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.
What you'll do
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
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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