SAP MDG Consultant

Job Title: SAP MDG Consultant (Contract, Remote)

Employment Type: Contract, 6 months

Work Location: Remote (work from home), Japan time zone (JST)

Language: English (business level). Japanese is a plus.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Consultant to support a Japan-based client on a 6-month contract. You will design, configure and support SAP MDG for central master data governance on SAP S/4HANA, and work with business and IT teams to keep master data accurate, consistent and well governed. You will work remotely during Japan business hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure and implement SAP MDG for domains such as Business Partner, Material and Finance
• Gather requirements and turn them into MDG data models, workflows and governance processes
• Configure data models, UI models, change request types, workflows and BRFplus validations
• Set up data replication (DRF) to S/4HANA and other systems
• Define data quality rules, duplicate checks and validations
• Support data migration, mass processing and consolidation
• Prepare functional specifications, test cases and user guides
• Support SIT, UAT, go-live and hypercare

Required Skills

• 5+ years of SAP experience, with 3+ years of hands-on SAP MDG
• MDG on S/4HANA in at least one domain (Business Partner, Material or Finance)
• MDG data modeling, UI modeling, change request workflows and BRFplus
• Data replication (DRF, IDoc, ALE or web services)
• Strong communication and the ability to work independently in a remote setup
• Willingness to work in Japan business hours (JST)

Preferred Skills

• Basic ABAP, MDG Consolidation and Mass Processing, SAP Fiori
• Experience on Japan projects, and business-level Japanese
• SAP MDG or S/4HANA certification