Senior Regulatory Officer

Location:
Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
Employment status:
Non-ongoing, Ongoing
Hours:
Full-time
APS classification:
APS Level 6
Applications close:
AEST

About the role

The Regulatory Operations Group is responsible for operations in Regulatory Services and Education, Surveillance and Enforcement. This work operationalizes AFSA's strategy, delivering integrated end to end regulatory services that supports clients through AFSA systems and ensures compliance in line with AFSA's approach to regulation to: People centric, Outcomes focused, Harms based, Intelligence led, and Strengths based. 

As a Senior Regulatory Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the Enforcement Transition Team to implement a shift from traditional practices to a more modern, visible, and contemporary regulatory approach. This transition is being informed by current enforcement investigations, legal advice, and the adoption of best practice models from other regulators.

Working under the direction of the Director or Assistant Director, you will assist in delivering improved enforcement capability across AFSA including undertaking complex casework, process reviews, and engagement activities that support the uplift of AFSA's regulatory posture.

You will also assist the Director by consulting and collaborating with staff at various levels of the organisation to help build awareness, support implementation, and ensure operational consistency in new approaches, and will be the primary case officer for agreed aspects of the team's work program and undertake investigations and capability development activities.

This role may involve occasional travel to other locations within Australia and offers the opportunity to build your regulatory expertise in a national, multi-disciplinary setting.

Key accountabilities

Under the direction of the Director or Assistant Director, the Senior Regulatory Officer will:

  • Act as the primary case officer for assigned aspects of the Enforcement Transition Team's work program
  • Review process documents to support the uplift of enforcement capabilities, ensuring alignment with contemporary best practices.
  • Exercise sound judgment and make decisions under limited supervision, ensuring that actions are guided by regulations, best practice principles, and operational procedures.
  • Support the development of innovation initiatives and process improvement strategies aimed at modernising workplace practices.
  • Collaborate across AFSA to consult and engage staff at various levels, assisting in the development and rollout of transition initiatives.
  • Perform other duties as required to support the Enforcement Transition Team.
  • Maintain a strong understanding of contemporary regulatory practices.

Additionally, the Senior Regulatory Officer may work across special projects, including:

  • Monitoring and regulating the conduct of personal insolvency practitioners.
  • Contributing to systems, process, and workflow reviews and improvements.

Qualifications and experience

  • A tertiary qualification in accounting, commerce, law or equivalent is highly desirable.
  • To be successful in this role you will need a good working knowledge or be able to quickly acquire a good workingknowledge of the personal insolvency statutory framework that regulates insolvency practitioners.
  • Experience working either as an investigator, an inspector or in a comparable technical regulatory/enforcement/legal role would be well regarded.

All duties will be performed in accordance with:

  • the APS Values, Code of Conduct and Employment Principles
  • WHS obligations, taking responsibility for own health and safety and that of others
  • AFSA's risk management framework and relevant legislation, including guiding others to identify and mitigate foreseeable risks. 

Why AFSA?

You will enjoy excellent conditions including:

  • Generous superannuation (15.4%)
  • A modern work environment
  • Access to Employee Assistance Provider
  • Flexibility to balance work and personal life (including working from home arrangements and flexible start and finish times where applicable).

We are a workplace committed to providing an environment that values diversity and supports staff to reach their full potential.

We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability. At AFSA we encourage every employee balance their family commitments and personal interests with flexible working options.

Eligibility

Please note that this opportunity is open only to Australian Citizens. The successful applicant must have or be willing to undergo a security clearance to the level of Baseline as a condition of employment. To satisfy character requirements all AFSA employees must undergo a police records check.

Where a person has received a redundancy benefit from APS agency employment and their corresponding redundancy benefit period has not expired, they may be ineligible for employment. We encourage applications from peoples from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability.

How to apply

Applications close at 11:59 PM AEST on Tuesday 23 July 2025.

To apply for this role, please click the 'Apply' button. You'll be relocated to our application portal which also provides step-by-step instructions to guide you through the application process.

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