Manager, Financial Master Data Governance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Wisconsin.

📋 Description

• Take ownership and manage the framework for finance master data governance across BlackLine, Group Reporting, Central Finance, BPC Planning, Coupa, AMT, Workday, and other interconnected finance applications.

• Act as the primary governance authority for financial master data, encompassing company codes, cost centers, profit centers, general ledger accounts, legal entities, hierarchies, mappings, dimensions, and associated reference data.

• Establish and uphold enterprise finance data standards, ownership models, approval processes, controls, decision-making rights, and operational procedures.

• Assess and either approve or escalate master data requests and suggested system modifications based on business requirements, data consistency, reporting implications, downstream dependencies, control risks, and global standards.

• Ensure that common data definitions, structures, mappings, and hierarchies are consistently aligned across finance and related platforms.

• Collaborate with the BlackLine Global Administrator regarding master data and governance requirements, data inputs, mappings, and controlled deployment.

• Provide governance oversight for AMT master and reference data.

• Lead the governance requirements for finance system implementations, enhancements, integrations, and data migrations.

• Define data design expectations, review proposed solutions, direct testing priorities, and validate implementation readiness.

• Monitor the quality of financial data, identify inconsistencies and control gaps, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate remediation efforts.

• Resolve or facilitate decisions when specific system requirements conflict with enterprise finance data standards.

• Report significant risks or policy exceptions to the appropriate governance forum.

• Maintain comprehensive governance documentation, data definitions, process flows, lineage, control evidence, decision records, and training materials.

• Advise finance users, system administrators, and project teams on governance expectations, master data implications, and necessary controls.

• Encourage stakeholders to adopt global standards and sustainable solutions.

• Identify opportunities to simplify data structures, minimize manual intervention, enhance controls, improve data quality, and standardize master data practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business, Data Management, or a related field.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience with notable professional accomplishments.

• Strong comprehension of accounting principles, financial closing processes, consolidation, planning, reporting, procurement, lease administration, internal controls, and comprehensive finance processes.

• Proven experience in governing master data across multiple enterprise systems.

• Familiarity with several of the following platforms: BlackLine, Group Reporting, Central Finance, BPC Planning, Coupa, AMT, Workday, SAP S/4HANA, or similar systems is highly preferred.

• Extensive knowledge of finance master data concepts, including hierarchies, mappings, dimensions, chart of accounts, legal entities, company codes, profit centers, cost centers, intercompany structures, and reporting attributes.

• Capability to evaluate cross-system impacts, make governance recommendations and decisions, and escalate significant risks or exceptions.

• Experience in defining governance standards, ownership, approval workflows, controls, data quality expectations, and documentation necessities.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, particularly in root cause analysis.

• Proficiency in leading cross-functional discussions, influencing stakeholders without direct authority, and translating finance requirements into actionable data and system solutions.

• Experience in supporting system implementations, enhancements, integrations, data migrations, testing, deployment readiness, and post-implementation stabilization.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, documentation, and project management skills.

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a global, close-driven environment.

• High integrity, accountability, attention to detail, and commitment to data accuracy, consistency, control compliance, and auditability.

• May require extensive sitting and the use of a keyboard/computer.

• May necessitate hours exceeding 40 per week as needed to meet project, closing, reporting, or implementation deadlines.

• Some travel may be necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

• Additional compensation awards may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential.

• Benefits programs such as medical plans; detailed benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during the application process.