Senior SAP Master Data Governance, MDG Consultant

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

📋 Description

• Design, configure, and provide support for SAP MDG solutions within an SAP S/4HANA environment.

• Implement systemic governance over financial, material, business partner, and custom asset master data.

• Take ownership of solution design encompassing the data model, process model, user interface, rule framework, and replication architecture.

• Develop change request types, workflow patterns, approval hierarchies, and auditable control points.

• Create multi-system replication architecture, distribution models, key/value mapping, and strategies for error reprocessing.

• Design data quality management processes, validation and derivation rules, consolidation, mass processing, and duplicate detection methods.

• Establish standards for MDG configuration, naming conventions, and extension guidance while reviewing team configurations.

• Collaborate with master data management and security teams on stewardship policies and role-based authorizations.

• Document governance gaps, present options, and make recommendations for decisions made by the architecture review board.

• Lead workstreams and critical solution components; conduct options analysis, effort/risk assessment, and provide recommendations.

• Act as a subject matter expert during milestone gate reviews, government working groups, and formal design reviews.

• Mentor Level III consultants.

• Assist with authority to operate, cybersecurity, audit, compliance, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition activities.

• Travel to client sites up to 50% for workshops, design sessions, testing, cutover, and go-live activities.

• Comply with certified quality, information security, and company processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience; 5-7 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or 7-10 years of relevant experience without a Bachelor’s degree.

• More than 5 years of relevant SAP Master Data Governance experience, including design ownership on at least one complete lifecycle implementation.

• Extensive knowledge in configuring SAP MDG across data modeling, user interface (FPM) modeling, process modeling, BRF+ rule design, and the Data Replication Framework.

• Experience in designing governance process architecture, including change request types, workflow patterns, and approval hierarchies with enforced segregation of duties.

• Proven experience in designing master data replication and key mapping across a multi-system SAP landscape.

• Skilled in leading governance design workshops and facilitating decisions with data owners and stewards.

• Capability to manage workstreams and key solution components and resolve complex problems with minimal supervision.

• Experienced in supporting multi-system SAP landscapes and enterprise-scale implementations.

• Secret security clearance required: must possess an active Secret clearance or be able to obtain and maintain one prior to assignment; U.S. citizenship is necessary.

• Experience supporting federal ERP modernization programs, Department of War SAP environments, or other defense business systems acquired under DoDI 5000.75.

• Familiarity with SAP MDG consolidation and mass processing, data quality management, and duplicate detection.

• Knowledgeable in SAP FI, CO, MM, procurement, and cross-functional integration.

• Experience in governing organizational master data aligned with a force structure hierarchy.

• Understanding of FIAR methodology, DoD 7000.14-R, and FFMIA.

• Industry or vendor certification relevant to the discipline, including SAP MDG, SAP S/4HANA Finance, or SAP FI/CO certification.

• Design experience across MDG-F, MDG-M, MDG-BP, and custom objects modeled through the MDG flex option.

• Experience in designing MDG consolidation and mass processing, including duplicate detection and match configuration.

• Willingness to travel to client sites up to 50% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical coverage.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Long-term disability coverage.

• 401(k) plan.

• Bonus opportunities.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid time off.

• Personal development support.

• Flexible/remote work arrangement.