General Manager, Advice

1 week ago


Sydney, Australia Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Full time

**Lead a team of experts responsible for providing advice and guidance on entity matters**:

- **Member of the APRA Senior Leadership Team and the Policy & Advice Executive Leadership Team**:

- **Join a diverse and inclusive organisation with hybrid working arrangements**

APRA is seeking to appoint a General Manager to lead the Advice & Approvals (A&A) business unit at APRA. The A&A team provides technical advice and support on the interpretation of prudential standards, approval of capital instruments, complex entity matters, targeted technical reviews and analysis, across each of the banking, insurance and superannuation industries.

A&A forms a critical function in partnering with APRA’s teams in supervision and policy, and with industry more broadly. A&A works in strong collaboration with all stakeholders to achieve APRA's purpose, and to build APRA's reputation as a professional, responsive and well-integrated regulator.

The role requires significant leadership capability in connecting and collaborating with key stakeholders, leading transformational change, and in building relevant capability within the team and externally, in accordance with APRA’s objective.

**The team**

The GM Advice & Approvals is a member of the APRA Senior Leadership Team and the Policy & Advice Executive Leadership Team, reporting to the Executive Director, Policy & Advice.

The Policy & Advice division is responsible for developing, maintaining, and interpreting APRA’s prudential framework and providing advice, support, and approvals with respect to matters across all APRA divisions.

**Key accountabilities and outcomes**
- **People**. Lead a team of professionals to deliver high quality outcomes. Foster an inclusive environment that creates a sense of belonging and trust and allows people to actively contribute and reach their full potential.
- **Strategy**. Set the strategic direction and business plan of the A&A team, consistent with the Policy & Advice Plan and the APRA Corporate Plan.
- **Process**. Lead dedicated teams of experts to partner with others across the organisation to find solutions to challenging supervision and policy problems faced by APRA.
- **Risk**. Lead A&A to deliver on its focus areas of improving our partnerships, sharpening our risk-based approach to advice, improving our communications, and enhancing our systems.
- **Operational Management**. Develop and implement prudential regulation systems and procedures.
- **External**. Develop close relationships and networks with peer agencies, external advisors, and industry forums - both locally and internationally, and represent APRA in such environments in a manner that enhances APRA’s reputation.

**About you**
- Strong leadership and management capabilities, including the ability to organise and motivate others, and to meet relevant deadlines.
- Fosters an inclusive environment that creates a sense of belonging and trust, and allows people to actively contribute, and to reach their full potential.
- Adept at leading in the face of uncertainty and facilitates understanding of complex circumstances to gain support and agreement.
- Experience in the financial services sector in a senior leadership capacity, with sound understanding of the principles of prudential regulation and financial sector risks.
- Excellent organisational, prioritisation, analytical and communication skills.
- Relationship building, negotiation and influencing capability at senior level.
- Demonstrated ability to identify strategic issues and develop and implement appropriate solutions.
- Strong personal integrity and an intuitive understanding of what is reasonable and prudent business practice.
- Ability to establish and maintain sound working relationships with peers, team members and external stakeholders in a professional team environment.
- Professional qualifications in relevant field or equivalent experience.



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