Sr Analyst – Controlling Master Data Central Governance

A Day in Your Life at MKS:
Sr Analyst – Controlling Master Data Central Governance is responsible for supporting the governance, maintenance, and quality of controlling-related master data across the organization.  The role ensures accuracy, consistency, and compliance of controlling master data (e.g., allocation cycles, cost centers, profit centers) to enable reliable financial reporting and controlling processes.
 

You Will Make an Impact By:
 

Master Data Governance

• Support maintenance of cost centers, profit centers, functional areas, and secondary cost elements
• Assist in maintaining hierarchies and coordinating setup/changes with IT
• Support HFM mappings and exclusions
• Coordinate opening/closing of profit centers and updates with relevant teams

Allocations & Cycles

• Support maintenance and execution of PCA (assessment/distribution) cycles for P&L and OWC
• Assist in updating SKF drivers for PCA and COPA
• Help monitor and troubleshoot allocation issues

Rules & Controls

• Assist in maintaining validation rules (CC–G/L) and coordinate with IT
• Ensure compliance with governance standards and documentation

Month-End Closing Support

• Troubleshoot on allocation issues
• Support review of CO reports (e.g., NOFA, COFA, KE80, KE30) and follow up on issues
• Support analysis and correction/reclassification of deviations

Planning Support

• Assist in COPA, PCA planning activities and provide support to stakeholders

Stakeholder Coordination

• Work with finance teams, local entities, and IT
• Support issue resolution and data-related queries
• all country files.  The control and monitoring must be built in, as this serves KOFAX and ARIBA.
• Carry-out quarterly validation to review entities’ files – perform detailed checks to confirm that approval limits, roles, and authority levels comply with global and regional policies.
• Share DLT DOA to DLT members for review/confirmation.

Central maintenance of Delegation of Authority (DoA)

• Introduce a verification step (with business partners) as part of the quarterly review of the accuracy of all country files.  The control and monitoring must be built in, as this serves KOFAX and ARIBA.
• Carry-out quarterly validation to review entities’ files – perform detailed checks to confirm that approval limits, roles, and authority levels comply with global and regional policies.
• Share DLT DOA to DLT members for review/confirmation.

Skills You Bring:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in:
  • Finance / Controlling operations
  • Exposure to SAP environment in manufacturing organisation

Functional Knowledge

• Basic understanding of:
  • Cost Center & Profit Center Accounting
  • Allocations (assessment/distribution cycles)
  • Month-end closing in Controlling
  • CO–FI integration basics
• Basic understanding of data quality, validation, and governance principles

Technical Skills

• SAP knowledge (FICO – basic level required)
• Good Excel skills (formulas, pivots, data checks)

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