ERP Data Specialist – 6-Month Contract

Jobtailor; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Waterloo Region, Canada seeks a data governance analyst to analyze, cleanse, validate and reconcile master and financial data for NetSuite migration, ensuring accuracy across source and target systems.

You will design repeatable post‑go‑live data quality processes, support user acceptance testing and trial data loads, and coordinate with Finance to align trial balances, AP/AR subledgers and the chart of accounts, delivering governance SOPs for long‑term data quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Data Analytics, Accounting or Finance
• 3+ years of progressive work experience, including ERP implementations
• Strong data cleansing, validation, and reconciliation skills
• Comfort working with large datasets; Excel and CSV experience, SQL a plus
• Solid understanding of master data and financial/accounting data, including GL, AP, AR, and chart of accounts
• Experience defining data governance and data quality processes
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Ability to work independently in a contract capacity
• Organized and detail-oriented, with ability to align multiple workstreams and stakeholders
• Experience with NetSuite preferred
• Prior project coordination experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Analyze, cleanse, validate, and reconcile master data and financial data for migration into NetSuite
• Design and document repeatable post-go-live data quality, governance, validation, and ownership processes
• Verify migrated data against source systems and resolve discrepancies
• Support user acceptance testing and trial data loads in the sandbox
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to reconcile trial balances, AR/AP subledgers, and item catalogs
• Support final migration of master data and opening balances
• Deliver documented Data Governance SOPs for long-term data quality
• Coordinate implementation workstreams and stakeholders to keep the ERP implementation on track

Skills

Data cleansing

Data validation

Data reconciliation

SQL

Excel

CSV

Data analytics

Project coordination

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

• Analyze, cleanse, validate, and reconcile master data and financial data for migration into NetSuite
• Design and document repeatable post-go-live data quality, governance, validation, and ownership processes
• Verify migrated data against source systems and resolve discrepancies
• Support user acceptance testing and trial data loads in the sandbox
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to reconcile trial balances, AR/AP subledgers, and item catalogs
• Support final migration of master data and opening balances
• Deliver documented Data Governance SOPs for long-term data quality
• Coordinate implementation workstreams and stakeholders to keep the ERP implementation on track

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Data Analytics, Accounting or Finance
• 3+ years of progressive work experience, including ERP implementations
• Strong data cleansing, validation, and reconciliation skills
• Comfort working with large datasets; Excel and CSV experience, SQL a plus
• Solid understanding of master data and financial/accounting data, including GL, AP, AR, and chart of accounts
• Experience defining data governance and data quality processes
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Ability to work independently in a contract capacity
• Organized and detail-oriented, with ability to align multiple workstreams and stakeholders
• Experience with NetSuite preferred
• Prior project coordination experience preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in data cleansing, validation, and reconciliation, with a strong focus on data governance and quality processes. Proficient in managing large datasets and coordinating ERP implementations, particularly with NetSuite.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Data Cleansing
• Data Validation
• Data Reconciliation
• NetSuite Experience
• Data Governance

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Data Analytics
• Financial Data Analysis
• SQL
• Excel
• CSV
• Master Data Management
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Chart of Accounts

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication
• Organized
• Detail-Oriented
• Independent Work
• Project Coordination

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Industry Keywords

• ERP Implementation
• Data Quality
• Data Governance
• Financial Data
• Master Data

Tools & Technologies

• NetSuite