Senior Data Consultant, AI for Enterprise Finance

Salient Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salient Group is seeking commercially minded data specialists to work with enterprise customers in Sydney or Melbourne on an AI-enabled data platform. The role focuses on solving complex billing, data quality and workflow challenges using SQL and Python, with direct customer engagement and ownership from discovery to deployment.

You will investigate large datasets, validate calculations, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience investigating complex datasets and identifying root causes.
• Understanding of data quality, validation and reconciliation processes.
• Ability to work with large-scale enterprise data across multiple systems.
• Interest in how AI can improve analytical workflows.
• Strong communication skills to explain technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with enterprise customers to understand commercial and technical challenges.
• Investigate complex datasets to identify discrepancies and data-quality issues.
• Analyse contracts, pricing structures and transactional data to understand billing calculations.
• Use SQL, Python and analytical techniques to validate data and reconcile calculations.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate investigations and automate workflows.
• Critically evaluate AI outputs and communicate findings to customers.
• Translate technical findings into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Own problems from discovery through implementation and deployment.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data quality

Data validation

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Salient Group is seeking commercially minded data specialists to work with enterprise customers in Sydney or Melbourne on an AI-enabled data platform. The role focuses on solving complex billing, data quality and workflow challenges using SQL and Python, with direct customer engagement and ownership from discovery to deployment.

You will investigate large datasets, validate calculations, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.