Senior Consultant - Data Migration, Cleanse and Harmonization Specialist

Overview

Senior Consultant for Data Migration, Cleanse and Harmonization within AstraZeneca's Axial programme, the S/4HANA transformation. The role translates business requirements into data requirements and supports data design for the S/4 Programme.

What you'll do

• Translate business requirements into data requirements, architect fit-for-purpose data models, and define integration paths.
• Lead the migration of ECC Customers and Suppliers to S/4HANA Business Partner roles, ensuring robust BP configuration and data alignment.
• Harmonize Purchasing Information Records (PIRs), Quotas, Source Lists and related procurement objects.
• Identify, profile, cleanse and assess the quality of source datasets, and present clear insights to business partners.
• Understand and apply data restrictions and regulatory requirements, ensuring compliant data handling and governance.
• Work with business and IT partners, translating technical information into business language.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor data workstreams, allocate tasks, and track deliverables, risks and issues.
• Acquire data from primary and secondary sources, analyze patterns and trends, and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Support the design of target data models that adhere to enterprise standards.
• Execute BAU activities to maintain continuity, support releases and embed continuous improvements.

What you'll need

• Strong functional knowledge of and experience with SAP data structures in more than one module, e.g. MM, PP, FI, CO, QM.
• Strong expertise in Business Partner (BP) configuration and setup in S/4HANA, including migration of ECC Customers and Suppliers and associated BP data.
• Solid knowledge of Purchasing Information Records (PIRs), Quotas, Source Lists and other procurement-related objects and processes.
• Vast exposure to data analysis, with the ability to guide a team through data profiling, data analysis and presenting insights to the business.
• Strong exposure to IT project lifecycle and SAP data management.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with partners.
• Experience translating requirements into fit-for-purpose data models, data processing designs and data profile reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and consultancy skills.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application and data design.
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language.
• Carry out Business As Usual (BAU) activities required by the role.

Nice to have

• Experience in relevant domains, e.g. Pharma, R&D, Manufacturing, Commercial, Finance, HR, Legal, Facilities.
• Knowledge of BI tools and/or information architecture.
• Strong SAP data knowledge and project management skills, including allocating tasks, monitoring deliverables and providing weekly status updates with risks and issues.
• Experience leading end-to-end management and execution of short or medium-sized projects and task-managing other data analysts or data developers.
• Experience coaching junior data analysts and guiding team members to improve their skills.
• Good knowledge of improving operating models, ways of working and building teams to deliver effective data analysis services.
• Ability to understand and comply with data restrictions such as GDPR.
• Ability to prepare a Data Contract, bus matrix, proof of concepts, source-to-target mapping, data gaps, data profiling and impact assessment.
• Understanding of conceptual and logical data models (3NF) and their application within IT project and business data governance processes.
• Ability to define data analysis standards and apply them within all work products.
• Experience working with Data Architects, Integration Architects and Information Architects to embed data analysis and data models in project and strategic activities.

Details

• Location: Chennai, India.
• Work mode: a minimum of three days per week from the office, with individual flexibility.