About The Role

Undertake frontline supervision of critical financial market infrastructures
Contribute to improving the safety and resilience of the Australian financial system
Join a collaborative and high-performing team

About the team

The Clearing and Settlement Supervision Section is part of the RBA's Payments Policy Department. It is responsible for the regulatory supervision of entities that provide critical financial market infrastructure underpinning the majority of financial market transactions in Australia.

The Payments Policy Department is responsible for the RBA's payments system policy, regulatory and oversight functions. We help the RBA meet its objectives of promoting competition and efficiency, improving the safety and resilience of the payments system, and safeguarding the stability of Australia's financial system.

About the role

As a Lead Analyst, you will contribute to the supervision of critical financial market infrastructures, with a focus on financial risk, resilience and governance. You will assess complex issues, engage with supervised entities and provide analysis and advice to support supervisory and policy outcomes.

Working closely with colleagues across the RBA and external stakeholders, you will contribute to assessments of risk management frameworks, resilience arrangements and emerging risks that may have implications for financial stability.

Your responsibilities include

Conduct supervisory reviews and risk assessments across a range of financial risk and resilience topics.
Assess the effectiveness of risk management, governance and control frameworks.
Analyse risks and vulnerabilities that could affect supervised entities and broader financial system resilience.
Review resilience, recovery and contingency arrangements.
Monitor industry developments and emerging risks relevant to financial market infrastructures.
Engage constructively with supervised entities and other stakeholders.
Prepare high-quality briefings, reports and recommendations for senior management.

Examples of the work you may undertake include

Assessing the adequacy of financial resources and resilience arrangements maintained by supervised entities.
Reviewing governance, risk management and control frameworks to against regulatory expectations.
Evaluating recovery, contingency and default management arrangements.
Assessing the impact of emerging risks, industry developments and strategic change initiatives on critical financial market infrastructures.

About you
You are an analytically minded professional who enjoys evaluating complex issues and applying sound judgement to support effective risk-based decision-making.
Essential skills and experience

Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Experience assessing risk management, governance or control frameworks.
Ability to interpret complex qualitative and quantitative information and develop practical, evidence-based conclusions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills and sound professional judgement.

Experience in the following areas would be desirable

Financial risk management.
Regulatory supervision or prudential regulation.
Internal audit, risk assurance or controls assessment.
Financial markets or financial market infrastructure.
Quantitative analysis, stress testing, scenario analysis or risk modelling.

Experience with data analytics, visualisation or programming tools would be advantageous.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drive the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.