Data Analyst: Drive Business Impact with SQL & BigQuery

Salient Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Salient Group is seeking two Data Analysts for its Sydney team to go beyond reporting, collaborating with Operations, Finance and leadership to turn data into actionable outcomes.

You'll write SQL, build internal reporting, work with BigQuery on large datasets, translate insights for non-technical stakeholders, and help automate processes while supporting executive and finance reporting. Early-career analysts with 2–3 years' experience are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills and confidence constructing queries independently.
• Experience working with BigQuery or another modern data warehouse.
• Commercial curiosity and the ability to sense-check your own work.

Responsibilities

• Writing SQL queries to answer business questions and uncover insights.
• Building, maintaining and improving internal reporting.
• Working with BigQuery and large operational datasets.
• Translating data into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Supporting executive, operational and finance reporting.
• Identifying anomalies and sense-checking data rather than simply reporting the numbers.
• Improving and automating existing processes.
• Troubleshooting reporting and data-quality issues
• Working with Jira
• Understanding what stakeholders are actually trying to achieve and determining how data can help.

Skills

SQL

BigQuery

Data analytics

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Jira

Job description

Salient Group is seeking two Data Analysts for its Sydney team to go beyond reporting, collaborating with Operations, Finance and leadership to turn data into actionable outcomes.

You'll write SQL, build internal reporting, work with BigQuery on large datasets, translate insights for non-technical stakeholders, and help automate processes while supporting executive and finance reporting. Early-career analysts with 2–3 years' experience are encouraged to apply.