Finance Master Data COE Expert

Position Summary

The Finance Master Data COE Expert is a functional expert and subject matter authority responsible for shaping and advancing the enterprise Finance Master Data strategy, governance framework, data standards, and transformation roadmap.

This role serves as a critical bridge between Finance, Global Process Owners, Digital/IT, Master Data Operations, and transformation programs, ensuring Finance master data is governed as an enterprise asset and enables accurate financial reporting, effective controls, scalable business processes, and trusted decision-making.

The Domain Expert provides leadership across critical Finance data domains including General Ledger Accounts, Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Company Codes, Trading Partners, Finance attributes within Business Partner data, and Finance reporting hierarchies.

The position goes beyond transactional master data management. It provides enterprise-level functional direction, establishes governance and standards, influences technology and process design, and drives structural improvements to Finance master data across a complex global ERP landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Finance Master Data Strategy & Leadership

• Partner with Finance leadership and the Finance Data Principal to shape and execute the Finance Master Data strategy, operating model, and multi-year roadmap.
• Serve as a Finance master data authority, translating Finance requirements into enterprise data standards, governance requirements, and technology capabilities.
• Establish strategic priorities for Finance master data based on business impact, control requirements, transformation dependencies, data quality, and operational risk.
• Provide thought leadership on how Finance master data should evolve to support Finance transformation, ERP modernization, automation, analytics, and enterprise reporting.
• Represent Finance master data requirements in enterprise-level transformation and governance discussions.

Governance, Standards & Decision Rights

• Define and govern enterprise standards, policies, business rules, definitions, controls, and ownership models for Finance master data.
• Establish clear data ownership, stewardship, decision rights, approval authorities, and escalation paths across Finance master data domains.
• Partner with Global Process Owners and Finance stakeholders to resolve complex or cross-functional data governance issues.
• Drive global standardization while ensuring legitimate statutory, regulatory, and business requirements are incorporated into the governance model.
• Ensure Finance master data standards are documented within enterprise data dictionaries and catalogs.

Data Quality & Controls Leadership

• Establish the Finance Master Data data quality framework, including business rules, critical data elements, KPIs, thresholds, monitoring requirements, and remediation governance.
• Drive proactive data quality management, moving the organization from reactive issue resolution toward preventive and automated controls.
• Lead root-cause analysis of systemic data issues and ensure sustainable corrective actions are incorporated into processes, standards, or technology.
• Partner with Finance Controls, Internal Audit, and business stakeholders to ensure master data processes support appropriate compliance and control requirements.
• Establish executive-level visibility into Finance master data quality, risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.

Finance Transformation & Technology Enablement

• Serve as the Finance master data SME supporting various company initiatives.
• Define functional requirements for master data workflows, validations, controls, integrations, and automation.
• Provide leadership for Finance master data mapping, transformation rules, migration, validation, reconciliation, and go-live readiness.
• Assess downstream impacts of proposed master data changes across Finance processes and systems before implementation.

Operating Model & Process Excellence

• Design and continuously improve globally standardized end-to-end Finance master data processes.
• Define the appropriate division of responsibilities between the Finance Master Data COE, Master Data Operations, Finance Process Owners, Data Owners, and technology teams.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, standardize, and centralize master data activities.
• Influence stakeholders without direct authority, navigating competing priorities, and drive enterprise decisions across a global organization.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Data Management, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Significant progressive experience across Finance, Master Data Management, Data Governance, Finance Transformation, or ERP-enabled business processes.
• Deep understanding of Finance master data and its relationship to end-to-end financial processes, reporting, controls, and enterprise systems.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP and master data environments, ideally including SAP S/4HANA, SAP MDG, Central Finance, or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Demonstrated experience defining data standards, governance models, data quality rules, and global business processes.
• Experience supporting complex ERP implementations, Finance transformations, data migrations, or enterprise data programs.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.

Preferred

• Advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Data Management, or Business Administration.
• Experience operating within a global Master Data or Finance Center of Excellence.
• Experience developing enterprise data governance or stewardship operating models.
• Experience with data quality platforms, data catalogs, workflows, and analytics.
• Background in global ERP transformation or Finance modernization programs.
• Project management, data management, Finance, or process-improvement certifications.

Pay Range:

Kč937,200.00-Kč1,874,400.00