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Macquarie Group
During my time at Macquarie I worked on the Macquarie's Analytics and Reporting Service (MARS). MARS is a platform digitising the Group Treasury (GT) process from thousands of Excel-based workflows into a fully digital experience and is Macquarie’s largest transformation project.
The PROBLEM
MARS is a platform digitising the Group Treasury (GT) process from thousands of Excel-based workflows into a fully digital experience as Macquarie’s largest transformation project.
GT manages multi-billion dollar decisions every day. Analysts review liquidity reports. Managers approve submissions. Calculations are made. But these critical steps are/were spread across inconsistent Excel files, email chains, message threads, and Power BI dashboards — with no single source of truth and no clear structure or standard operating procedure. The same number could appear differently in multiple places. And there was no way to explain how or why.
As a result, Macquarie’s liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) from APRA's required 100% to be over 175%. Macquarie's LCR was sitting at 191% (as of June 2024), holding back billions in operational capital due to data uncertainty. Macquarie would need to hold approximately $6.06 billion AUD more in high-quality liquid assets, based on March 2025 figures.
MARS is a response to this - by creating more reliable systems and sources, the board imposed LCR can be lowered to APRA's requirement subsequently unlocking this $6.06 billion AUD.
GT manages multi-billion dollar decisions every day. Analysts review liquidity reports. Managers approve submissions. Calculations are made. But these critical steps are/were spread across inconsistent Excel files, email chains, message threads, and Power BI dashboards — with no single source of truth and no clear structure or standard operating procedure. The same number could appear differently in multiple places. And there was no way to explain how or why.
As a result, Macquarie’s liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) from APRA's required 100% to be over 175%. Macquarie's LCR was sitting at 191% (as of June 2024), holding back billions in operational capital due to data uncertainty. Macquarie would need to hold approximately $6.06 billion AUD more in high-quality liquid assets, based on March 2025 figures.
MARS is a response to this - by creating more reliable systems and sources, the board imposed LCR can be lowered to APRA's requirement subsequently unlocking this $6.06 billion AUD.
My work
Workflows
How formalising business processes into auditable, segmented steps helped Macquarie reclaim trust, reduce risk, and unlock AUD$6B.
Duration
3 months
Role
Product Designer
Scope
UX/UI design, Service design, Product strategy, Prototyping
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INSIGHTS
How formalising commentary into contextual, traceable insights helped Macquarie reduce audit overhead, preserve decision context, and increase regulatory confidence.
Duration
3 months
Role
Product Designer
Scope
UX/UI design, Service design, Product strategy, Prototyping
MACQUARIE DESIGN SYSTEM
How scaling a flexible, atomic design system across Macquarie's internal platforms reduced component fragmentation, embedded accessibility, and improved design efficiency across 400+ tools.
Duration
Continuous
Role
Product Designer
Scope
Component design, Theming & brand adaptation, Accessibility, Cross-team collaboration
