Financial Market Surveillance Data Analyst

Macquarie Bank Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 133,000 - 147,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing programs

Career development opportunities

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Macquarie Bank Limited is seeking a Senior Data Analyst for a contract role based in Sydney. The role focuses on leading data analysis projects, delivering data-driven insights, and mentoring junior analysts.

Strong skills in SQL, Power BI, and Excel are essential, with experience communicating insights to diverse stakeholders. Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and have 7+ years in data analysis, including 2+ years in leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or related field.
• 7+ years in data analyst roles, with at least 2 years in lead/management.
• Strong understanding of statistical analysis and data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Lead data analysis projects and provide data-driven solutions.
• Communicate data insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor and train junior data analysts.
• Build and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Validate reporting outputs and investigate discrepancies.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel

Data visualization

Python/R

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or related

Tools

Teradata

Tableau

BigQuery

Job description

Senior Data Analyst - Contract Role (Sydney)

Position: Senior Data Analyst

Location: Sydney

Job Type: Contract Role

Salary & Compensation

• Salary Range: $133,348 - 146,945 + super
• Base salary: $133,348 base + superannuation
• Salary Grade 09/10

Eligibility & Compliance

Australian Citizens residing in Australia with Baseline Clearance only respond.

We provide adjustments to the recruitment process for candidates, including individuals with disability.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• 5-7 years of experience in Data Analysis essential with exposure or experience in data Remediation an advantage
• Mature judgement and initiative, imagination, resourcefulness and tact
• Proven skills in organising, prioritising, problem solving and decision making
• Proven high level conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills, including having a high attention to detail
• Sound communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Sound stakeholder management experience and proven ability to liaise at all levels
• Ability to turn quantitative and qualitative analysis into business insights, opportunities and solutions
• Effective communication of work using Excel, Powerpoint and Word
• Extensive knowledge of data extraction and analysis from large customer bases using SQL, Teradata and advanced Excel

• Lead data analysis projects for clients and provide data-driven solutions
• Work with clients to identify areas for improvement and communicate data insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Lead internal initiatives to develop and improve our data analysis practice
• Mentor and train junior data analysts
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of data analysis methods and techniques

• Reporting and campaign data: Delivery, validation and monitoring of recurring reporting
• Prepare campaign data selections and produce forecasts to support next-year planning
• Build, maintain and improve Power BI reports and dashboards and action change requests from teams
• Validate reporting outputs and investigate discrepancies before information is distributed to stakeholders

• Data quality and reconciliation: Own repeatable data quality rules and reconciliation processes
• Investigate exceptions and work with data owners to resolve them
• Match and reconcile supporter records across systems and support data cleanup
• Identify data anomalies such as invalid or automated sign-ups

• Work with teams: Gather requirements directly with stakeholders and turn them into clear, well-scoped data products
• Explain data trends and limitations in plain language so teams can make informed decisions
• Write user guides and technical documentation so that what you build can be used, supported and handed over

• Ways of working: Keep all code, report logic and definitions in source control and documented, so no data product depends on one person's knowledge
• Handle supporter and personal information securely and in line with ChildFund's privacy obligations
• Manage your work with the team, raising risks and blockers early

Key Duties

• Reporting, validation and monitoring of recurring reporting.
• Prepare campaign data selections and produce forecasts.
• Build and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Validate reporting outputs and investigate discrepancies.
• Own data quality and reconciliation rules.
• Investigate exceptions with data owners.
• Match and reconcile records across systems.
• Identify data anomalies.
• Gather requirements directly with stakeholders.
• Explain data trends to teams.
• Write user guides and technical documentation.
• Keep code and definitions in source control.
• Secure supporter and personal information.
• Manage work with team, raising risks early.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in a data analyst role, with at least 2 years in a lead or management role.
• Strong understanding of statistical analysis and data visualisation techniques.
• Proficient in SQL and at least one programming language (Python, R, etc.).
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or QlikView.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• 2+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• Experience with Telstra mobility plans will be highly regarded.
• Advanced Excel skills (essential).
• Ability to multi-task and handle a variety of challenging roles.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Great communication skills and able to speak to C Level stakeholders.

• Experience working across data migration, integration, data warehouse or cloud data platform projects.
• Knowledge of data modelling, data lineage and data governance principles.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery is highly regarded.
• Exposure to Python, Power BI, Tableau or modern ETL/data integration tools is advantageous.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience working within Agile or hybrid delivery environments.

• Experience designing ETL/ELT processes for data movement and transformation.
• Experience exploring and analysing structured and non-structured data for ingestion into data transformation processes.
• Azure Cloud technology experience working with Engineering, Storage and Analytics services.
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams using an Agile methodology.
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code delivery (Terraform).
• Experience working with Data Lakes.

Benefits & Perks

• Wellbeing programs and resources available.
• Excellent career development and learning opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Comprehensive range of benefits designed to support wellbeing, growth and life outside of work.

• Our emphasis on People Culture, including training.
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

We are a Diversity Certified Global Workforce Solutions Company headquartered at NJ, USA.

We are a Diversity Certified Global Workforce Solutions Company headquartered at NJ, USA with its operations in 32+ countries across The Americas, EMEA, ANZ and APAC.

We provide adjustments to the recruitment process for candidates, including individuals with disability.

Closing Date

Thursday, October 15th, 2026 at 11:59 pm