SAP Data Quality Analyst
SAP Data Quality Analysts help employers find, understand and fix SAP data quality issues before they affect migration, reporting or business operations. They bring practical analytical support across profiling, validation rules, error analysis, duplicate checks, remediation tracking, reconciliation and quality reporting.
What does a SAP Data Quality Analyst do?
An SAP Data Quality Analyst supports data quality activity across SAP programmes and BAU improvement work, working with data leads, data owners, functional consultants, migration teams, governance teams and implementation partners.
The role is commonly used across SAP S/4HANA, ECC, SAP MDG, rollout and transformation programmes where employers need cleaner data, clearer issue ownership, stronger validation evidence and better confidence before migration or go-live.
When businesses hire SAP Data Quality Analysts
- Analysing SAP data quality across implementation, migration, rollout or optimisation programmes
- Profiling master data, transactional data, reference data and migration files for quality issues
- Checking duplicates, missing values, invalid formats, inconsistent records and rule failures
- Supporting data remediation, validation, reconciliation, governance and business sign-off activity
- Adding data quality support to SAP S/4HANA transformation, ECC change, MDG adoption or BAU data improvement work
Typical responsibilities
- Profile SAP data to identify duplicates, incomplete records, invalid values, inconsistent formats and rule failures
- Maintain data quality reports, issue logs, remediation trackers, validation evidence and reconciliation notes
- Support data cleansing, enrichment, standardisation, migration readiness and business sign-off activity
- Work with data owners, governance leads, migration consultants, functional teams and implementation partners
- Investigate data defects, root-cause themes, ownership gaps, process weaknesses and recurring quality issues
- Use SAP MDG, Migration Cockpit, Data Services, BODS, HANA or reporting tools where relevant
- Help project teams make better decisions on data quality, remediation progress, migration risk and operational readiness
Key skills to look for
- SAP data quality analysis experience
- Understanding of SAP S/4HANA, ECC, master data, migration objects and business process data flows
- Knowledge of data profiling, validation rules, cleansing, remediation, reconciliation and quality reporting
- Experience with SAP MDG, Migration Cockpit, Data Services, BODS, HANA or data quality tools where relevant
- Ability to work with data owners, governance teams, functional teams, migration teams and business stakeholders
- Clear judgement on data accuracy, issue ownership, remediation evidence, reporting clarity and practical delivery