Manager - Payments Policy

Hybrid work environment- Permanent Opportunity- Play a role in significant payments industry reforms in Australia

About the department

The Payments Policy Department advises the Payments System Board on issues relevant to the Bank’s responsibilities in the payments area. These include developments in payments and clearing and settlement systems.

About the team

The Payments Efficiency and Competition (PEC) team is focused on promoting the efficiency and competitiveness of retail payment systems through data collection, analysis and regulation. The team works on topics such as merchant card payment costs, surcharging, buy-now-pay-later payments, and the implications of rapid growth in mobile payments and other payments trends.

About the role

As one of two managers in the PEC team, you will work with a team of 2-3 analysts and a senior manager on a range of priority topics, including the current

Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging

, progressing the Bank’s ‘least-cost routing’ initiatives, and implementing other major payments regulatory reforms. The role will involve producing high-quality analysis for the Bank’s senior leadership and the Payments System Board.

This role is an opportunity to demonstrate and develop a range of skills, particularly related to team leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement. You will coach and develop capabilities within your team, work with colleagues in other sections and departments on cross-cutting topics, and engage with industry stakeholders and other policy agencies.

About you- Experience in or demonstrated interest in people leadership.- Experience in payments regulation will be highly regarded.- Strong critical thinking skills to guide and produce analysis on complex analytical topics.- An ability to write clearly and succinctly, with the intended audience in mind.- Highly effective communication and strong stakeholder engagement skills.- Strong work planning and organisation skills.- An ability and willingness to champion, drive and communicate change initiatives across functions and within the team.

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.

Application Close:
October 23, 2025

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