Join a team that is building the last line of defence for Australia’s critical financial infrastructure!
The Payments Policy Department is looking for a Senior Analyst in the Clearing and Settlement Section to help deliver a new resolution and crisis response framework.
About the business/role/team
Payments Policy is responsible for helping the RBA meet its objectives of promoting the stability, efficiency and competitiveness of the payments system. The Clearing and Settlement Section is tasked with ensuring that the infrastructure supporting the clearing and settlement of transactions in financial markets is operated in a way that promotes financial stability. Clearing and settlement facilities play a critical role in Australia’s financial system. A crisis affecting one of these facilities has the potential to pose significant systemic risk. In these roles/this role, you will help to fulfill the RBA’s new responsibility to prepare for the management or resolution of a crisis at a clearing and settlement facility.
About the role
You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals developing the tools and processes required to support and resolve a distressed clearing and settlement facility. You will work with the team to develop strategies to protect financial system stability and be responsible for building the RBA’s crisis management toolkit to effectively execute those strategies. These roles provide the opportunity to shape the RBA’s approach to crisis management in a new and rapidly evolving area where global best practice is still emerging. Day-to-day activities include:
- Contributing to and testing crisis management plans for critical infrastructures
- Contributing to work to develop robust and legally sound processes and arrangements to deploy crisis management powers
- Collaborating closely with other parts of the clearing and settlement section including supervisors of critical infrastructure and subject matter experts
- Engaging with stakeholders including other domestic regulators and critical infrastructures
- Collaborating widely within the RBA including engaging with other areas working on crisis readiness
- Working with RBA executives and the Payments System Board
- Contributing to international policy development in relation to FMI resolution and crisis readiness
You will join a collaborative team of professionals dedicated to public service. Our team is committed to public policy excellence and also to helping our staff grow and thrive in a supportive environment.
About you
We are looking for a passionate individual with experience in markets, financial market infrastructures, regulatory practice and/or crisis management to join the team.
To be successful in one of these important strategic roles, you will be
- Familiar with Australian financial markets including critical infrastructure; and/or
- Familiar with the development and application of crisis management or resolution frameworks;
- ready to embrace the RBA’s “open and dynamic” cultural ambition and to thrive through a time of accelerated innovation;
- an excellent written and personal communicator with strong presentation skills and the ability to manage and coordinate a wide range of stakeholders;
- a team player who will contribute to a committed and collaborative department;
- a person of exceptional integrity, keen to contribute to the Australian community; and
- ideally tertiary qualified and experienced in one or more relevant areas such as economics, financial services, markets, law, regulation and public policy.
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.
Application Close :
September 12, 2025.
Reserve Bank of Australia Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
65 Martin Pl, , Sydney, NSW ,, Australia, 2000
