Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Partner I (MDG Finance)

As a Senior Analyst in Master Data Governance within our FP&A organization, you will serve as the critical bridge between finance operations, commercial/supply chain teams, system architecture, and strategic planning. You will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining SAP Master Data Governance for both Financial and Enterprise Data. By ensuring absolute data integrity across financial structures, materials, and business partners, managing workflows, and acting as the centralized gatekeeper for data sanity, you will directly enable accurate financial reporting, profitability analysis, forecasting, and cross-functional business transformation.

Responsibilities

Design and execute governance processes, data standards, and definitions for core financial and enterprise master data within systems like SAP S/4HANA; Act as the central control point for all master data updates before they are released to controllership or procurement/sales; Streamline request intake workflows, standardize templates, and refine exception-handling procedures utilizing SAP MDG, S/4HANA, and internal IT ticketing systems; Execute complex master data creation, extension, and modification requests across all relevant domains within the MDG tool; Actively challenge business stakeholders on requests for new data creation to prevent data bloat; Guarantee accurate mapping of Material Codes and Sales Groups to the correct Profit Centers and financial dimensions; Establish data quality KPIs, conduct regular data audits, lead data cleansing initiatives and root-cause analyses across P2P, O2C, and R2R value chains; Translate complex financial and FP&A requirements into technical MDG solutions; Lead workshops, map future-state data architectures, and support testing and deployment of system enhancements; Continuously evaluate the MDG landscape to champion workflow automation and process transformation; Develop training materials and conduct workshops for end-users; Maintain comprehensive documentation regarding data standards, workflow rules, process flows, and system configurations; Act as the primary SME for enterprise MDG, managing SLAs and resolving master data-related escalations

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related field; Deep, hands-on experience utilizing SAP MDG, with exposure across multiple domains including SAP MDG-F (Finance), MDG-M (Material), and MDG-BP/C/S (Business Partner/Customer/Supplier); Strong foundational understanding of FP&A processes (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis) and how upstream data (materials, vendors, customers) impacts downstream financial reporting; Expert proficiency in SAP S/4HANA Master Data frameworks; Strong knowledge of data modeling, data quality management tools, and workflow configurations; Exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities; Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to push back on non-compliant business requests across various departments (Finance, Sales, Procurement); Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly compliant, and matrixed environment

Nice to have

An MBA, CA, or CPA is highly preferred; Hands-on exposure to multiple SAP MDG domains