Data Specialist-Finance & Projects

Schneider Electric; Dubai; On-site; AED 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

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Job summary

Schneider Electric in Dubai seeks a Data Specialist‑Finance & Project‑Gulf to execute the finance data strategy across the Gulf Cluster, ensuring high-quality, governed financial data that supports performance, compliance, and digital transformation.

You will own the data workstream for major finance transformation and system deployments, drive data readiness, migration quality, and alignment with global standards, while partnering with finance leaders and data teams to ensure adoption.

Qualifications

• Fluency in governing finance data and adherence to enterprise data standards.
• Experience leading data governance, migration, and master data management initiatives.
• Understanding of ERP transformation and data lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of finance data structures and reporting governance.

Responsibilities

• Own and promote finance data governance across the Gulf Cluster.
• Lead data cleansing, validation, migration readiness, and quality assurance.
• Drive data readiness plans, roadmaps, and remediation actions for transformations.
• Coordinate with Data Stewards, Process Owners, and Digital teams on data quality and deployment readiness.
• Lead the data workstream for finance transformation and system deployments.
• Act as finance data SME during deployment, testing, cutover and hypercare phases.

Skills

Data governance

Data migration

Master & transactional data

Project leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

The Data Specialist‑Finance & Project‑Gulf is responsible for executing the finance data strategy across the Gulf Cluster, ensuring high-quality, reliable, and governed financial data that supports business performance, compliance, digital transformation, and decision-making. The role also owns the data workstream for major finance transformation and system deployment initiatives, ensuring data readiness, governance, migration quality, compliance with enterprise data standards, and successful business adoption throughout all project phases.

Data Governance & Quality

• Own and promote finance data governance practices across the Gulf Cluster.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, completeness, and compliance with corporate standards.
• Drive adoption of global data management policies, controls, and governance frameworks.
• Monitor critical finance master data and KPI integrity across systems and reporting platforms.
• Support data lifecycle management from creation to consumption.
• Define and maintain data readiness plans, data roadmaps, and remediation actions to support transformation and deployment initiatives.
• Coordinate with Data Stewards, Process Owners, Digital teams, and Governance functions to ensure data quality, compliance, and deployment readiness.
• Lead data cleansing, validation, migration readiness, and quality assurance activities.

Finance Transformation & Digitalization

• Lead and own the finance data workstream for transformation initiatives and system deployments, including data strategy, readiness assessment, migration planning, quality assurance, and post-deployment stabilization.
• Support implementation and adoption of Horizon, DFL, Unify, Smart Finance, and other digital solutions.
• Ensure alignment with global data architecture, governance standards, and target operating models.
• Support data onboarding, mapping, harmonization, and migration activities across finance master and transactional data domains.
• Act as the finance data subject matter expert during deployment, testing, cutover, and hypercare phases.

Business Partnership

• Act as the primary point of contact for finance data topics within the Gulf Cluster.
• Collaborate with finance leaders, shared services, Data Stewards, and global data teams.
• Facilitate alignment between local business requirements and global data strategy.
• Serve as the primary finance data representative in transformation projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Finance, Finance Transformation, Data Management, or Digital Finance.
• Proven experience leading data governance, data migration, master data management, or ERP transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of finance master and transactional data structures and lifecycle management.

Critical Competencies

• Data governance and data quality expertise.
• Data migration and deployment management.
• Master and transactional data expertise.
• Project leadership and cross-functional coordination.

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€40 billion global revenue

+9% organic growth

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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