Master Data Specialist | Data Management Analyst

Beacon Hills Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Career development

Professional certifications support

Job summary

Beacon Hills Abu Dhabi seeks a meticulous Master Data Specialist | Data Management Analyst to maintain high-quality master data and improve data-management processes across enterprise systems. You will support governance, data quality, and cross-functional collaboration for accurate business information.

The role involves data cleansing, mapping, migration support, and reporting on data-quality metrics, with opportunities to drive improvements and ensure data compliance within ERP/CRM ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, Business Analytics, Statistics, Finance, or related field.
• Proven experience in master data management, data analysis, data quality, or data governance.
• Strong understanding of master-data concepts, lifecycles, quality, and governance.
• Experience with ERP/CRM systems and structured data across enterprise apps.
• Familiarity with data validation, cleansing, standardization, and reconciliation.
• Experience identifying duplicate, incomplete, inconsistent, or inaccurate data.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and large datasets.
• Knowledge of SQL and data-structures is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Power BI/Tableau or other reporting tools.
• Experience with data migration, integration, or system implementation projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to document data definitions, rules, workflows, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage master data across systems, databases, and enterprise apps.
• Create, update, validate, and maintain master records per standards.
• Review data requests; ensure records meet requirements.
• Data validation, cleansing, standardization, enrichment, and deduplication.
• Identify and correct data quality issues; coordinate with stakeholders.
• Establish data-quality rules, checks, and monitoring processes.
• Monitor data-quality metrics; prepare stakeholder reports.
• Collaborate with IT/business units for data requirements and issues.
• Support data governance initiatives and master-data documentation.
• Assist in data migration, system implementations, and migrations.

Skills

Data quality

Data governance

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Master data management

Data cleansing

Data mapping

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Documentation

ETL

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Data Management/Analytics

Tools

Excel

SQL databases

Power BI

Tableau

ERP (SAP/Oracle/Microsoft Dynamics)

Job description

We are seeking a detail-oriented Master Data Specialist | Data Management Analyst to maintain high-quality master data, improve data-management processes, and support accurate and consistent business information across the organization. This role combines master data governance, data quality management, analysis, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure critical business data remains accurate, complete, consistent, secure, and fit for operational and analytical use.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain master data across business systems, databases, and enterprise applications.
• Create, update, validate, and maintain master records according to established standards and procedures.
• Manage customer, supplier, product, material, employee, financial, and other relevant master-data domains.
• Review data requests and ensure new or modified records meet defined requirements.
• Perform data validation, cleansing, standardization, enrichment, and deduplication activities.
• Identify inaccurate, incomplete, duplicated, inconsistent, or outdated master data.
• Investigate data-quality issues and coordinate corrective actions with relevant business teams.
• Establish and maintain data-quality rules, validation checks, and monitoring processes.
• Monitor key data-quality metrics and prepare regular reports for stakeholders.
• Analyze master-data structures to identify patterns, inconsistencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Support data governance initiatives and ensure master-data practices align with organizational standards.
• Maintain data dictionaries, business definitions, metadata, reference data, and documentation.
• Define and document data-management procedures, workflows, controls, and operating standards.
• Collaborate with business users to understand data requirements and resolve data-related issues.
• Work with IT and application teams to support master-data configuration, integration, and system changes.
• Support ERP, CRM, supply-chain, finance, procurement, and other enterprise systems that rely on master data.
• Coordinate master-data creation and maintenance across multiple systems and business units.
• Analyze data dependencies and assess the potential impact of master-data changes.
• Support data migration, system implementation, data consolidation, and transformation projects.
• Perform data mapping and reconciliation between source and target systems.
• Develop reports and dashboards to monitor data quality, completeness, accuracy, and compliance.
• Automate repetitive data-management and validation activities where possible.
• Support root-cause analysis for recurring data-quality problems.
• Recommend process improvements that reduce manual data-entry errors and improve operational efficiency.
• Establish appropriate approval and control processes for sensitive or critical master-data changes.
• Monitor data-management requests and ensure they are completed within agreed service levels.
• Support audits and provide evidence of data controls, approvals, and maintenance activities.
• Train business users on master-data standards, data-entry procedures, and data-quality requirements.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality and security when handling business and customer information.
• Participate in data-governance meetings and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Stay informed about emerging data-management technologies, governance practices, and industry standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, Business Analytics, Statistics, Finance, or a related field.
• Proven experience in master data management, data analysis, data quality, data governance, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of master-data concepts, data lifecycles, data quality, and data governance.
• Experience managing structured business data across ERP, CRM, or other enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with customer, supplier, product, material, financial, or organizational master-data domains.
• Strong data validation, cleansing, standardization, and reconciliation skills.
• Experience identifying and resolving duplicate, incomplete, inconsistent, or inaccurate data.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with large datasets.
• Knowledge of SQL and database concepts is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization and reporting tools is beneficial.
• Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or equivalent systems is preferred.
• Understanding of CRM and enterprise application data structures is advantageous.
• Experience with data migration, integration, or system implementation projects is beneficial.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to investigate complex data issues and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Strong understanding of data governance principles and data-quality controls.
• Ability to document data definitions, business rules, workflows, and procedures clearly.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business, IT, Finance, Operations, Procurement, Sales, and Supply Chain teams.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple data requests and projects simultaneously.
• Understanding of data privacy, access controls, confidentiality, and information-security principles.
• Experience with data-quality tools, master-data management platforms, or governance solutions is advantageous.
• Proactive approach to identifying and preventing data-quality issues.
• Relevant certifications in data management, data governance, analytics, or related fields are beneficial.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits.
• Opportunity to work with enterprise-scale data and business systems.
• Exposure to master data management, data governance, analytics, and digital transformation.
• Professional development in data management, data quality, governance, and business analytics.
• Opportunities to work with ERP, CRM, and enterprise data platforms.
• Training and support for relevant technical and professional certifications.
• Opportunities to participate in data migration, system implementation, and transformation projects.
• Collaborative environment involving IT, Finance, Operations, Procurement, Sales, and Business teams.
• Recognition for improving data quality, accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Career progression toward Senior Master Data Specialist, Data Governance Analyst, Data Quality Manager, Data Management Manager, or Head of Data Management.