Role: Data Steward SME
Location: Miami, FL
Note for reference Not to Publish - Candidate will work with the finance team to understand the data, which requires very good understanding on planning and budgeting, accounting etc
Need to look for candidates who have focused experience in finance domain and sometime later moved to a Data Steward role or Data Stewards only/predominantly worked in the Finance Domain.
Exp: 12 15 Years
Data Governance & Stewardship
- Own and manage critical finance data domains (e.g., GL, AR, AP, Cost, Revenue, Assets).
- Define and maintain business definitions, data standards, and metadata for finance data.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise data governance policies and regulatory requirements.
- Participate in Data Governance Councils and working groups.
Data Quality Management
- Define data quality rules, controls, and thresholds for finance data elements.
- Monitor data quality metrics and dashboards; analyze trends and root causes.
- Drive remediation of data quality issues in collaboration with business and IT teams.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring finance data issues.
Finance Data & Domain Systems
- Solid understanding of finance data models (GL, Sub-ledgers, Revenue, Cost, Assets).
- Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday Financials).
- Understanding of financial close, reconciliation, and reporting processes.
- Familiarity with chart of accounts, hierarchies, and financial dimensions.
- Understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion, and transformation logic.
- Experience with data reconciliation across source and target systems.
- Strong working knowledge of SQL for data analysis, validation, and issue investigation.
- Ability to analyze large datasets and identify anomalies
- Knowledge/ experience in Google Cloud Platform
- Knowledge/ experience in Big Query
Business & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the single point of contact for finance data-related queries and initiatives.
- Collaborate with Finance leadership, Controllers, FP&A, and Audit teams.
- Support CXO-level discussions with data insights and impact assessments.
- Translate finance business requirements into data governance and quality requirements.
Data Lifecycle & Change Management
- Support data lineage documentation for finance data flows across systems.
- Review and approve changes impacting finance data during system upgrades or transformations.
- Ensure controlled onboarding of new finance data sources and attributes.
- Support UAT and validation for finance data during project releases.
Reporting & Compliance Support
- Enable accurate financial, management, and regulatory reporting through trusted data.
- Support audits by providing data definitions, controls, and quality evidence.
- Ensure alignment with internal controls and compliance frameworks.
Professional Skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and global teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
- Comfortable engaging with senior leadership and CXO stakeholders.
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