Senior Manager - Financial Markets Group

• Join a newly created hub to deepen the RBA's Financial Markets research and modelling capabilities

• Leverage your leadership experience to coach, inspire and empower your team

• Permanent opportunity

• Play an important part shaping the future of our iconic Australian institution

About the team

Financial Markets Group (FMG) is responsible for implementing operations in domestic and foreign exchange markets, conducting research and analysis on developments in financial markets and coordinating relationships with international institutions.

FMG is creating a new Financial Markets Research and Modelling Hub as part of its strategy to deepen FMG’s research and modelling capabilities, particularly with respect to the analysis of financial market conditions, exchange rates and capital flows central bank balance sheet and policy implementation frameworks.
 

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to work with FMG’s executive and other senior leaders to establish, staff and develop the strategy for the new Hub, and perform a key role in coordinating the development of the FMG’s broader strategic research agenda.

The new Hub will work closely with other sections with FMG as well as key internal and external stakeholders to deliver policy relevant research and analytical outputs in a timely manner.

The role requires a combination of strong subject matter expertise, exceptional leadership ability, including the capacity to supervise research staff, the ability to prioritise workflow in a rapidly changing environment, and highly developed communication and influencing skills. As a people leader, you will manage and guide your team, supporting and extending their development and capabilities.

About you

To see success in this role, we are seeking candidates who display:

• Strong analytical and research skills, as well as expertise in topics of relevance to Financial Markets Group, including policy design and implementation, monetary policy transmission, financial conditions, exchange rates and capital flows relevant to monetary policy in Australia.

• Leadership experience, with the capacity to build, lead and empower a high-performing team, develop and mentor talent, and execute workplans. Experience is supervising research staff will be highly regarded.

• A strategic mindset, with the ability to synthesise a wide range of views into clear, balanced and actionable insights and communicate ideas clearly.

• Ability to manage competing priorities effectively in a dynamic environment and support departmental planning and reporting activities.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the capacity to build and sustain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to promote collaboration, analytical quality and harness diverse perspectives.

• Ability to foster an open and dynamic team culture that catalyses collaboration and model behaviours aligned with the Bank’ values of promotion of the public interest, integrity, excellence, intelligent inquiry and respect. 

• Excellent judgement handling sensitive or restricted information, in accordance with the RBA’s information security policies and code of conduct.

• Postgraduate qualifications in economics, finance, ideally at the PhD level, or equivalent experience.

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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