Compliance Analyst, Debt Market Services Perpetual Corporate Trust

Perpetual Group is an ASX-listed company (ASX:PPT) headquartered in Sydney, Australia, consisting of 11 leading brands across three distinct businesses: Asset Management, Wealth Management and Corporate Trust.  

We are looking for a motivated and detail oriented professional to join our Debt Market Services team on a contract basis. within Perpetual Corporate Trust (PCT) a specialist business within the Perpetual Group. This is a unique opportunity to build your career in a highly specialised area, working alongside experienced professionals in securitisation and debt markets.   This role is well suited to someone early in their career who is bright, curious and eager to learn and for the right individual, there opportunity to grow into a longer-term compliance focused position within the team.

About the Role

In this position, you will support the team with reviewing and managing documentation and our internal registers, ensuring accuracy and compliance within a complex regulatory and contractual environment.  The project relates to a specialised regulatory framework known as the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) and the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR).  

These registrations are critical in debt markets and securitisation, as they help determine priority rights, protect investors and ensure transactions remain compliant with regulatory requirements.  In this role, you will support the review and management of PPSA registrations, ensuring accuracy, completeness and alignment with transaction documentation and regulatory expectations, while identifying opportunities to improve processes across the register.

Key Responsibilities

Review PPSA review plan which involves data reconciliation and documentation review.

Data Reconciliation

• Review records and internal systems to identify status of all PPSA registrations

• Cleanse and standardise PPS records in line with agreed data governance standards

• Validate PPS records to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency across source documents

• Identify, investigate, and reconcile data against source systems or supporting documentation to ensure integrity

• Shortlist and record PPSA registrations which may be able to be released

Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) Review

• Review transaction documentation to identify instructions required to release PPSA registrations

• Prepare, coordinate and track communications

• Liaise with internal / external teams including legal counsel  

• Assisting with updating procedures and system enhancements

About you

We are open to candidates who are early in their career but demonstrate strong capability and a genuine interest in this space. Ideally, you will have:

• Degree in Law, Accounting, Business, Finance or Economics

• A strong academic background and a proactive, switched on approach to learning

• Exposure to audit, ideally within a Big Four or similar professional services environment will be highly regarded

• Familiarity with PPSR and PPSA concepts. Direct experience is not essential, but an understanding of its purpose and application is highly regarded

• Interest or foundational knowledge in financial and/or debt capital markets

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to review and interpret documentation carefully and accurately 

• A willingness to take ownership, ask questions and develop expertise in a specialised area.

We love hearing from people who are inspired to shape the future with us. If you're excited about this opportunity or about joining Perpetual Corporate Trust, we encourage you to apply.