Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Graduate Program - Brian Gray Scholarship (Feb 2025)
Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 85000 / Year
- 4 vacancies
- Apply by 7 Apr 2024
- Start date 2 Feb 2025
The Brian Gray Scholarship program will fund up to four scholarships annually, to the value of $15,000 each. The scholarship purpose is to support final year Honours and PhD students in finance, economics, actuarial science, econometrics, statistics or related disciplines, who intend to focus full time on their studies and research.
Under this Scholarship program, the recipients will devote a substantial amount of time to an agreed research topic and present their findings to APRA upon completion of their research. As part of the scholarship, the Brian Gray scholars will be able to access APRA and RBA expertise in the research and development of their thesis.
Applications for the 2024 Brian Gray scholarship program are now open
- Up to four scholarships awarded
- Scholarship recipient to receive $15,000
- Open to final year full-time Honours and PhD students in finance, economics, actuarial science, econometrics, statistics and related disciplines or topics.
Please submit your application via the APRA Careers page by 7 April 2024.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen
- Business & Management +more
- Graduate Certificate or higher
Reviews
Always doing new things, never boring
Mixture of financial analysis, research and meeting with key stakeholders. As a graduate, much of the work is assisting others in the team.
Work plans typically follow an annual cycle of expected activities and then other ad-hoc activities or 'project' type activities (typically on a volunteer/EOI basis). Day-to-day revolves around these 3 types of activities, and includes document review, drafting lines of questions in preparation for meetings, making judgements on the adequacy of risk management etc.
About the employer
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
4.2
500 - 1,000 employees
Government & Public Service
Start your career with a 'View from the Top' of the financial services industry. Help to strengthen the Banking, Insurance & Superanuation sectors.
Pros and cons of working at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Pros
Work hours are amazing and everyone advocates a healthy work-life balance.
The culture of the company is great. Everyone is welcoming, caring and supportive of all graduates to learn and get as much experience as possible.
The rotation structure is great as there is a lot of exposure to various areas in the organisation.
There are plenty of opportunities, but as it is a government role, promotion opportunities... are highly structured.
Very flexible hours, so long as you do the work and minimum contracted hours.
Cons
There's a bit of bureaucracy which takes time and patience to navigate.
Development and progression is not consistent and opaque.
A lot of technical pieces are typically passed on to specialist teams to handle.
Rigid structure of employment hierarchy and pay structure that comes with a government role.
Graduates not given appropriate roles to settle in post-graduate program.