Data Governance Manager

The role of Data Governance Manager is a first level leadership position within the Finance Data

Office’s Data Management team. This is a pivotal role for setting up and driving the data

governance framework, Data related principles and policies to create a culture of data

accountability across all finance data domains. The role is responsible for leading and executing

the data governance agenda including data definition, data ownership, data standards, data

remediation and master data governance processes across Finance. Data governance manager

is expected to partner with the wider data management team in improvement of data quality by

implementing data monitoring solutions. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in

working with data governance platforms such as Alation or Collibra for SAP master data

domains. This position will take accountability for defining and driving data governance aspects,

including leading meetings and data governance forums with Data Stewards, Data Owners,

Data Engineers, and other key stakeholders.

 Coordinating with Data Owners to enable identification of Critical data elements for SAP

master Data – Supplier/Finance/Bank master.

 Develop and maintain a business-facing data glossary and data catalog for SAP master

data (Supplier, Customer, Finance (GL, Cost Center, Profit Center etc), capturing data

definitions, lineage, and usage for relevant SAP master Data

 Define Data governance framework: Develop and implement data governance policies,

standards, and processes to ensure data quality, data management, and compliance for

relevant SAP Master Data (Finance, Supplier and Customer Master Data)

 Conduct data quality assessments and implement corrective actions to address data

quality issues.

 Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data governance practices are

integrated into all SAP relevant business processes.

 Data Cataloging and Lineage: Manage data cataloging and lineage to provide visibility

into data assets, their origins, and transformations in SAP environment

 Facilitate governance forums, data domain councils, and change advisory boards to

review data issues, standards, and continuous improvements.

 Responsible to prepare data documentation, including data models, process flows,

governance policies, and stewardship responsibilities.

 Collaboration: Work closely with IT, data management teams, and business units to

implement data governance best practices and tools.

 Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor data governance activities, measure progress, and

report on key metrics to senior management.

 Training and Awareness: Conduct training sessions and create awareness programs to

promote data governance within the organization.

 Data structures and models: Demonstrate deep understanding of SAP (and other ERP

system such as JD Edwards etc.) master data structures such as Vendor, Customer,

Cost center, Profit Center, GL Accounts etc.

 Data Policies: Collaborate and coordinate with respective pillar lead’s to ensure

necessary policies related to data privacy, data lifecycle management and data quality

management are being developed

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

i. Education or Certifications:

 Bachelor's / Master's degree in engineering/technology/other related degrees.

 Relevant Professional level certifications from Informatica or SAP or Collibra or Alation or any

other leading platform/tools

 Relevant certifications from DAMA, EDM Council and CMMI-DMM will be a bonus

ii. Work Experience:

 You have 4-10 years of relevant experience within the Data & Analytics area with major

experience around data management areas: ideally in Data Governance (DQ) and/or Data

Quality or Master Data or Data Lineage using relevant tools like Informatica or SAP MDG or

Collibra or Alation or any other market leading tools.

 You have an in-depth knowledge of Data Quality and Data Governance concepts, approaches,

methodologies and tools

 Client-facing Consulting experience will be considered a plus

iii. Technical and Functional Skills:

 Hands-on experience in any of the above tools in the area of Enterprise Data Governance

preferably in SAP or complex and diverse systems environments

 Experience of implementing data governance in SAP environment both transactional

and master data

 Expert knowledge of data governance concepts around data definition and catalog, data

ownership, data lineage, data policies and controls, data monitoring and data

governance forums

 Strong knowledge on SAP peripheral systems and good understanding of Upstream and

downstream impact of master Data

 Exposure to concepts of data quality – data lifecycle, data profiling, data quality

remediation(cleansing, parsing, standardization, enrichment using 3 rd party plugins etc.) etc.

 Strong understanding of data quality best practices, concepts, data quality management

frameworks and data quality dimensions/KPIs

 Deep knowledge on SQL and stored procedure

 Should have strong knowledge on Master Data, Data Security

 Prefer to have domain knowledge on SAP Finance modules

 Good to have hands on experience on AI use cases on Data Quality or Data Governance or other

Management areas

 Prefer to have the concepts and hands on experience of master data management – matching,

merging, creation of golden records for master data entities

 Strong soft skills like inter-personal, team and communication skills (both verbal and written)

 Prefer to have - Project management, Domain knowledge [Procurement, Finance,

Customer], Business Acumen, Critical thinking, Story telling