Data Specialist – Finance & Projects

About the role

The Data Specialist – Finance & Projects will lead the finance data strategy for Schneider Electric’s Gulf Cluster, ensuring high‑quality, governed financial data that underpins performance, compliance and digital transformation initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain finance data governance practices, monitoring master data and KPI integrity across systems.
• Develop data readiness plans, roadmaps and remediation actions for finance transformation and system deployment projects.
• Lead data cleansing, validation, migration readiness and quality‑assurance activities throughout project lifecycles.
• Support implementation and adoption of digital finance solutions such as Horizon, DFL, Unify and Smart Finance.
• Act as the primary finance data point of contact for Gulf finance leaders, shared services and global data teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Data Analytics, Information Systems or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in finance, finance transformation, data management or related digital projects.
• Strong understanding of finance data lifecycle, governance standards and migration processes.

Required skills

• Data Governance and Data Quality management.
• Data Migration planning and execution.
• Experience with finance digital platforms (Horizon, DFL, Unify, Smart Finance).