2022 Regulatory Analyst - Multiple Opportunities (Start ASAP)

• Support the ongoing supervision of Australia’s largest financial institutions 
• Strong communication skills paired with relevant regulatory or professional services experience will be highly regarded
• $84,717 - $128,419 (depending on experience) + 15.4% superannuation
• Permanent roles, can be located in Sydney or Melbourne

A future with ASIC means that your work will contribute to ASIC’s vision for a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians. We value what you will bring. We value those with sharp, analytical minds and are open to challenging the way things are done. 

The team 

The Institutional Supervision team supervises financial services institutions with the greatest potential impact on consumers and markets, where the harms or potential harms are best addressed by an institutional supervision approach. 

The team forms a view of the whole institution, across all sectors it operates in, and is responsible for shaping and driving an institution wide strategy to mitigate and prevent consumer harm and to enhance market integrity. 

To do this, the team uses of a range of regulatory tools, including on-site reviews, engagement with senior management of the institutions, engagement with ASIC stakeholder teams and data analysis.   In appropriate cases, it creates virtual cross-ASIC teams to ensure the parts of ASIC that have required specialist knowledge and skills can be engaged and deployed to enhance its supervision activity.

The role 

As a Regulatory Analyst, you will be required to:

• support the ongoing supervision of financial institutions, including through review and analysis of documentation and data, as well as engagement across ASIC, with other regulators and with financial institutions
• participate in thematic reviews of financial institutions to identify, assess and measure conduct and culture that mitigates against good governance and compliance, or that might result (or have resulted) in consumer harm
• support your colleagues engaging with key decision-makers and influencers of financial institutions to understand their non-financial risks, regulatory obligations and cultural drivers, and work with them to create behavioural change
• perform testing and analysis of intelligence and complex data to detect emerging and existing risks, to prevent them from developing or increasing
• contribute to the formulation of effective regulatory responses to address issues identified through supervisory activities
• support the preparation of a range of written material including preliminary findings, reports, briefings and papers, and 
• be a connected part of ASIC’s broader purpose, ensuring team activities support our vision.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will be a highly organised, self-motivated individual with curiosity and an ability to think quickly. You will ideally have exposure to regulatory or professional services with broad knowledge of business models, business operations and regulatory requirements in the Australian financial services sector.

Applications for this role will close at 11:59pm on 8 February 2022

About ASIC 

ASIC is Australia's integrated corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator.

ASIC has a broad mandate. We are a regulator; a policy advisory body; a consumer protection agency; a licensing body; a financial educator and consumer advocate; and a company and professional registry. And we are a law enforcement agency.

This work is directed to one principal aim: to realise ASIC’s vision for a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians. 

Underpinning ASIC’s vision is the recognition that every cent in the financial system is other people’s money. 

A future with ASIC means that your work will contribute to achieving ASIC’s vision.

ASIC is committed to a providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work. Indigenous Australians are encouraged to apply as well as applicants from all backgrounds and with different abilities.

To work with us, you must be an Australian citizen, and be prepared to complete an ASIC Suitability and Baseline Assessment which is issued ASIC’s Personnel Security Team. 

Please view the position description for more information or click ‘apply’ to start your application.