Senior Analyst - Digital Currencies

• Contribute to the RBA’s pioneering work on digital currencies and payments innovation
• Drive real policy impact through high-quality analysis and industry engagement
• Permanent opportunity

About the team

The payments system enables consumers and businesses to make and receive payments, which is critical to supporting activity in the Australian economy. 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 & efficiency and improving the safety & resilience of the payments system. The Department also oversees the safe operation of clearing and settlement facilities, which are important financial market infrastructure.

It is an exciting time to join the Department because of the rapid pace of change in the payments landscape. Businesses and consumers are more reliant on electronic payment systems than ever before, and new technologies and new participants in the payments system are raising new policy issues. You will have the opportunity to shape the RBA’s position on these policy issues, often working alongside other teams within the Department and the RBA.

About the role

As a Senior Analyst in the Digital Currencies team, you’ll join a multi-disciplinary group leading the Bank’s cutting-edge research on the future of money in Australia, including whether there is a public interest case for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

You’ll help shape the Bank’s policy thinking in this evolving space. While technical expertise in digital money isn’t required, an interest in its potential impact on the payments system is essential. The role offers the chance to tackle big-picture policy issues at the heart of the RBA’s strategic priority: Shaping the future of money in Australia. More the research initiatives we will be pursuing over the coming years can be found at: Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Digital Money in Australia (2024).

Responsibilities may include developing and presenting policy advice to senior leadership, the Payments System Board, and key stakeholders; drafting board papers and external publications; and engaging with industry participants and other regulators.

About you

To be successful you will possess:

• strong critical thinking skills to tackle complex policy questions and issues

• the ability to write clearly and succinctly, with the intended audience in mind

• strong oral communication skills

• good organisational and time management skills

• well-developed influencing skills and ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders

• demonstrated ability to reprioritise quickly as circumstances change

We are seeking applications from candidates with a diverse range of skills including economists, payments specialists and regulators.

Candidates may come from an economics, legal, financial, or related background. Postgraduate study, research experience, or prior policy/regulatory roles, along with demonstrated strategic thinking and sound judgment will be highly regarded.

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 drives 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.

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