A$123K – A$136KSeniorFull Time
Salary: $122,628 - $136,449 (Hew 8) Per annum + 17% superannuation and annual leave loading
Full-time, 2 Year Fixed-term Contract Role
Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde
We are hiring x2 enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Business Analysts who thrive at the intersection of compliance, data governance, and organisational transformation. In this pivotal role, you will play a key part in our Data Resilience Program, a strategic initiative focused on strengthening our regulatory compliance, enhancing audit readiness, and improving cyber resilience across the organisation.
Working closely with stakeholders across business and technology teams, you will help drive meaningful change, uplift governance practices, and support the delivery of resilient, future-focused data capabilities. Your ability to translate these outcomes into clear, prioritised requirements, practical end-to-end processes, and business-led decisions will be central to the program's success.
This role offers the opportunity to build lasting organisational capability in data governance and compliance-driven delivery. You will help develop scalable frameworks, reusable artefacts, and best-practice approaches that can be positively leveraged across multiple systems and repositories.
About the role
Reporting to our Senior Project Manager (IT Projects), you will lead end-to-end business analysis activities that enable the Data Resilience Program's delivery. Key responsibilities include:
Define and manage requirements across multiple stakeholders (IT, privacy, security, records, and business owners).
Map current and future business processes driving sensitive data accumulation.
Establish governance workflows including ownership, stewardship, certification, and escalation pathways.
Produce remediation decision packs (retain/move/purge) with traceable rationale.
Support BAU transition through runbooks, acceptance criteria, and controls that remain effective after project closure.
Lead root cause analysis, process reviews, and current/future state process mapping.
Apply modelling and analysis tools, methods, and standards to determine stakeholder objectives and identify underlying issues.
Identify and validate functional, non-functional, and transitional requirements expressed as use cases and reports.
Collaborate with University and project stakeholders on strategy assessments, requirements specifications, and feasibility studies.
Ensure all processes and systems adhere to regulatory, compliance standards, and quality controls.
Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, communicating technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Work with members from other projects to ensure alignment of activities and processes across the program/portfolio.
About us
Macquarie University Information Technology is committed to advancing the University's mission of being bold, distinctive, and transformative. IT serves as a strategic partner to the University, focusing on delivering reliable, secure, and scalable technology services that support education, research, and health domains across the institution.
About You (Selection Criteria)
You are someone who brings a methodical approach to complex problem-solving and excel at engaging diverse stakeholders to build consensus and drive sustainable change. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, managing multiple priorities, and delivering high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.
Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science, or a combination of relevant experience and training.
Ability to analyse complex datasets and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Experience working on multiple business improvement initiatives simultaneously, ideally within data governance, compliance, or risk-focused programs.
Experience in business process analysis, process improvement, and documenting current and future state workflows.
Demonstrated experience applying project delivery methodologies and best practices across initiatives.
Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.
Experience producing governance artefacts, remediation decision packs, and transition documentation (runbooks, acceptance criteria, controls).
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with extensive experience developing and managing relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
Experience working with Agile or hybrid delivery environments (Desirable).
How to Apply
To be considered, please apply online with your CV and a cover letter outlining how your experience aligns with the selection criteria (above).
Applications Close
Applications will close on Wednesday 27th May at 11 PM (AEST).
Why Join Us?
Macquarie is a university engaged with the real and often complex problems and opportunities that define our lives. Since our foundation over 60 years ago, we have aspired to be a different type of university. Over the years, we have grown to become the centre of a vibrant local and global community. Connect with us today.
We rank amongst the top employers in the Australian Workplace Employers Index, having recently earned a five-star rating in the QS World Rankings with the highest rating for employability. Take a look at the fabulous staff benefits on offer when you work at Macquarie University:
Flexible, hybrid work arrangements
17% Superannuation
Subsidised onsite parking options
Extensive training and professional development programs
Onsite childcare facilities to support working parents
Onsite vacation care during school holidays
Discounted health insurance
Subsidised membership at our Sport & Aquatic Centre
Access to an Employee Assistance Program for free and confidential support
Convenient onsite GP, imaging, and physiotherapy clinics
Pre-Employment Checks
Macquarie University cultivates a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity. Prior to completion of an offer of employment, preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
Your employment is conditional upon the completion and maintenance of all role-required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University.
If you're already part of the Macquarie Group (MQ University, U@MQ, MQ Health, MGSM), you'll need to apply through your employee Workday account. To apply for this job: Login to Workday and go to the Careers App > Find Jobs.
Applications Close:
27/05/2026 11:59 PM
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