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Data Risk Specialist

Primary office location
Sydney
Date
11-Apr-2025
Permanent - Full time,
Job category
Risk Management
Macquarie’s Data Governance and Risk Team, work with a wide range of stakeholders across Macquarie's support businesses to help our Risk Management Group continue to meet its Enterprise Data Management obligations and improve the confidence in the quality of the data.
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 34 markets and with 55 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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As the Data Risk Specialist, you will be responsible for assessing and bringing enterprise critical data usages under governance. This will include understanding and documenting end-to-end data flows and system processes, identifying potential data risks along with mitigating control and escalating data issues, where required. You will also be responsible for recognising opportunities for enhancements of processes and controls.

Your role will manage the implementation of the Enterprise Data Management framework. This includes identifying and assessing data usages, identifying critical data elements and facilitating their approval, defining and assessing business metadata through stakeholder workshops, mapping data lineage, and identifying and assessing data risks and controls. The process also involves identifying data gaps and recommending strategic remediation measures. You’ll also facilitate data governance business overview sessions to cover essential topics such as the framework, principles, procedures, metrics, and tools as well as coaching and mentoring for members of the Data Governance Team to ensure the framework's successful implementation.

What you offer

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  • Strong business analysis skills with attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to build rapport at all levels across the organisation.
  • The ability to work autonomously, manage stakeholders, and deliver on multiple streams of work simultaneously.
  • Previous experience in data governance or data management.
  • Good project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Relevant business, quantitative or IT related degree qualification.
  • Enterprise Data Management tooling experience, e.g. Collibra.
  • Data Profiling and Data Quality solutions, e.g. Informatica IDQ and agile delivery experience would be beneficial but is not essential.

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

About the Risk Management Group

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Our Risk Management Group works as an independent, and centralised function, responsible for independent and objective review and challenge, oversight, monitoring and reporting in relation to Macquarie’s material risks. We are a global team that aims to manage the risks of today and anticipate the risks of tomorrow. Our divisions include compliance, credit, financial crime risk, internal audit, market risk, operational risk, aggregate risk and prudential, and central.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. To learn more, contact our team by clicking here.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.

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