Sr MDM Analyst
Reynolds Consumer Products · Lake Forest, IL · 2 wk ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
Responsibilities
- Combine data quality, data management, and data policy management into a methodology that ensures data assets are formally managed.
- Work with subject matter experts to establish policies addressing data quality, security, privacy, and retention of data assets.
- Provide guidance to data stewards on enacting established policies.
- Analyze and refine data governance policies based on feedback from the steward community.
- Support data governance initiatives across large-scale SAP transformation programs, including data readiness, cleansing, migration, and governance.
- Optimize business processes to enhance efficiency and reduce manual work through automation and modern data tools.
- Perform hands-on ETL activities for master data objects like Business Partner, Customer, Vendor, and Material.
- Create and execute data migration strategies, including cleansing rules, transformation logic, and cutover planning for SAP deployments.
- Create and maintain data quality dashboards, metrics, and reporting to support governance and decision-making.
- Develop and enforce data governance standards, policies, and procedures to ensure consistent, accurate, and reliable master data across the enterprise.
- Act as a Master Data Management SME on SAP project teams, supporting design decisions, testing cycles, and hypercare activities.
- Create and maintain functional specifications, mapping documents, data migration objects, and process documentation.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of SAP Master Data experience, including core objects such as Business Partner, Customer, Vendor, and Material.
- 4+ years of supporting large-scale SAP implementations, upgrades, or transformation programs.
- A Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Finance, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience with Master Data ETL processes, including data extraction, cleansing, transformation logic, and load activities.
- Experience with data migration cycles, including mock loads, reconciliation, defect resolution, and cutover support.
- A strong understanding of data governance principles, data quality management, and master data lifecycle processes.
- Experience creating and maintaining reports and dashboards.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel (e.g. formulas, pivot tables).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data validation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with business and IT stakeholders at all levels.
- Curiosity about new technologies and an agile learning mindset.
Desired Skills
- Experience with Precisely Automate/Evolve or Winshuttle.
- Familiarity with data integration tools or platforms (e.g., SAP Data Services).
- Exposure to data validation, reconciliation automation, or basic scripting.
- Familiarity with emerging tools (including AI-assisted data analysis or automation).
Leadership Competencies
- Results Driven - Focuses on organizational growth, financial performance, and achieving results.
- Critical Decision Maker - Engages in thoughtful, data-driven decisions and draws appropriate conclusions from complex data.
- Customer Focused - Prioritizes customer needs and delights them.
- Teamwork & Collaboration - Builds rapport and collaborates effectively across the organization and fosters an environment of open and transparent communication.
- Integrity & Trust - Demonstrates honest, respectful, and trustworthy behaviors when engaging with stakeholders and achieves stated work obligations.
- Compelling Communication - Communicates effectively, clearly, and succinctly across all levels.
- Leadership Courage - Manages conflict towards mutual solutions, maintains composure during difficult situations, and channels emotions effectively.
- Strategic Orientation - Balances short-term goals with long-term organizational and functional strategic priorities.
- Innovative Thinking - Offers new, creative, and unconventional thoughts, opinions, and methods for solution generation and problem solving.
- People Leadership - Develops employees through coaching and feedback and holds team members accountable through modeling appropriate behavior.