Master Data Officer

SGS India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS India seeks a Master Data Specialist to maintain customer and supplier data across finance and business applications. You will validate data, perform duplication checks, and ensure approvals and documentation are in place.

You will collaborate with Finance, Procurement, Sales, IT, and data owners to enforce governance, perform cleansing, and generate quality reports to support audits. Proficiency in Excel and SQL is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field.
• 4 years of relevant experience in master data management, customer data management, supplier data management, finance operations, ERP data administration, or business application data support.
• Hands-on experience maintaining customer and vendor master data in ERP or business applications.
• Good understanding of customer and supplier master data processes, approval workflows, data governance, documentation requirements, segregation of duties, and internal controls.
• Working knowledge of SQL for basic data extraction, validation, duplicate checks, exception reporting, and reconciliation would be a strong advantage.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including lookups, pivot tables, conditional checks, reconciliations, exception reports, and structured data reviews.
• Exposure to Power BI, workflow tools, data quality tools, MDM tools, automation platforms, or system implementation projects would be an added advantage.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and data quality discipline.
• Good analytical, reporting, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with structured datasets, identify inconsistencies, perform root-cause checks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Practical understanding of ERP master data fields, customer and vendor account structures, approval workflows, change control, and audit trail requirements.
• Ability to follow procedures, maintain complete documentation, and meet processing deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain customer and supplier master data accurately and consistently across approved finance and business applications.
• Review master data creation and modification requests to ensure completeness, accuracy, supporting documentation, and required approvals.
• Validate key data fields including legal names, trade licenses, VAT details, bank details, payment terms, contact information, customer account classifications, supplier categories, and related compliance documentation.
• Perform duplicate checks, inactive account reviews, data cleansing, and exception analysis to improve master data quality across systems.
• Use system reports, Excel, and basic SQL queries to extract, validate, reconcile, and analyze master data records and identify gaps, inconsistencies, or unauthorized changes.
• Maintain a structured archive of master data requests, approvals, supporting documents, change logs, and audit trails for audit and management review.
• Monitor master data workflows, follow up on pending approvals, and ensure requests are completed within agreed turnaround times.
• Generate data extracts, exception reports, quality checks, and periodic validation reports to monitor data completeness, duplication, consistency, and compliance gaps.
• Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, Sales, Operations, IT, system owners, and relevant data owners to resolve incomplete, incorrect, or inconsistent master data.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, data governance standards, segregation of duties, delegation of authority, and audit requirements.
• Contribute to process improvements, standardization, automation initiatives, and stronger master data governance across customer and vendor data processes.

Skills

Data governance

SQL knowledge

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Data reconciliation

Analytical skills

English communication

ERP master data

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration/Commerce/IS/Data Management

Tools

SQL

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

MDM tools

ERP systems

Job description

Job Description

• Create, update, and maintain customer and supplier master data accurately and consistently across approved finance and business applications.
• Review master data creation and modification requests to ensure completeness, accuracy, supporting documentation, and required approvals.
• Validate key data fields including legal names, trade licenses, VAT details, bank details, payment terms, contact information, customer account classifications, supplier categories, and related compliance documentation.
• Perform duplicate checks, inactive account reviews, data cleansing, and exception analysis to improve customer and supplier master data quality across systems.
• Use system reports, Excel, and basic SQL queries where available to extract, validate, reconcile, and analyze master data records and identify gaps, inconsistencies, or unauthorized changes.
• Maintain a structured archive of master data requests, approvals, supporting documents, change logs, and audit trails for audit and management review.
• Monitor master data workflows, follow up on pending approvals, and ensure requests are completed within agreed turnaround times.
• Generate data extracts, exception reports, quality checks, and periodic validation reports to monitor data completeness, duplication, consistency, and compliance gaps.
• Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, Sales, Operations, IT, system owners, and relevant data owners to resolve incomplete, incorrect, or inconsistent master data.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, data governance standards, segregation of duties, delegation of authority, and audit requirements.
• Contribute to process improvements, standardization, automation initiatives, and stronger master data governance across customer and vendor data processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field.
• 4 years of relevant experience in master data management, customer data management, supplier data management, finance operations, ERP data administration, or business application data support.
• Hands-on experience maintaining customer and vendor master data in ERP or business applications.
• Good understanding of customer and supplier master data processes, approval workflows, data governance, documentation requirements, segregation of duties, and internal controls.
• Working knowledge of SQL for basic data extraction, validation, duplicate checks, exception reporting, and reconciliation would be a strong advantage.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including lookups, pivot tables, conditional checks, reconciliations, exception reports, and structured data reviews.
• Exposure to Power BI, workflow tools, data quality tools, MDM tools, automation platforms, or system implementation projects would be an added advantage.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and data quality discipline.
• Good analytical, reporting, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with structured datasets, identify inconsistencies, perform root-cause checks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Practical understanding of ERP master data fields, customer and vendor account structures, approval workflows, change control, and audit trail requirements.
• Ability to follow procedures, maintain complete documentation, and meet processing deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills in English.