Master Data Analyst

About the Unit

Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Supporting our vision of a world without hunger, we pursue a strategy of sustainable value growth, promoting climate-friendly and high-yielding crop nutrition solutions for the world’s farming community and food industry. Our ambition is to be the Crop Nutrition Company for the Future. We are committed to creating value for our customers, shareholders and society at large, as we work to develop a more sustainable food value chain. To achieve our ambition, we have taken the lead in developing digital farming tools for precision farming and work closely with partners throughout the food value chain to improve the efficiency and sustainability of agriculture and food production.  Yara Latam Since 1965, Yara has established a unique position in Latin America as the industry’s only global crop nutrition company. With our integrated business model, a regional presence of around 1,300 employees and operations in over 10 countries, we offer a proven track record of responsible and reliable returns. Shared Service Center Since 2016, BULA's shared services center has been providing transactional services for the different work units in Latin America, thus allowing greater agility and centralization of tasks, making some of the strategic areas less operational. With a financial emphasis, the shared services center tries every day to provide support to the various areas of the company through services, such as: Record To Report (R2R), Order To Cash (O2C), Procure To Pay (P2P ) and Operational Excellence (Opex).

The position will be based in Cartagena de Indias Colombia and will have a direct report line to the Master Data Coordinator.

Responsibilities

Main objective:

The Master Data Analyst will be responsible for posting and maintaining the master data entities and objects under the Shared Service Center scope, ensuring integrity of information, correct transfer of information in accordance with the requests received, compliance with service agreements and validating the governance definitions and data quality rules within their scope. This fully following the defined procedures, internal financial controls and using the technological tools available.

The analyst will work within the framework of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) to deliver high-quality data services for several entities like customers, vendors, materials, projects, fixed assests, cost centers, internal orders, employees, among other, for the countries within SSC Latam scope.

This  role will support all iniciatives focus on improve processes efficiency and standardization and will collaborate with team members to accomplish goals.

Main tasks:

- To accomplish the established data governance policies and procedures.

- Monitor and improve data quality through regular audits, validation processes, and quality control measures.

- Post and maintain master data in the company’s information systems, ensuring timely updates and accuracy.

- Work closely with various departments to identify and resolve data issues, ensuring alignment with business needs.

- Adhere to SLAs for data management services, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of data-related tasks.

- Track and report on data quality indicators and other relevant KPIs to measure and improve data management performance.

- Provide training and support to users on master data-related topics, promoting best practices and data literacy.

- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and digital transformation projects to enhance data management processes.

- Create and maintain process documentation (DTPs).

-  Provide excellent customer service; understands Yara core business and promote a sense of urgency toward business critical issues.

-  Maintain the integrity of data that contains Personally Identifiable Information

- Responsible for compliance with the Ethics and Values ​​policy of the organization.

Areas of responsibility:

- Work with the leaders of the different entities in the Latam region. Collaborate with other Global or local team member, technical specialists, project managers,  data analysts and users.

HESQ Management: Know and comply with the Policy, Safety Principles, guidelines and HESQ standards established by the company, based on the Safe by Choice philosophy, as well as the applicable legal requirements and Know and comply with the other requirements defined in the Matrix of HESQ Responsibilities, associated with their position / role.

DIVERSITY CLAUSE : As a global organization we actively strive to reflect diversity in society. Therefore, we motivate all qualified candidates from all backgrounds to submit their application. We are committed to creating a work environment that adapts to gender equality and allows us to combine professional development with the needs of a family or other personal circumstances.

Profile

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Bachelor’s Degree (industrial engineer, System Engineer, Finance, Accounting,  Computer Science, or related careers), Functional Knowledge: Accounting and Financial Processes; Knowledge of SAP: SD, FI, MM; English and Spanish: Spoken and written fluid; Excel: Intermidiate - Advanced; Visual Basic Knowledge

Desirable: - Customer Service Attention, Operational Excellence. - Skills in programming and database management (SQL, Python). - Postgraduate program in information systems,  systems engineering,  data management or other related. - SAP Certification for SD, FI or MM modules

Work Experience : -Experience in at least one of the following master data areas - Materials, Suppliers, Customers, Finance, including Data Governarce, Data Quality and Data Cleansing -Experience with Microsoft Excel, Data Base Management. -Experience with SAP.

Desirable: - Business Services Centre experience - Good understanding of continuous improvement methodologies. - Process design or Projects Management. - Experience in Change Management and Quality (process improvement). - Internal Controls - Work experience in the fertilizer industry, or other similar industry. - Security and Privacy of Information - Safe design of automated processes. - Power BI

Knowledge and skills: - Functional knowledge: Analytical skills, SSC, Comunication skills, SAP ERP. - Analytical thinking and problem solving., Planning skills, organization, direction. - Verbal and written communication skills (eg, presentation, listening, writing reports). - Teamwork - Cooperation with others to create a safety and productive environment. Encourage participation in problem-solving. - Leadership - Ability to create a positive and motivational climate.

-Relationships - Ability to build and maintain good relationships with leaders, coworkers, subordinates, customers and suppliers. Self-control capacity under great pressure. - Ability to detect potential demands for strategy development - Strong analytical skills and strong drive to learn and support business decisions - Excellent communication skills, capable to lead workshops and trainings - Strong team playing and interpersonal skills, proactive, adaptable, and enthusiastic - Strong analytical skills and ability to understand existing business processes - Proactive, curious and self-motivated - Knowledge about ERP's systems (SAP) is a must - Excellent english fluency  (speaking and writting) - Knowledge/Certification in Blue Prism is a plus but not a requirement 

Additional Information

Contact details

Angelica Marmolejo, Master Data Coordinator 

Ximena Quiroga, Talent Acquisition Coordinator 

Apply no later than