Senior Analyst, IT - MDM/Data Governance

About the role

The Senior MDM Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of master data at Builders FirstSource. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to develop, implement, and maintain effective MDM solutions, fostering relationships throughout the organization to gather data and understand its business implications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to ensure understanding of functional MDM requirements and future strategic directions.
• Provide functional guidance and support to other team members and stakeholders regarding MDM best practices.
• Translate MDM functional requirements into technical requirements and design solutions.
• Participate in solution design and support robust and complex initiatives.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to build master data workflow frameworks and governance rules.
• Develop and execute complex testing scenarios across systems, integrations, and user acceptance phases.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to MDM processes and data mappings.
• Act as a liaison to domain data owners to establish necessary data stewardship responsibilities and procedures.
• Build and maintain enterprise data governance policies and procedures in collaboration with domain owners.
• Develop tools and processes to improve data quality, accuracy, and consistency across the organization.
• Track and report adherence to key MDM and data governance metrics/SLAs.
• Perform data integrity gap analysis and assist with the maintenance of complex golden records across domains.
• Communicate analytical findings through reports, briefings, and presentations.
• Facilitate discussions with business users to understand and translate complex business requirements into master data management solutions aligned with business goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• 4+ years relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with MDM methodologies and tooling (SAP MDG).
• Data governance and data quality experience.
• SQL skills.
• Experience with Informatica MDM and/or Enterworks is a plus.

Competencies

• Evaluates Problems: Evaluates and analyzes different types of information objectively to identify appropriate solutions; writes fluently, establishing the key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively.
• Technical Communication/Presentation: Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is appropriate for the audience.
• Adapts and Drives Change: Takes a positive approach to tackling work and embraces change; invites feedback relating to performance and deals constructively with criticism.
• Identifies the Need for and Drives Change: Identifies the need for and drives change when required to achieve objectives.
• Focuses on Customers: Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations.
• Demonstrates Business Acumen: Demonstrates working knowledge of market, economic, legal, and regulatory environments and how they impact the business.
• Agile Best Practices: Understands how agility is leveraged in IT ways of working. Adopts agile best practices as appropriate throughout the assigned work lifecycle.
• Responds to Feedback Quickly: Responds to feedback quickly based on comments of internal and external customers and needs of the market.
• Bias for Action: Takes initiative and identifies what needs to be done and acts without waiting to be asked. Executes work in a timely manner. Suggests improvements to current ways of working.
• Business and Financial Acumen: Demonstrates depth of understanding for the P&L and financial analysis. Teaches business and financial acumen to others. Understands KPIs and how Builders FirstSource makes money. Knows the different business segments and how they relate to one another. Understands customer sales and engagement. Demonstrates functional and/or technical expertise. Understands complex issues and demonstrates problem-solving skills. Understands how to maximize business results regardless of industry cycle. Results-driven. Holds self and others accountable. Communicates and sets clear goals with plans to deliver. Manages competing priorities effectively. Drives to exceed expectations in alignment with our Builders FirstSource SPICE values. Embraces and follows best practices. Demonstrates self-starter, can-do attitude.
• Servant Leadership: Demonstrates humility by putting others first. Builds trust-based relationships. Leads by example with kindness and respect. Collaborates well across all areas of the business. Advocates for others. Actively listens to understand the meaning and intent of what the other person is communicating. Demonstrates authenticity and encourages others to do the same.
• Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates situational awareness - knows when and how to adjust leadership style in different situations. Demonstrates self-awareness - understands strengths and weaknesses. Demonstrates empathy - puts themselves in other’s shoes. Assumes positive intent.
• Focuses on Customers: Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations.
• Strategic Thinking and Decision Making: Leverages resources and teams around them to solve problems and create mutually beneficial outcomes. Demonstrates willingness and courage to make tough decisions in a timely manner. Balances short-and-long term priorities. Demonstrates proactive versus reactive thinking.
• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates a growth mindset; takes appropriate risks, fails fast and forward, learns from mistakes. Perseveres and champions growth, even in the face of resistance, ambiguity, or possible failure. Thinks like an owner with an entrepreneurial spirit. Demonstrates and encourages intellectual curiosity. Continuous learner; seeks opportunities and knowledge for personal and professional growth. Sees possibilities over problems - actively seeks solutions.
• Innovation: Encourages out-of-the box thinking to create new ways of doing things. Continuously seeks to improve and simplify pain points in the business. Anticipates, embraces, and leads change. Develops and executes breakthrough strategies.
• Integrity: Does the right thing even under challenging circumstances? Communicates with honesty. Consistently treats others fairly and equitably. Demonstrates reliability and does what they say they will do. Conducts tough conversations and delivers difficult messages with kindness and respect.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base wage listed.
• Eligible for annual bonus based on overall company success, thresholds met, and other terms of the Company’s active bonus policy for the respective year.
• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance plans.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• PTO (including paid sick time).
• 8 paid holidays per year (for salaried and hourly team members).

Equal Opportunity Employer

Builders FirstSource is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.