Data Lead (SAP Migration) - Legal Firm
Posted 1 day ago by Hays Specialist Recruitment
£800 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
London, UK
Summary: The Data Lead role at a prestigious legal firm involves overseeing the data strategy for a significant SAP to Aderant migration. The position requires strong technical expertise and data ownership to ensure accurate data mapping, cleansing, and governance throughout the migration process. The Data Lead will serve as the primary liaison between Finance, Legal Operations, and IT, ensuring that data standards are met and maintained. This role demands exceptional stakeholder management and the ability to translate complex operational needs into actionable specifications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the business-side data strategy for SAP to Aderant migration.
- Ensure accurate definition, mapping, cleansing, and approval of datasets across migration cycles.
- Lead requirements gathering, design workshops, and business reviews.
- Own the SAP to Aderant conversion mapping and oversee validation, UAT, and business sign-off.
- Act as the central link between Finance, Legal Operations, and IT, establishing data governance frameworks.
- Resolve data-related issues and document decisions clearly.
Key Skills:
- Significant experience as a Data Lead or similar role with strong data ownership.
- Expert-level SAP knowledge and proven data ownership in large-scale migrations.
- Hands-on experience in data mapping, migration, and validation.
- Experience with ERP/PMS systems in legal or professional services environments.
- Strong understanding of SAP core data and end-to-end migrations.
- Proven track record in mapping SAP datasets to new platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
Salary (Rate): £800.0 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Your new company
Working for a globally renowned legal firm
Your new role
We are seeking a highly capable Data Lead with a strong technical mindset and exceptional data ownership skills to drive the business-side data strategy for a major SAP to Aderant migration within a global legal firm. This role is responsible for ensuring all client/matter, timekeeper, financial, and P2P/R2R datasets are correctly defined, comprehensively mapped, thoroughly cleansed, and fully approved across each migration cycle. As the authoritative voice on data meaning, lineage, and acceptance, you will act as the central link between Finance, Legal Operations, and IT-setting standards, identifying golden sources, and ensuring consistent governance and quality across the programme.
You will lead requirements gathering, run design workshops, and guide business reviews to translate complex operational needs into clear, actionable specifications and documentation. The role owns the entire SAP ? Aderant conversion mapping, shapes global and regional taxonomy decisions, drives data cleansing and reconciliation controls, and oversees validation, UAT, and business sign-off for each test and production wave. As the single accountable business decision-maker for data, you will ensure issues are resolved quickly, decisions are clearly documented, and strong governance frameworks are Embedded to create a stable, trusted, long-term data landscape.
What you'll need to succeed
- Significant experience as a Data Lead or similar role, demonstrating a strong sense of data ownership.
- Expert-level SAP knowledge with proven data/product ownership across large-scale SAP migration programmes.
- Hands-on experience in data mapping and migration, including complex transformation and validation work.
- Experience working with ERP/PMS systems within legal or professional services environments (Aderant working knowledge = desirable).
- Strong understanding of SAP core data, end-to-end SAP migrations, and how SAP data flows through business processes.
- Proven track record in mapping SAP datasets into new ERP/PMS platforms.
- Extensive SAP migration experience is essential.
- Deep understanding of how SAP data is used operationally within the business.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to collaborate effectively with business teams, programme leadership, finance, technical teams, senior legal stakeholders, and external vendors.
What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
What you need to do now
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