Sap Center of Excellence - Master Data Governance Specialist Data Governance & Quality Analyst

The Master Data Governance Specialist / Data Governance & Quality Analyst is responsible for establishing, enforcing, and continuously improving data governance standards and data quality controls across enterprise systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA and downstream platforms). Goal of function: Act as the liaison between business process owners, functional consultants, and the offshore/onshore technical team to ensure consistent application of data governance, data quality, and information governance practices across systems and tools. **Roles and Responsibilities** 1\. Data Governance Framework & Policies * Support definition and implementation of: * Data governance policies * Data standards * Naming conventions * Data ownership and stewardship models * Ensure data domains (e.g., Customer, Vendor, Material, Finance) have: * Defined owners * Clear business rules * Approval workflows * Enforce governance processes for: * Data creation * Data change * Data deactivation * Support implementation and ongoing maintenance of information governance tooling (e.g., Collibra or similar platforms), including: * Business glossaries and data definitions * Data domain, ownership, and stewardship metadata * Data policies, standards, and rule documentation * Lineage, classification, and critical data element (CDE) attributes (where applicable) 2\. Data Quality Management * Define and maintain data quality rules (accuracy, completeness, validity, timeliness). * Perform regular: * Data profiling * Data validation * Reconciliation checks * Identify: * Data defects * Root causes * Process gaps * Drive corrective and preventive actions with IT and business teams. 3\. Monitoring & Reporting * Develop and maintain data quality dashboards and KPIs. * Publish and maintain governance and data quality metrics, definitions, and ownership information within information governance platforms for leadership visibility and audit readiness. * Report on: * Data quality trends * Compliance with standards * High-risk data issues * Provide insights to leadership on: * Data risks * Improvement opportunities 4\. Stakeholder Engagement * Internal: * Business Data Owners * Data Stewards * SAP COE / IT * Analytics & Reporting teams * Risk, Audit, and Compliance teams * Responsibilities: * Act as a trusted advisor on data quality and governance. * Facilitate governance forums and working groups. * Educate stakeholders on: * Data standards * Roles and responsibilities * Best practices * Support and enable Data Owners and Data Stewards in using information governance tools by defining standards, templates, and usage guidelines. 5\. Process & Control Integration * Embed data governance into: * Business processes * System workflows * Change management * Ensure data controls align with: * SOX * GDPR * Regulatory requirements * Support audits and regulatory reviews related to data. 6\. Continuous Improvement * Identify opportunities to: * Automate data quality checks * Reduce manual data corrections * Improve data lifecycle management * Support: * Master Data Governance (MDG) initiatives * Data transformation programs * S/4HANA or ERP modernization efforts * Contribute to the evolution and adoption of information governance tooling capabilities in collaboration with Data Leads, IT, and tool vendors. 7\. Act as primary point of contact for data issues * Communicate data risks and impacts to business * Provide data quality and performance reporting **Qualifications and experience** Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Management or a related field. **Required professional experience** * 15+ years in SAP Master data management, specifically in S/4HANA implementation or support. * Proven experience in SAP domains: Material Master, Business Partner (Customer/Vendor), or Finance **Important personal qualities:** * **Strong stewardship mindset:**  Acts as a custodian of enterprise data, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to governance standards. * **Analytical and detail-oriented: Demonstrates** high rigor in defining, validating, and monitoring data quality rules, metrics, and controls. * **Structured and methodical: Applies** disciplined approaches to data profiling, issue analysis, root cause identification, and documentation. * **Influence without authority:** Effectively guides data owners, stewards, and stakeholders toward governance compliance through expertise and collaboration. * **Clear and precise communicator:** Translates complex data concepts, rules, and quality findings into clear, actionable guidance for business and technical audiences. * **Policy- and control-conscious:** Understands regulatory, audit, and compliance expectations and embeds them into governance practices and artifacts. * **Collaborative and facilitative: Works** constructively across business, IT, and analytics teams to align definitions, standards, and quality outcomes. * **Tool- and process-oriented: Values** structured use of governance and data quality tools and processes to ensure transparency and repeatability. * **Continuous improvement mindset: Proactively** identifies opportunities to strengthen governance frameworks, data quality controls, and lifecycle management. * **Professional persistence:** Demonstrates patience and consistency in enforcing standards and driving adoption in complex, matrixed environments. **IT skills** * Strong hands-on experience in SAP Master data Management configuration, Business Partner (BP) setup, and Data Replication Framework (DRF). * Experience with SAP Information Steward, SAP Data Services, or similar data profiling tools. * Knowledge of SAP modules (MM, SD, FICO) and how master data impacts end-to-end business processes.Experience with Business Rules Framework Plus (BRF+) and workflow modelling. * Hands-on experience with information governance or metadata management platforms (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview, or similar). * Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with high attention to detail, Effective communication skills for interacting with business stakeholders and technical teams, Ability to manage multiple tasks, tickets, and priorities in a fast-paced AMS environment and experience documenting data policies, functional specifications, and data dictionaries. **Core SAP & Technical Skills** * Strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA Run Operations * Solid understanding of: * SAP Finance (FI/CO) * SAP Logistics (MM, SD, PP, WM/EWM) * SAP Basis & Technical Operations * SAP Fiori, Authorizations, Interfaces * Familiarity with SAP Solution Manager, Focused Run, ChaRM * Understanding of SAP integrations (CPI, PI/PO, third-party systems) **SAP Products** * SAP S/4HANA * SAP BW/4HANA / SAC * SAP Solution Manager / Focused Run * SAP Fiori & UI5 * SAP CPI / PI-PO * **Supporting Platforms** * ITSM tools (ServiceNow preferred) * Monitoring tools (SAP ALM, APM, AIOps) * Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP – SAP workloads) **Other Requirements:** * Travel upto 20% can be expected * Ability to support CET timezone (End state will include US as well, need to revisit this at a later time)