Operational Resilience Analyst - Market Operations

Australian Securities Exchange; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Job summary

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Sydney is seeking an Operational Resilience Analyst to strengthen the Markets division by uplifting resilience capabilities across critical market infrastructure. You will work to implement business, operational and technology resilience uplift strategies and collaborate with operations, technology and business stakeholders.

Key duties include developing scenario libraries, incident response playbooks, and delivering on enterprise resilience framework

Qualifications

• Experience building operational resilience for financial services operations.
• Skilled in developing scenario libraries and incident response playbooks.
• Experience delivering business resilience initiatives aligned to CPS 230 requirements.
• Experience with supporting BCP testing, uplift requirements, and remediation actions.
• Experience with monitoring and reporting on resilience.
• Understanding of risk management, risk assessments, controls, risk monitoring and reporting.
• Strong communication skills engaging stakeholders across business, operations and technology.
• Structured and analytical in assessing issues and tailoring uplift activities.

Responsibilities

• Support resilience uplift strategy for Market Operations and execute initiatives.
• Plan and develop scenario libraries and incident response playbooks.
• Lead delivery of resilience framework requirements and ensure all mandated activities are completed on time.
• Support resilience priorities including drills, workshops and assessments.
• Collaborate with SMEs to build scenario libraries and recovery strategies for severe scenarios.
• Identify and assess critical operations and operationalise activities under the Operational Resilience Framework.

Skills

Operational resilience

Scenario libraries

Incident response

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical approach

Communication skills

Tools

Incident response frameworks

Job description

Operational Resilience Analyst - Market Operations

Australian Securities Exchange – Sydney NSW

ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets

Why join the ASX?

When you join ASX, you're joining a company with a strong purpose - to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you'll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

Want to know why we are a great place to work, click on the link to learn more.

www.asx.com.au/about/careers/a-great-place-to-work

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 supports the resilience uplift of Markets by strengthening the operational resilience capabilities that protect critical markets infrastructure.

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 Market Operations.

Your responsibilities

• Support the Market Operations resilience uplift strategy and execute resilience initiatives.
• Plan and execute the development of 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 Markets resilience 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 Operational Resilience Framework.

Your experience and qualifications

Must have

• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining operational resilience capabilities for financial services operations.
• Skilled in developing scenario libraries and incident response playbooks.
• Demonstrated experience delivering business resilience initiatives aligned to CPS 230 requirements.
• Experience with supporting BCP testing, identifying uplift requirements and drafting remediation actions.
• Experience with monitoring and reporting on resilience.
• Understanding of risk management, including risk assessments, controls, risk monitoring and reporting.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage business, operations and technology stakeholders.
• Structured and analytical approach to assessing issues and tailoring uplift activities to strengthen resilience posture.

Nice to have

• Experience in financial markets including operations and technology. Understanding of regulatory standards for example, APRA CPS 230 and ASIC Market Integrity Rules.
• Knowledge of incident response frameworks.
• 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.

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.