Functional Consultant – Finance Master Data(RARR Job 5132)

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Stakeholder Collaboration & Business Engagement

• Engage in Data Quality framework and implementation discussions with business and technical teams.

• Collaborate with Finance and Accounting teams to gather process requirements and ensure accurate ERP data mapping.

• Provide detailed business requirements to BODS / LSMW teams for data loads and transformations.

• Configure and support finance-related master data in SAP FI/CO, Oracle Financials, or Workday.

• Design finance master data hierarchies for management reporting, segment reporting, intercompany accounting, and consolidation.

• Monitor exceptions for data quality rules and enhance logic where needed.

• Ensure stakeholder sign-offs are captured at critical project milestones.

2. Data Quality Rules & Standards Definition

• Define, document, and enforce data quality rules based on business, compliance, and functional requirements.

• Derive technical logic from business rules to enable development in DQ tools.

• Support the development and testing of rules within the data quality toolset.

• Review rule outputs and communicate validation results to business users.

3. Data Profiling, Cleansing & Monitoring

• Create and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor finance master data quality.

• Analyze data profiling results and identify opportunities for cleansing.

• Support the execution of the Data Quality Framework.

• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend system or process improvements.

• Perform pre-load and post-load validations as part of data cleansing exercises.

4. Finance Master Data Lifecycle Management

• Serve as the data steward for key finance master data elements:

  • Chart of Accounts (GL Accounts)

  • Cost Centers / Profit Centers / Internal Orders

  • Company Codes / Business Units / Legal Entities

  • Fixed Assets Master Data

• Manage full lifecycle of records including creation, extension, modification, blocking/deletion, and reviews.

• Ensure data requests meet standards and comply with financial controls and audit requirements.

5. ERP Projects & Data Migrations

• Lead or support finance master data workstreams in ERP implementations, upgrades, or cloud transitions.

• Define functional specs for migration and participate in mapping, transformation, cleansing, validation, and UAT.

• Execute data loads using LSMW, BDC, Workday EIBs, or other mass data tools.

🛠️ Skills & Experience Required

• 10+ years of experience in SAP Finance Master Data, with deep expertise in FI/CO modules and SAP FI T-codes.

• Strong knowledge of core financial processes (GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Cost Accounting).

• ERP Platform experience:

  • SAP S/4HANA, ECC – FI/CO, MDG

  • SAP FC (Bison), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

  • Workday Financials

• Strong understanding of SOX compliance, audit procedures, and internal controls.

• Hands-on with tools: LSMW, BDC, BODS, Smart Sheets, EIB.

• Proficient in Excel, and familiar with SQL, Power BI, Tableau, SAP IS.

• Skilled in:

  • Finance master data lifecycle processes (create/change/delete)

  • Data quality rule definition, documentation, and implementation

  • Data profiling, cleansing, and standardization

  • Pre-load and post-load validations, exception handling, reconciliation

  • Functional input and support for BODS logic, mapping, and validations

• Able to use SE16N, SQVI, and custom reports for data analysis.