Company Overview
Website: https://www.apra.gov.au/graduate-careers
We are Australia’s prudential regulator – banks, insurance companies and most superannuation funds operate under our supervision. As a graduate, you’ll be ensuring that the savings, insurance policies and superannuation nest eggs of millions of Australians are in safe hands.
The work we do is to protect today, prepare for tomorrow. We are at the frontier of ensuring security for the Australian community.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to ensure Australians' financial interests are protected and that the financial system is stable, competitive, and efficient.
Our vision
To reflect APRA's forward-looking philosophy, our Vision is focused on two strategic themes: Protected today, prepared for tomorrow.
Our values
Our values underpin the critical role we play in protecting the financial well-being of the Australian community. Our values were selected to help everyone at APRA to achieve the high standards necessary for us to protect the financial well-being of the Australian community. In our work and in our interactions with others, we seek to demonstrate:
- Integrity – we act without bias, are balanced in the use of our powers, and deliver on our commitments.
- Collaboration – we actively seek out and encourage diverse points of view, to produce well-founded decisions
- Accountability – we are open to challenge and scrutiny, and take responsibility for our actions
- Respect – we are always respectful of others, and their opinions and ideas
- Excellence – we maintain high standards of quality and professionalism in all that we do
Working and acting in these ways helps us achieve the high standards necessary for us to protect the financial well-being of the Australian community. Our supervisory approach is forward-looking, primarily risk-based, consultative, consistent and in line with international best practice. This approach also recognises that management and boards of supervised institutions are primarily responsible for financial soundness.
