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  • Date posted

    September 15, 2026

  • Closing date

    Not Disclosed (Open Until Filled)

  • Location

    Sydney

  • Salary

    $95,000 - $160,000 /year

  • Career level

    Entry to Mid Level

  • Experience

    2 – 4 Years

Description

Macquarie Group is currently accepting applications for the role of Financial Data Analyst, based out of their corporate offices in Sydney, Australia. This appointment offers an exceptional opportunity to join a globally recognized financial organization that combines entrepreneurial empowerment, disciplined risk governance, and a merit-based career trajectory.

Commodities and Global Markets provides clients around the world with capital and financing, risk management, market access, and physical commodity execution across energy, metals, agriculture, and financial markets. In this role, the successful candidate will work alongside seasoned industry professionals to optimize mission-critical processes, manage risk effectively, and deliver commercially impactful solutions across key markets.

Opportunity Overview & Quick Facts

Requisition ID: #24226
Location: Sydney, Australia
Organization: Macquarie Group
Career Level: Entry to Mid Level
Experience Level: 3 – 6 Years
Work Model: Hybrid / Flexible Working
Remuneration: $95,000 – $160,000 AUD per annum
Employment Term: Internship

Key Responsibilities & Operational Scope

  • Play a critical part in ensuring the smooth operation, integrity, and optimisation of our data systems and workflows.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to you will manage data pipelines, monitor data quality, and support data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
  • With a strong customer service mindset, you will manage requests and issues from end to end, ensuring actions are completed efficiently while providing timely updates to stakeholders to manage expectations.
  • Drawing on your experience, you will adapt to new scenarios and requests, seek guidance where required, and take appropriate action to achieve positive outcomes.
  • Additionally be curious and eager to learn, proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes, enhance data quality, and share knowledge that strengthens the capability of the wider team.
  • Your key responsibilities will also include overseeing and maintaining business-as-usual process pipelines and workflows to ensure seamless operations, monitoring and troubleshooting data-related issues to maintain accuracy, consistency, completeness and timeliness, and performing manual adjustments and remediation activities to address data quality issues that support critical financial reporting.

Candidate Profile & Required Qualifications

  • 3-6 years’ experience within a finance or accounting role, with the ability to detect breaks, anomalies and issues pertaining to reporting (financial & transaction reporting experience desired).
  • Tertiary qualifications, preferably in Finance or Accounting or other related domain, with a high level of academic achievement and knowledge of financial services or financial markets products.
  • Exceptional attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and a strong sense of integrity, coupled with the drive to self-educate and pursue continuous, proactive learning.
  • Proficiency in working with data, including the ability to analyse and interrogate large datasets using tools such as advanced Excel and SQL.
  • Dataiku and Alteryx experience is desired but not mandatory.
  • Ability to distil technical requirements into clear, accessible language for both peers and senior stakeholders.

What Macquarie Offers

  • Market-Leading Rewards: Competitive base remuneration supplemented by performance-linked incentive programs.
  • Flexible Work Frameworks: Modern hybrid working arrangements supporting professional productivity and personal balance.
  • Professional Development: Clear internal mobility pathways, technical skill enhancement, and professional accreditation support.
  • Comprehensive Wellbeing: Access to employee assistance programs, holistic healthcare coverage, and dedicated wellbeing initiatives.
  • Global Network & Impact: Collaborative engagement with cross-border teams across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions.

Core Competencies & Key Technical Focus

Financial Data Accounting Finance Other Technology

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This position is actively accepting candidate submissions. Access the official Macquarie Group recruitment platform to review comprehensive operational criteria and lodge your formal application.

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