Enterprise Master Data Lead (SAP)

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together making Real. Progress 

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family. 

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future. 

  
Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing. 

Become part of a critical team that will guide Ausnet to rapidly mature and provide outstanding strategic level technical and operational capabilities, whilst ensuring cross-business coordination and collaboration. 

We are seeking an Enterprise Master Data Lead who will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, consistency and governance of critical master data within Ausnet’s systems (primary on SAP) with a particular focus on asset, customer and operational data.

You will play a pivotal role in enabling reliable business processes, regulatory compliance and analytics across the business by driving high quality standards and championing best practices in data lifecycle management.

This role is based in Southbank and is part of the Group Operations team. 

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to: 

• Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of master data across domains including asset, equipment, vendor, and material records.
• Define and implement data quality rules, validation logic, and exception handling routines to improve data trustworthiness and reduce manual rework.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation of master data issues in collaboration with IT, business units, and Digital teams.
• Support the rollout and optimisation of data governance tools and frameworks, including metadata catalogues, data quality dashboards, and stewardship workflows.
• Act as the enterprise subject matter expert (SME) for master data structure, processes, and integration with other enterprise systems (e.g. GIS, finance, field operations).
• Develop and maintain master data documentation, business rules, and data dictionaries to support operational consistency and audit readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to uplift master data quality and governance maturity, aligned to AusNet’s data strategy.
• Contribute to key enterprise programs and system upgrades by advising on master data requirements, data migration, and test validation.
• Monitor and report on master data health using KPIs and dashboards to support regulatory reporting, performance metrics, and risk reduction.

• Build data capability by mentoring data stewards and end users on best practices for data creation, maintenance, and ownership.  

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of: 

• Tertiary qualification in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Certification or formal training in SAP Master Data Management (e.g. SAP S/4HANA, SAP MDG) – highly desirable.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing and maintaining SAP master data in a complex, multi-domain environment.
• Experience in supporting SAP implementations, upgrades, or system integration projects.
• Additional certifications in Data Management or Data Quality (e.g. DAMA CDMP, Six Sigma for data quality) – advantageous
• Training in data governance frameworks or tools (e.g. Alation, Collibra, Informatica, Microsoft Purview) – beneficial.  
• Proven track record of leading or contributing to data quality improvement initiatives.
• Exposure to regulated industries, ideally utilities, energy, or infrastructure, where data supports compliance and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with IT, operations, asset management, and analytics teams to embed master data practices
• Involvement in audits or data governance maturity assessments is highly regarded.

A real place to belong  
  
We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.   

  
We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart: 

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life. 

• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service. 

• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you. 

• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more. 

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead. 

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.