AUS (Sydney) - Trade and Investment Development Manager - Financial & Professional Services, EO - UK Department for Business and Trade
Fintech Australia
This is an exciting time to join the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and promote UK trade and investment in Australia. The UK – Australia Free Trade agreement offers unprecedented opportunities to strengthen economic ties between our countries. DBT brings together policy, promotion and financial expertise to break down barriers to trade and investment and help businesses succeed across the world. You will join a high performing team of trade and investment experts, working across five diplomatic missions in Australia. You will also be an integral part of DBT’s wider APAC region of over 200 people in 22 locations and the UK Government’s Australia Network. You will have the opportunity to collaborate across our networks on a range of trade and investment campaigns, soft power initiatives, trade missions and VIP visits. You will work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds whose professional experience is the foundation of our shared capability. We deliver as one team.
DBT and the Australia Network are inclusive and equal opportunity employers. We are committed to building a supportive workplace that offers continuous learning and development opportunities for all our team. We embrace flexible and remote working and have a zero-tolerance policy towards bullying, harassment and discrimination. The Trade & Investment Development Manager will be responsible for helping companies in the Financial and Professional Services sector to enter the Australian and UK markets supporting two way trade and investment activities. The Financial and Professional Services sector team covers a number of exciting areas including fintech, legal services, insurtech and regtech to name a few.
Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:
The role will involve developing and delivering an effective engagement strategy, in conjunction with the sector lead, that evaluates and delivers on market opportunities for UK companies in the Financial Services and Professional Services sector as well as identifying and supporting high potential foreign direct investment (FDI) prospects from Australia to the UK.
The role will support company enquiries as well as delivering sector initiatives such as trade missions, events and other required tasks that support trade and investment activities for the sector and contribute to export wins and FDI targets. There will be a need to work in close collaboration with the DBT team across the APAC network to deliver DBT priorities.