The posting
C5MI is not your typical consulting firm. We are a high-performance team of SAP and supply chain experts who solve complex, mission critical challenges for organizations that cannot afford failure.
We hire consultants who thrive in complexity, move fast, take ownership, and deliver under pressure. At C5MI, you will not be siloed or stuck in theory. You will be hands on, client facing, and directly influencing outcomes that matter.
Our culture rewards initiative, accountability, and continuous growth. This is a place where your expertise is valued, your work is meaningful, and your performance truly matters. If you’re energized by learning through real-world challenges, collaborating with top-tier talent, and expanding your capabilities every day, C5MI is where strong consultants level up.
Position Summary:
The Master Data Management Consultant III is responsible for enterprise master data management across the financial, organizational, material, asset, and business partner domains, establishing the data standards, quality rules, and stewardship practices that allow financial and logistics information to reconcile without manual intervention, in support of a large-scale, greenfield SAP S/4HANA financial management modernization program for a Department of War (DoW) organization. The consultant independently owns assigned master data domains, leads stewardship and data quality sessions for that scope, and resolves moderately complex harmonization and duplication issues across legacy sources. This position operates at Level III of the C5MI job architecture and contributes to delivery across a five-gate milestone structure spanning pre-design approval, preliminary design review, critical design review, production readiness review, and closeout.
Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Owns assigned master data domains, including attribute definition, business rules, valid value sets, and domain-specific data quality thresholds.
- Designs and implements match, merge, and survivorship rules to establish authoritative records from multiple legacy sources, and resolves conflicting source data; where SAP Master Data Governance is the enforcement platform, this includes consolidation and mass processing rule design.
- Defines and maintains data quality rules, measures, and scorecards; analyzes data quality trends and drives remediation with data stewards and functional owners.
- Leads stewardship working sessions with business data owners to establish ownership, approval paths, and remediation accountability for assigned domains.
- Designs master data lifecycle processes, including creation, change, extension, blocking, and marking-for-deletion, and the controls applied at each transition.
- Supports cross-domain consistency analysis, ensuring financial, material, asset, and organizational master data align to a single set of enterprise definitions.
- Handles moderately complex configuration and design work with minimal oversight, exercising judgment within established program design practices.
- Leads requirements gathering sessions and fit-to-standard workshops for assigned scope and documents the resulting functional designs and configuration rationale.
- Owns assigned deliverables end to end, including design, configuration, documentation, test execution, and defect resolution across unit, integration, and user acceptance testing.
- Mentors junior team members informally and reviews configuration and documentation produced within the assigned scope for quality and standards compliance.
- Supports authority to operate, cybersecurity, audit, and compliance activities associated with the program, including production of control evidence for assigned configuration.
- Supports cutover, go-live, and post-deployment hypercare activities for assigned scope, and contributes to transition of the delivered capability into the sustainment organization.
- Travels to client sites up to 50% to support workshops, design sessions, testing events, cutover, and go-live activities, varying based on client program schedules.
- Adheres to all certified processes as part of our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality and information security, which includes actively participating in quality assurance activities and ensuring the protection of sensitive information in accordance with our security policies.
- Performs other related tasks as assigned by direct supervisor.
C5MI Expectations of all Employees:
- Adheres to all C5MI Policies and Procedures.
- Always conducts self in a manner consistent with C5MIs’ Core Values.
- Maintains a positive and respectful attitude with all contacts.
- Consistently reports to work on time and prepared to perform the duties of the position.
- Meets productivity standards and performs duties as workload necessitates.
- Maintains the privacy of all company proprietary information.
- Treats vendors, customers, and team members with respect and dignity.
- Able to safely perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience; 3-5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 5-7 years of relevant experience without a Bachelor’s degree, including demonstrated experience owning deliverables and solving moderately complex problems.
- 3+ years of master data management or data governance experience in an enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated experience defining data quality rules, measures, and scorecards, and driving remediation with business data owners.
- Experience with match, merge, survivorship, and duplicate resolution across multiple source systems.
- Working knowledge of ERP master data domains and the downstream financial impact of master data defects.
- Proficiency with SQL or equivalent data analysis tooling.
- Ability to exercise judgment within defined practices and handle moderately complex issues with minimal oversight.
- Demonstrated experience owning deliverables through design, configuration, testing, and documentation.
- Experience supporting multi-system SAP landscapes.
- Secret security clearance required: must hold an active Secret clearance or be able to obtain and maintain one prior to assignment (requires U.S. citizenship).
Nice to Have:
- Active Secret security clearance at time of hire.
- Experience supporting federal ERP modernization programs, Department of War (DoW) SAP environments, or other defense business systems acquired under DoDI 5000.75.
- Experience with SAP Master Data Governance as the enforcement platform for master data policy.
- Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or equivalent data management certification.
- Familiarity with federal financial audit drivers, including the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) methodology, DoD 7000.14-R (Financial Management Regulation), and FFMIA.
- Experience aligning organizational master data to a force structure hierarchy or equivalent enterprise organizational data initiative.
- Experience with enterprise data catalog, lineage, or metadata management tooling.
Compensation: In accordance with pay transparency law, the expected salary range for this position is $90,000-$105,000 annually. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. This posted range reflects our good faith estimate of the compensation we reasonably expect to offer for this role at the time of posting.
Application Deadline: We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/01/2026.
Benefits:
C5MI offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: C5MI Benefits
Our employees are key to our success, so we strive to be more than just a team; we’re a community built upon a set of Core Values that guide our every action:
- Challenge – We believe in challenging the present – it’s the only way to shape the future. We must be exceptional communicators and collaborators while always learning. We also understand that speaking your mind requires equal parts brain (what to say), thoughtfulness (when to say it), and caring (how it’s said). Incremental won’t win.
- Have Fun – We are on a journey, together. Take care of your family, take care of yourself, and take care of each other. Live your happiness. Stay human, take care of each other and invest in your community. Life isn’t all about work. Live your happiness. Be healthy.
- All In – You can’t fake passion – show your energy. Own it – take charge and lead. Our team is made up of top quartile talent and we never accept second best. Accountability, trust, and integrity create an environment to realize the team’s true potential.
- Never Forget the Customer – We have walked a mile in your shoes. Experience matters. We drive innovation to generate business value. Be true – no BS.
- GSD (Get Stuff Done) – We take initiative and never make excuses. We act with urgency, and we delivery high quality outcomes with extreme velocity. We embrace process discipline, drive continuous improvement, and stay audit ready. We relentlessly execute and plan for tomorrow by creating sustainable outcomes. That is how we win!
- Empower – Our people are the foundation for our success. We recognize their value, and support them by fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. We recognize individual strengths, build confidence through action, and invest in personal development.
How to Apply:
To apply for this position, use the application link provided in this job posting and complete the application and submit a resume. If the position requires a specific certification, please be sure to upload a copy of your certification when you apply.
If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with C5MI and have accommodation needs such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (904) 431-7922 or send us an email here or speak with your recruiter.
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