SAP ABAP-MDG Consultant

IBM
IBM

quezon, philippines

Posted on Oct 1, 2026
Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Design, configure, and support SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) solutions across key master data domains such as Business Partner, Customer, Vendor, Material, or Finance.
Configure and maintain SAP MDG workflows, including change request processes, approvals, validations, and governance rules.
Work closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze business processes, and translate them into SAP MDG functional solutions.
Configure data models, governance processes, business rules, validations, derivations, and duplicate checks within SAP MDG.
Collaborate with technical teams to implement workflow enhancements, BRF+, Fiori applications, and custom developments.
Support master data creation, maintenance, data quality initiatives, and governance processes.
Perform functional testing, system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and production support.
Troubleshoot and resolve functional issues related to workflows, approvals, change requests, and master data processing.
Work with cross-functional SAP teams including S/4HANA, ECC, Finance, Procurement, Sales, and Supply Chain to ensure seamless master data integration.
Support SAP MDG implementations, enhancements, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Develop functional specifications, configuration documentation, process flows, and end-user training materials.
Ensure compliance with enterprise data governance policies, standards, and best practices.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

Required Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on experience with SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG).
Proven experience configuring and supporting SAP MDG workflows, including approval processes and change request management.
Strong functional expertise in one or more master data domains such as Business Partner, Customer, Vendor, Material, or Finance.
Experience with SAP MDG data modeling, governance processes, validations, derivations, and duplicate check frameworks.
Good understanding of SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC master data processes and integration.
Experience working with BRF+ for business rules and workflow decision logic.
Ability to prepare functional specifications and collaborate effectively with ABAP and workflow developers.
Strong knowledge of end-to-end business processes across Finance, Procurement, Sales, or Supply Chain.
Experience supporting testing activities, defect resolution, and production support.
Excellent analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) or equivalent SAP certification is preferred.
Experience with SAP Fiori applications for MDG.
Knowledge of SAP Business Workflow, SAP BTP, and integration technologies is an advantage.
Experience in SAP S/4HANA transformation or greenfield implementation projects.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and ITIL-based support processes.
Experience working in global or enterprise-scale SAP environments with established data governance frameworks.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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