Mitch Lees - Contact Centre Banking Advisor

I work as a banking advisor in the Wellington Contact Centre. I’ve been with BNZ for about 4 years. Before that I worked at a bank in Australia and a foreign exchange company, as well as Burger King and Rebel Sport. I applied at a few banks because I knew I could earn good money and get great experience at the same time. BNZ obviously knew talent when they saw it and employed me first!

I’m better off at BNZ because I can schedule work hours that fit around my studies. As a student I require flexibility for my part-time work hours. BNZ and particularly my manager, has been very accommodating when my uni timetable changes, and especially around exam time. The money is hard to go past as well. BNZ pays almost double that of the average student job. Most importantly though, I have a ‘foot in the door’. Working for the National Australia Bank Group (BNZ’s parent company) provides so many different job opportunities, whether I want to travel and work overseas or move into a different division of the BNZ. At the moment I'm working on getting a graduate position in Corporate and Institutional Banking (BNZ Capital)