Senior Director, Master Data
Multi-function / multi-region leader
Career Explorer · Finance · Master Data Management
Standard where organizational scale supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Large department / multiple portfolios
- Scope
- Large department / multiple portfolios
- Time horizon
- 2-3 years
- Expertise and judgement
- Integrates functions, shapes enterprise decisions, builds leadership pipeline
- Expected impact
- Large-scale transformation and business results
Expected skills (22)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Decision making Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Delegation Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Executive communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Feedback delivery Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Risk judgment Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Stakeholder management Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Strategic thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Talent development Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Conflict resolution Communication & Influence | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Inclusive leadership Collaboration & Leadership | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
Professional (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Financial acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Performance management Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Account reconciliation Global Business Services & Finance Operations | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Account reconciliation, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Order-to-Cash (O2C) Global Business Services & Finance Operations | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Order-to-Cash (O2C), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Process governance Global Business Services & Finance Operations | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Process governance, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Global Business Services & Finance Operations | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Procure-to-Pay (P2P), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Quality documentation Quality & Regulatory | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Quality documentation, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Record-to-Report (R2R) Global Business Services & Finance Operations | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for Record-to-Report (R2R), integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
| Resource management Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| SOX controls Global Business Services & Finance Operations | Supporting | P4 | Sets cross-team standards and governance for SOX controls, integrating risk, metrics and stakeholder needs. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- AVP / Head of Master DataM5Management promotion
Move into a major function/geography executive layer; translate enterprise strategy into a broad operating domain and own strategic outcomes.
What changes to advance
Move into a major function/geography executive layer; translate enterprise strategy into a broad operating domain and own strategic outcomes.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; SFIA; PMI · MF331-M4