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We are more than a securities exchange!The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.
We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.
We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Key purpose of the role:
This role will support the resilience uplift of Derivative Clearing Services to ensure critical business services are operating securely and reliably in all circumstances. The role will collaborate with business, risk and operations leaders and subject matter experts across Markets, Technology, Clearing Risk and other divisions as required.
Your Team
This role exists in the Markets division to strengthen ASX’s ability to maintain critical business services by implementing and operationalising business, operational and technology resilience uplift strategies and capabilities across Derivatives Clearing Services.
Your responsibilities
- Support the resilience uplift strategy and execute resilience activities.
- Plan and execute the development of Derivatives Clearing Services scenario libraries and incident response playbooks.
- Lead delivery of resilience framework requirements, ensuring all mandated resilience activities are completed on time.
- Support resilience priorities including fire drills, workshops and assessments.
Your deliverables
- Deliver on Derivatives Clearing Services resilience uplift strategy.
- Deliver on enterprise resilience framework requirements
- Work with SMEs to build scenario libraries and develop recovery strategies to respond to severe but plausible scenarios.
- Support the identification and ongoing assessment of critical operations and the operationalisation of activities under the critical operations framework.
Your experience and qualifications
Must have
- Proven track record with 4-5 years' experience in developing and maintaining critical operation resilience capabilities in financial services, preferably within financial markets.
- Proficient in developing scenario libraries and incident playbooks.
- Demonstrated experience executing business resilience initiatives in accordance with organisational framework requirements.
- Experience in financial markets including operations and technology.
- Proficiency in scenario planning, risk assessment and management.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills (written & verbal) to collaborate across business, operations and technology.
- Record of leading and planning complex projects and programs of work.
- Analytical and structured thinking; the ability to approach problems methodically and deliver a tailed approach to uplift the Markets resilience posture.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of derivatives clearing from front, middle and back-office perspective including operations and technology.
- Understanding of relevant standards for example, RBA FSS, APRA CPS 230, ASIC Market Integrity Rules and relevant ISO standards.
- Experience in designing and running resilience simulations and incident response exercises.
- Knowledge of ASX products, technology and stakeholders.
We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you’ll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria of this role.
If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self, please let us know at [email protected].
At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.
We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on-boarding process.
To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.
Skills Required
- 4-5 years' experience in developing and maintaining critical operation resilience capabilities in financial services, preferably within financial markets.
- Proficient in developing scenario libraries and incident playbooks.
- Demonstrated experience executing business resilience initiatives in accordance with organisational framework requirements.
- Experience in financial markets including operations and technology.
- Proficiency in scenario planning, risk assessment and management.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills (written & verbal).
- Record of leading and planning complex projects and programs of work.
- Analytical and structured thinking with ability to deliver a tailored approach to resilience uplift.
- Legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.
- Knowledge of derivatives clearing from front, middle and back-office perspective including operations and technology.
- Understanding of relevant standards (e.g., RBA FSS, APRA CPS 230, ASIC Market Integrity Rules, relevant ISO standards).
- Experience in designing and running resilience simulations and incident response exercises.
- Knowledge of ASX products, technology and stakeholders.
What We Do
ASX is one of the world’s top ten exchanges. As a full-service exchange, we offer trading, clearing, settlement, market insights, connectivity, and depository services across all major asset classes including equities, derivatives, ETFs, options, and managed funds. With a total market capitalisation of around $1.5 trillion, ASX is home to some of the world’s leading resource, finance, and technology companies. Our $47 trillion interest rate derivatives market is the largest in Asia and among the biggest in the world. ASX’s network and data centre (The Australian Liquidity Centre) provides a world class financial infrastructure and access to Australia’s largest pools of liquidity.
