Employment Status: Full-Time OR Part-Time
At ASIC, you can be the change that ensures a fair, strong and efficient financial system for the benefit of all Australians. Contribute to delivering on ASIC's purpose, vision, and strategic priorities to help maintain the integrity of the financial system and protect consumers from harm.
Provide high-level legal and strategic advice on financial markets regulation and shape policy and regulatory outcomes that enhance market integrity and consumer protection.
- Work on complex legal matters with real market impact
- Melbourne or Sydney
The team
ASIC's Markets Group is responsible for ensuring investors have the trust and confidence to invest in Australia's financial markets and for ensuring all market participants, infrastructure providers and gatekeepers operate with integrity, resilience, and transparency. This is done by managing the end-to-end process for regulating markets including supervision, triage, investigation, and enforcement. The Markets Group also provides regulatory advice, considers applications and actively engages with stakeholders.
The Markets Regulation team is a team of specialist lawyers who provide legal support across the Markets Group and also lead and co-ordinate ASIC's input on law reform, policy development and implementation and strategic reviews.
The role
As a Lawyer, you will:
- Provide high-level legal, policy, and strategic advice on financial markets regulation.
- Lead or contribute to key policy projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
- Draft legal instruments and process applications for regulatory relief.
- Develop legal templates and assist in contract management.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
About you
You have tertiary qualifications in law and experience in financial services law, regulatory environments, government policy, or commercial law. Your expertise includes an understanding of the Market Integrity Rules, Corporations Act, and the obligations imposed on Australian Financial Services Licensees and Australian Market Licensees.
Beyond your technical expertise, you are a strong collaborator with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. You work effectively in complex regulatory environments, demonstrating sound judgment and the ability to deliver timely, high-quality advice.
About ASIC
ASIC's remit is one of the broadest of regulators across the world. ASIC regulates corporations, markets, financial services and consumer credit and monitors and promotes market integrity and consumer protection in the Australian financial system. Through our enforcement work, we hold to account those who contravene the law, working to achieve strong outcomes that address the greatest consumer and investor harms.
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.
We offer a range of employee benefits including:
- Attractive superannuation
- Additional leave entitlements
- 50/50 hybrid work-from home model
- Assistance for study and professional development
To work with us, you need to be an Australian citizen and be prepared to complete an ASIC Suitability and Baseline Assessment.
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