Finance Master Data and Reporting Specialist

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Xylem is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Finance Master Data and Reporting Specialist to join our Finance Systems team. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the integrity, accuracy, and consistency of financial master data across systems and processes, along with maintaining and creating Financial Statement views in SAP S4.  You will work closely with cross-functional teams including finance, IT, and operations to implement and maintain data governance policies, ensuring that financial data is consistent, compliant, and up to date.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Governance: Develop, implement, and manage the financial master data governance framework, ensuring that all financial data follows corporate standards, policies, and best practices.
• Data Quality Assurance: Continuously monitor and validate the quality of financial master data to ensure it is accurate, complete, and consistent across systems.  Implement data cleansing and validation processes and conduct regular audits to identify and resolve data discrepancies.
• Data Integration: Work with IT and business teams to define and implement data integration strategies to ensure seamless data flow across financial systems, ERP, and other business applications.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure that financial master data complies with regulatory requirements and industry standards, mitigating risks related to data breaches or inaccuracies.
• Data Maintenance: Manage the creation, modification, and deletion of financial master data records in the SAP S4 ERP system, ensuring proper validation and approval processes are followed. 
• Data Continuity: Ensure other related business systems and tools align and stay in sync by engaging with other responsible teams, utilizing tools such as ticketing systems to assign tasks.
• Tool Maintenance:  Maintain data governance tool(s) leveraging power apps.
• Process Improvement: Lead continuous improvement initiatives related to financial master data governance, ensuring processes and systems remain efficient and effective.
• Training & Support: Provide training and support to business stakeholders on data governance policies, standards, tools, and best practices.
• Reporting & Documentation: Maintain documentation on data governance policies, procedures, and data definitions, providing regular reports to management on data quality and governance performance.
• Financial Statement Reporting:  Create and maintain standard financial statement views inside SAP S4 to assist system users with ease of reporting and access to data.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience:
  • 5+ years of experience in finance or data governance roles, ideally within an enterprise finance environment.
  • 5+ years of experience in an ERP system, preferably SAP S4
  • Proven experience in financial data management, governance, and integration, preferably within an ERP system (e.g., SAP, Oracle).

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Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of inclusion and belonging in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.