GCDO People MDM Product Specialist

Description

SummaryA career in National Special Functions, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support service, sector, and market leaders deliver the unique PwC client experience to our clients.

You’ll play an important part in continuously innovating and improving Firm operations so that we can continue to provide the highest quality of services to our current and prospective clients.

Our team focuses on representing data as a strategic business asset to help serve our clients. You’ll focus on using data and information across PwC to drive change and improvements in data related operations to help enable the business as well as provide insights related to attendant risks.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level.

To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to :

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

This role is responsible for leading technical development of the Master Data Management tool. This includes requirements gathering, monitoring / supporting releases & enhancements in the MDM system.

The role will support & drive the integration of MDM requirements with related systems such as BOS and Salesforce. The specialist will create, maintain, monitor & communicate release plans for system development work, monitor and lead the Business Acceptance Testing team with regards to releases.

Job Requirements and Preferences :

Basic Qualifications :

Minimum Degree Required :

High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience :

2 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications :

Degree Preferred : Bachelor Degree

Bachelor Degree

Preferred Fields of Study :

Computer and Information Science, Management Information Systems, Economics

Preferred Knowledge / Skills :

Demonstrates a thorough level of abilities with, and / or a proven record of success as both an individual contributor and team member, identifying and addressing client needs :

• Managing product backlog items (PBIs) in line with agile methodology and in collaboration with the scrum team;
• Owning end-to-end responsibility for some features on the MDM product roadmap;
• Participating in the planning and prioritisation activities to develop and agree on requirements, program increments, sprint objectives, and release schedules;
• Capturing detailed requirements, developing data mapping and lineage documentation so they are technically ready to be communicated with architecture and development teams;
• Organizing workshops, working groups, communication and change management plans, design discussions and grooming of technical changes;
• Owning responsibility for the end-to-end management of the Global Controlled Vocabulary procedures for MDM including CV nominations, changes and withdrawals;
• Leading change processes around CVs and ensuring all connected teams in the ecosystem are consulted and well informed of the planned changes;
• Leading Business Acceptance Testing for Source MDM releases;
• Liaising with other testing leads in the ecosystem and ensure coordinated work and value delivery;
• Ensuring all risks, and updates have been addressed with the business to be mediated by the development teams;
• Coordinating, and communicating, roadmap priorities and ensuring timely delivery;
• Supporting integration with existing and new systems including CES, BOS, TDMS, Salesforce etc.; including major integration changes and incorporation of new / highly complex applications where necessary;
• Supporting the MDM Senior Manager with tasks such as, Resource Rate Manager version 2 (RRM v2), and ORD;
• Collaborating with and supporting the Onboarding and Operations teams as appropriate with MDM integrations;
• Ensuring major changes are flagged up and coordinated with other teams;
• Creating new and maintaining of existing documentation for priority tasks, developments and enhancements in compliance with ISO standards;
• Collaborating with data stewards / data managers to define and prioritize the Source MDM system development and creation of a consolidated document that lists all the business rules;
• Demonstrating an understanding of change management, document management and SLA management;
• Possessing a working knowledge with SQL query development and debugging, data modeling concepts, ETL design and development, methodologies, tools, processes and best practices;
• Possessing knowledge of technology platforms such as Synaptica, VSTS, SM9 etc.;
• Demonstrating experience in agile methodology, data analysis, data modeling, data integration, and data profiling;
• Communicating information about services to stakeholders across the network both verbally and in writing;
• Displaying the ability to diagnose and resolve basic MDM technical issues;
• Showcasing management skills, reporting skills, analytical skills and the ability to understand existing business processes;
• Possessing written and verbal communication skills as well as organization and management skills; and,
• Demonstrating the ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Job Posting End Date

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• national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status;

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