Senior Business Architect (Master Data Management)

Quick Facts

Role: Senior Business Architect (Master Data Management)

Description

Shape the future-state business architecture for Master Data Management (MDM) by bridging strategy, business processes, data, governance, and technology. Translate complex business needs into scalable business architecture and ensure strong linkage between requirements, delivery, and benefits realization.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain future-state business architecture for MDM capabilities, processes, governance, operating models, and information flows.
• Translate business strategy and transformation objectives into capability maps, target operating models, value streams, and architecture roadmaps.
• Identify gaps, dependencies, risks, and opportunities for standardization, automation, and process optimization.
• Lead complex business discovery, fit-gap, and design workshops across global business and technology stakeholders.
• Act as the link between business objectives, architecture design, requirements, solution delivery, and benefits realization.
• Ensure end-to-end alignment between MDM, Finance Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Finance IT, and business stakeholders.
• Lead business analysis activities including requirements gathering, process modelling, business rules definition, user stories, and functional specifications.
• Support governance forums, steering committees, and design authorities with architecture recommendations and decision-ready materials.
• Support project teams throughout design, implementation, testing, deployment, and hypercare phases.
• Contribute to architecture standards, principles, methodologies, repositories, and reusable design patterns.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Business Architect, Enterprise Business Analyst, Lead Business Analyst, Transformation Architect, or similar role.
• Strong experience designing business capabilities, operating models, governance frameworks, and business processes.
• Hands-on experience with business analysis methodologies, requirements engineering, process modelling, and workshop facilitation.
• Experience working within large-scale transformation programs with multiple stakeholders, countries, and functions.
• Experience within Master Data Management (MDM), Data Governance; SAP MDG and SAP ERP experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of process architecture, business architecture frameworks, and change management principles.
• Ability to connect strategic objectives with practical delivery and operational implementation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills; can influence senior leaders and drive alignment.
• Finance Transformation, Shared Service environments, GBS organizations, or global governance models experience is an advantage.
• Lean, Six Sigma, BPM, TOGAF, BABOK, CBAP, or similar methodology knowledge is an advantage.

Benefits

• Employment contract and a comprehensive benefits package
• Training and development programs; access to an e-learning platform
• Onboarding program with a dedicated Buddy
• Annual company-wide integration event
• Scandinavian organizational culture
• Growth opportunities through internal programs
• Private medical care, life insurance, language and training support, sports/fitness benefits, and other social perks
• Holiday funds, employee referral program, charity initiatives, modern/ergonomic office, and additional amenities (e.g., parking, bicycle parking, yoga)