Senior Analyst, Data Stewardship

Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Job Description
Team Overview:
You will join our Amsterdam office as part of the Finance Data Operations team within NBCUniversal's Global Controllership. Reporting to the Director of Data Stewardship, you will work across all business segments-including Studios, Parks, and Media-and collaborate closely with colleagues in Finance and IT.
Role Overview:
The Senior Analyst, Finance Data Stewardship plays a critical role enabling accurate financial reporting, scalable operations, and value realization from NBCUniversal's SAP S/4HANA transformation. This role is responsible for the governance, quality, and operational execution of core finance master data that directly impact reporting, close, and downstream accounting processes.
You will enhance the Global Controllership by tactically supporting finance master data governance across core enterprise objects, including but not limited to Company Codes, Profit Centers, Cost Centers. This role partners with our global businesses and IT stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation and ongoing operation of SAP MDG.
The role requires deep expertise in accounting and controls, with a strong understanding of how these are enabled within SAP S/4HANA charts of accounts and enterprise structures. Working in close collaboration with your management and expanded team, you will ensure the delivery of on-time master data approvals that meet defined data quality standards.
This role will also have an exciting opportunity to drive process improvement across non-centrally owned data and configurations, casting a large sphere of influence.
Responsibilities:

• Support Record-to-Report MDG Change Requests in SAP MDG (including profit centers, cost centers, statistical internal orders, GL accounts, and related finance master data objects) as part of Finance Data Operations within Global Controllership
• Manage complex master data requests from intake through completion, including Zendesk ticket monitoring, timely approvals, stakeholder communication, and escalation of risks, issues, and dependencies
• Extract, analyze, and reconcile large datasets from SAP, MDG, and other boundary systems to identify gaps, inconsistencies, or other improvement opportunities
• Coordinate data cleansing activities with business units, identifying data issues, prioritizing remediation efforts, and ensuring tasks are completed accurately and efficiently
• Partner with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to understand NBCU business requirements, resolve data issues, and support adoption of SAP S/4HANA data governance processes
• Leverage accounting and controls expertise to advise stakeholders on the appropriate use of master data within Record-to-Report processes
• Communicate data governance policies, procedures, control requirements, and downstream process impacts to end users while maintaining current procedure and controls documentation
• Serve as a subject matter expert within the data stewardship pillar by identifying opportunities to improve, standardize, and automate stewardship processes while monitoring data quality metrics and KPIs against agreed standards

Qualifications
Basic Requirements:

• University degree required: Accounting or Information Systems
• 3+ years of relevant work experience
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders
• Self-learner with the ability to quickly understand new tasks
• Ability to understand and manipulate large datasets to provide necessary insights

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) and Zendesk
• Experience working in large/matrixed organizations

Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].