Master Data (Analyst) - Contract

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future.

We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress.

Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background. At BASF, careers develop from opportunities.

Do you want to work with passionate teams, providing excellent business and digital services to the Asia Pacific region?

Do you want an open, supportive, and caring working environment?

Do you view your development needs seriously as we do?

If YES, then take your career to the #NextLevel with BASF !

Objectives of the Position

• Act as Business Partner Master Data (BPMD)’s Gatekeeper for Asia Pacific region
• Responsible to create/maintain BPMD, Bank Master Data (BMD) and Employee Master Data (EMD) in multiple systems (ZH4 & Z2L) for all in scope companies under KL Service Hub using the global workflow tool, Master Data Governance (MDG)
• Consistently ensure Data Integrity and Quality to support all follow-on business processes
• Ensure that timelines and quality meet the agreed service levels and targets
• Close collaboration with MD Stakeholders, global counterparts to ensure smooth processes

Main Areas of Responsibilities and Key Activities

Functional Tasks (including but not limited to):

• Act as MDG Gatekeeper in ensuring completeness and consistency in BPMD and BMD maintenance under Asia Pacific’s authorization
• Ensure all requests in MDG are attended to within the defined Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Create, maintain and manage core/general, company code, purchasing and sales organization BPMD in the global Master Data System (MDG) according to the BASF Guidelines
• Ensure emails and requests in Functional Mailbox are handled/processed/channeled to the correct parties on a timely basis every day
• Ensure 100% Quality checks (through 4-eye-principle) for bank related data
• Continuously monitor and ensure successful data distribution from ZH4 (MDG) into Z2L (Cobalt)
• Work closely with Senior Analyst, Assistant Manager and Manager in daily operations to achieve defined objectives and targets
• Support local counterparts/internal stakeholders in extracting and preparing various BPMD and EMD related reports
• Troubleshoot and attend to MD related queries from local business partners, global counterparts, internal and external stakeholders by means of Service Recipients Feedback Survey and emails

Compliance:

• Participate in any compliance audits and respond to audit queries (for both internal and external)
• Ensure all work documentation and work processes are updated and met with BASF policies & guideline, local company’s policy, legal and statutory requirements

Quality and Continuous Improvement:

• Identify, recommend, and implement continuous improvement opportunities in quality and efficiency to support smooth implementation
• Prepare training materials and conduct end user trainings when required
• Support new and existing team members through proper knowledge transfer; and sharing of best practice thereby ensuring quality is maintained through any staff transition
• Focus on data integrity to support BASF processes by initiating and performing data clean-up activities within the team

Others:

• Support Business Continuity Plan (BCP) through resource planning, backup and communication
• Any other tasks due to Service Hub KL management strategy and/ or changing business environment may require to be performed

Additionally, for Associate Analyst:

• Act as first level support for MDG technical queries/issues and directly get in touch with IS for a second level support if
• required
• Act as Area of Competency (AOC) member or topic owner for Master Data processes
• Support Internal, Regional and Global projects as and when required

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Finance/ Accounting or related disciplines or Professional qualification in Finance (e.g., ACCA, CPA, etc.)

Working Experience & Skills

• Fresh graduate with Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/ Accounting or related disciplines
• Diploma with minimum 1-2 years working experience in related fields
• External experience in a shared service or business process outsourcing engagement will be an added advantage
• Good interpersonal skills to communicate to service recipients
• Good time management, good organization skills and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to excel under pressure for meeting any tight deadlines

Technical & Professional Knowledge

• Knowledge of MS Office Applications, especially MS Word, Excel and Power Point
• Knowledge of SAP Systems will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in English and other languages required
• Knowledge in programing or scripting are an added advantage but not mandatory