Investigator

• Opportunity to work as part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team
• Support and conduct investigations and litigation leading to enforcement outcomes
• Salary $90,749 - $107,911 plus 15.4% superannuation 
• Permanent, Hybrid, Sydney or Melbourne

A future with ASIC means that your work will contribute to ASIC's vision for a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians. We value what you will bring. We value those with sharp, analytical minds and are open to challenging the way things are done. 

The team

The Markets Group manages the end-to-end process for regulating markets including supervision, triage, investigation and enforcement.

Markets Enforcement is responsible for taking enforcement action (including disruptive action) on matters such as continuous disclosure, insider trading, market manipulation, licensing obligations and misconduct by Retail OTC issuers.

Markets Enforcement investigates suspected market misconduct and takes formal enforcement action in response to suspected breaches of the Corporations Act and Market Integrity Rules. This includes commencing civil proceedings, working with the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) to secure criminal convictions and taking administrative action through the Market Disciplinary Panel.

The role

As an Investigator, you will report to the Senior Manager and:

• project manage and contribute to the investigation of suspected misconduct in areas that ASIC regulates.

• as a project manager, organise the activities of project team members on the investigation and make recommendations for how the investigation should proceed.

• conduct investigative tasks including the analysis of large electronic data sets using specific software, drafting/serving compulsory notices, collecting and reviewing documents.

• interview and obtain information from a range of witnesses.

• compile briefs of evidence for the CDPP and assist the CDPP to prepare for and conduct criminal prosecutions.

• support ASIC Litigation Counsel in commencing and conducting civil litigation in the Supreme and/ or Federal Courts, including briefing and instructing Counsel.

• compile administrative briefs to ASIC delegates.

About you

• A relevant tertiary qualification. 

• Investigative and analytical skills with experience planning and managing complex investigations and projects through to conclusion.

• Skills in analysing and interrogating large complex data and evidence, and drive to understand the issues and take appropriate action.

• Experience effectively presenting complex information to different target audiences through strong business writing and verbal communication skills.

• Experience building and maintaining relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders and professional networks.

• Demonstrated capacity to use a variety of digital applications for investigative, research and data collation purposes.

• Experience applying the Corporations Act, ASIC Act and other relevant legislation is desirable.

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.

Through Moneysmart, we aim to improve the skills and knowledge of Australians and provide information and tools to help them in their decision making.

A future with ASIC means that your work will contribute to achieving ASIC's vision for a fair, strong, and efficient financial system for all Australians.

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.

Applications for this role will close at 11:59pm on 21 April 2024.