-offs and act as the technical authority for the data platform
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Commercial awareness around platform cost, cloud usage, workload right-sizing and cost transparency

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience working in financial services or another regulated environment
• Exposure to FinOps practices for cloud data platforms, particularly Azure or Databricks
• Familiarity with AI/ML production platform patterns such as MLflow, model registry or feature stores
• Experience with data product thinking, data contracts and certified datasets
• Experience working closely with analytics, governance, architecture, information security and risk teams
• Databricks, Azure, data engineering or cloud certifications

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a critical data platform where your technical leadership will have genuine visibility and impact.

You’ll suit this role if you are a builder at heart: someone who enjoys hands-on platform craft, develops engineers through the way work is done, and knows how to create standards that are practical, adopted and useful.

For a confidential chat, apply with an updated CV to JP Browne.

We are seeking experienced Project Controls Specialists/ Infrastructure Planner to support the development of a new integrated planning capability within a major national infrastructure environment.

This is a high-impact role working across maintenance, capital works, and network operations, helping create a single coordinated view of outages, sequencing, dependencies, and delivery risks across a complex infrastructure portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate outages and network work across multiple programmes
• Identify and manage dependencies, constraints, sequencing conflicts, and risks
• Optimise scheduling, access windows, and delivery timing across teams
• Support integrated planning across maintenance, capital works, and customer connections
• Facilitate planning and governance discussions with stakeholders
• Provide insights, reporting, and recommendations to improve delivery decisions
• Contribute to continuous improvement of planning processes and data quality

About You

We are looking for experienced planners who have operated in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, ideally across:

• Infrastructure, utilities, transport, energy, rail, telecoms, or similar sectors
• PMO, project controls, scheduling, or integrated planning roles
• Environments requiring coordination across multiple delivery teams and programmes
• Experience with Primavera P6 is an advantage

You will bring:

• Strong planning, sequencing, and outage coordination capability
• Experience managing dependencies across multiple stakeholders
• Ability to operate across governance and delivery environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Confidence influencing without direct authority

Note:Applicants must be based in New Zealand and hold a valid work visa to be considered for this role. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For over 30 years Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry leading support, exclusive contractor benefits & a world-class digital platform ENGAGE to access it all. Apply today to see how we can elevate your career