Graduate Program (Jan 2025)

Your role

In joining ASX, you will be exposed to a financial markets ecosystem that is equally exciting and complex, supportive and challenging, critical and fun! You will deepen your skills, whilst broadening your experience at a business that wants to see you succeed.

What you will do

• Work with a diverse range of datasets and analytics to improve the customer and employee experience
• Apply your analytical capabilities to help make data-driven decisions and apply advanced analytics to discover insights through data science, automation and AI
• Use process engineering methodologies to drive operational excellence, process automation, process rigour and standardisation, re-engineering and optimisation
• Use advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to discover actionable insights, and build new analytic capabilities for their customers and business
• Get involved in technical operations from the ground up including planning, communications, and execution 
• Connect with key stakeholders on exciting projects to enhance the customer experience 
• Work with supportive and talented leaders who will provide coaching, mentoring and help enhance your networks

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About you

They are looking to bring on lateral thinkers – graduates who are deeply data-driven, passionate about data storytelling and ready to get involved across their diverse business areas. If you have focused your studies on STEM, they are keen to show you what a career at ASX could look like.

What they are looking for

• Curiosity! – there is a lot to discover at ASX
• Outcomes-focussed, and motivated to design solutions and drive them forward
• A positive, can-do attitude
• Patience and compassion – they are changing, and with opportunity comes ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills and willingness to collaborate in a team
• Passion for advanced analytics, machine learning, cloud solutions and big data
• All backgrounds with a strong quantitative & analytical focus will be considered including:
  • Actuarial Science
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Psychology
  • Science
  • Software Engineering
  • Statistics
• Additional qualification or education in financial markets is a bonus!

Before applying for the program, please ensure you meet their eligibility requirements

• Be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, or an Australian or New Zealand Permanent Resident.
• Have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in the last two years prior to the program start date of February 2025 (2023 or 2024).
• Be available and eligible to commence the role in their head office in Sydney in February 2025.

Benefits

Benefits you'll enjoy

• ASX Leisure and Lifestyle Benefits Program features special deals on professional, home, car and travel services, plus entertainment and shopping
• 24/7 access to wellbeing and safety features
• Opportunity to purchase annual leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• Paid parental leave
• Salary Packaging
• Income Protection Insurance

Training, development & rotations

About the program

You will complete an 18-month tailored program designed to give you cross-functional experience, introducing you to all aspects of life at a globally renowned exchange. You will undertake rotations where you’ll build the critical capabilities and professional skills to grow a successful career. From day 1, you’ll play an integral role in delivering for their customers and strategy.  

Your program will commence with an induction program, followed by your professional development, based on a three-phased building block approach of getting graduates established, building graduate competencies and rounding out with emerging graduate leaders. Topics such as personal brand, self-awareness, change & ambiguity, and critical thinking will help your career flourish. They will also upskill you in your financial markets knowledge, and support your further education in your chosen field.

What to expect

• 3 6-month rotations in real roles, doing real work. Your first rotation will be pre-selected for you.  You will apply for rotations of your choice thereafter
• Ongoing training and learning programs carefully aligned to your development needs
• Mentoring, peer-to-peer coaching and exposure to senior leaders
• 1:1 support from your graduate coordinator 
• A Job Shadowing program which allows you to sample opportunities across ASX
• Opportunities to get involved in enterprise-wide projects, initiatives and resource groups
• A close graduate network to support you throughout your journey

Career progression

At ASX, a performance management system supports career progression by setting clear deliverables and developmental goals for 93% of employees, encouraging ongoing performance conversations and growth. They offer comprehensive learning programs through a global online platform and collaborate with top learning providers to deliver tailored development opportunities for all roles and levels.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• asx.com.au/about/careers/
• asx.com.au/about/sustainability/people
• asx.com.au/about/careers/a-great-place-to-work