Data Program Manager

Watershed Consulting; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Watershed Consulting leads the Phoenix Data Workstream for a 12-month subcontract engagement, based in Sandton or Cape Town with mandatory office attendance.

The Data Workstream Project Manager will own workstream planning, governance, delivery coordination and vendor oversight, ensuring data is delivered as a strategic asset across data strategy, master data governance, migration, cleansing, and reporting readiness for Oracle ERP, EPM, EDM and related solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years project or programme management experience in large-scale ERP transformations.
• Proven delivery of data migration workstreams within finance transformations.
• Experience with enterprise data governance models and global stakeholders.
• Vendor and SI management in complex matrix organisations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Workstream across the full programme lifecycle and maintain the integrated workstream plan.
• Manage interdependencies with Finance, Technology, Testing, Integration, Reporting and Change workstreams and drive delivery against agreed milestones.
• Ensure alignment with programme governance and Design Authority decisions.
• Oversee end-to-end data migration strategy, planning, sequencing, execution and proving cycles.
• Coordinate data cleansing, extraction, transformation and loading activities and drive defect remediation and reconciliation sign-off.
• Support cutover and go-live readiness activities and data-related testing.
• Establish and maintain Enterprise Data Management as the single source of truth for controlled master data and implement governance processes for chart of accounts, entities and hierarchies.
• Facilitate data ownership and stewardship structures and drive governance approvals and compliance.
• Coordinate downstream reporting and analytics readiness, including reporting impact assessment, prioritisation and alignment to the target operating model.
• Manage impacts from new chart of accounts, organisational structures and master data changes on reporting solutions and downstream systems.
• Ensure reporting data lineage is understood from source systems through Oracle suites, EDM and downstream platforms and drive reporting validation during SIT, UAT and proving cycles.
• Provide governance and oversight for reporting-related risks, dependencies and design decisions.
• Drive implementation of the Phoenix Data Strategy and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and target architecture traceability.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with executive sponsors, finance leadership, data owners, technology and architecture teams, Oracle, KPMG and downstream application owners.
• Manage delivery activities performed by delivery partners, challenge estimates and ensure contractual deliverables meet quality expectations.
• Maintain RAID logs, prepare governance packs for SteerCo, ExCo and Design Authority, produce weekly and monthly status reporting and manage workstream budget and forecasts where applicable.

Skills

Data Migration

Master Data Management

Data Governance

Data Quality Management

Oracle ERP Cloud

Oracle EPM

Oracle EDM

Oracle ARCS

Oracle AFCS

Oracle FCCS

SQL

Stakeholder Management

Vendor Management

Programme Management

Project Governance

Risk Management

Testing and Cutover

Finance Transformation

Chart of Accounts Transformation

Data Stewardship

Tools

Oracle ERP Cloud

Oracle EPM

Oracle EDM

Oracle ARCS

Oracle AFCS

Oracle FCCS

Microsoft Fabric

Reporting and Analytics

Data Integration

ETL

Data Modeling

SQL

Job description

Leadership and management of the Phoenix Data Workstream, ensuring the successful delivery of data-related capabilities required for the implementation of Oracle ERP, EPM, AFCS, ARCS, EDM and associated reporting solutions. This is a 12 month subcontract role based in Sandton or Cape Town with mandatory office attendance.

Role purpose: The Data Workstream Project Manager is the single point of accountability for workstream planning, governance, delivery coordination, risk management, stakeholder engagement and vendor oversight. The role ensures data is delivered as a strategic programme asset and enabler of business transformation across data strategy, enterprise data management, master data governance, migration, cleansing, quality, architecture, platform integration and reporting readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Workstream across the full programme lifecycle and maintain the integrated workstream plan.
• Manage interdependencies with Finance, Technology, Testing, Integration, Reporting and Change workstreams and drive delivery against agreed milestones.
• Ensure alignment with programme governance and Design Authority decisions.
• Oversee end-to-end data migration strategy, planning, sequencing, execution and proving cycles.
• Coordinate data cleansing, extraction, transformation and loading activities and drive defect remediation and reconciliation sign-off.
• Support cutover and go-live readiness activities and data-related testing.
• Establish and maintain Enterprise Data Management as the single source of truth for controlled master data and implement governance processes for chart of accounts, entities and hierarchies.
• Facilitate data ownership and stewardship structures and drive governance approvals and compliance.
• Coordinate downstream reporting and analytics readiness, including reporting impact assessment, prioritisation and alignment to the target operating model.
• Manage impacts from new chart of accounts, organisational structures and master data changes on reporting solutions and downstream systems.
• Ensure reporting data lineage is understood from source systems through Oracle suites, EDM and downstream platforms and drive reporting validation during SIT, UAT and proving cycles.
• Provide governance and oversight for reporting-related risks, dependencies and design decisions.
• Drive implementation of the Phoenix Data Strategy and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and target architecture traceability.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with executive sponsors, finance leadership, data owners, technology and architecture teams, Oracle, KPMG and downstream application owners.
• Manage delivery activities performed by delivery partners, challenge estimates and ensure contractual deliverables meet quality expectations.
• Maintain RAID logs, prepare governance packs for SteerCo, ExCo and Design Authority, produce weekly and monthly status reporting and manage workstream budget and forecasts where applicable.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years project or programme management experience with proven delivery in large-scale Oracle ERP transformations.
• Strong understanding of finance transformation programmes and experience leading data migration workstreams.
• Experience with enterprise data governance models and managing global stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated experience managing vendors and system integrators and delivering within complex matrix organisations.
• Highly desirable: Oracle ERP Cloud delivery experience, Oracle EDM experience, Oracle FCCS experience, ODP or enterprise data platform implementation experience and financial services industry experience.

Skills

• Data Migration
• Master Data Management
• Data Governance
• Data Quality Management
• Oracle ERP Cloud
• Oracle EPM
• Oracle EDM
• Oracle ARCS
• Oracle AFCS
• Oracle FCCS
• Microsoft Fabric
• Reporting and Analytics
• Business Intelligence Integration
• Data Integration
• ETL
• Data Modeling
• SQL
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Governance
• Testing and Cutover
• Finance Transformation
• Chart of Accounts Transformation
• Data Stewardship

. Skillset Required: Data Migration, Master Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality Management, Data Architecture, Enterprise Data Management, Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle EPM, Oracle EDM, Oracle ARCS, Oracle AFCS, Oracle FCCS, Microsoft Fabric, Reporting and Analytics, Business Intelligence Integration, Data Integration, ETL, Data Modeling, SQL, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Programme Management, Project Governance, Risk Management, Testing and Cutover, Finance Transformation, Chart of Accounts Transformation, Data Stewardship, Reconciliation