**What You Need To Know** Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity. As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more. We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY. **Overview** The Principal Business Analyst- SAP FICO is instrumental in supporting and enhancing IT processes for finance functions, including financial planning, reporting, shared services, payroll, accounting, and auditing. This role focuses on data analysis, process standardization, and identifying improvement opportunities, while building strong partnerships across teams. Leveraging expertise in SAP FICO and FSCM, the Principal IT Analyst works to resolve data issues, monitor KPIs, and drive efficiency initiatives within financial systems. **Primary Responsibilities** + Data Analysis & Reporting: Collect, analyze, and interpret financial data, creating detailed reports for finance and management teams to support decision-making. + Process Standardization: Utilize financial systems knowledge (e.g., SAP FICO, FSCM, Kronos) to identify discrepancies and establish standardized processes across finance functions. + Documentation & Requirements Gathering: Develop procedural flows and business requirements documents, ensuring clarity and alignment for technology solutions. + Data Integrity & Efficiency Tools: Maintain and ensure data accuracy, developing tools to enhance team efficiency and support finance operations. + KPI Management: Define, track, and monitor KPIs, using data insights to inform and support strategic objectives. + Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with various teams to drive improvements, facilitate change, and align on strategic goals. + Mentorship & Education: Guide and mentor team members, conduct end-user training, and promote best practices across the IT organization. + Communication & User Adoption: Effectively communicate updates on systems and processes, ensuring understanding and adoption across the organization. **Minimum Qualifications** **Education:** Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field. **Experience:** + 5+ years of experience with SAP FICO and FSCM, focusing on data analysis, process improvement, and financial systems management. + Strong proficiency with BI tools, with experience in data interpretation and delivering insights to senior leadership. + 5+ years working with enterprise-level database systems, ensuring data integrity and supporting financial functions. + Demonstrated success in leading medium-to-complex projects within financial systems, working within significant budget constraints. **Skills:** + Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to identify key interdependencies and resolve complex issues. + Results-driven with a focus on supporting business goals and delivering value. + Exceptional communication skills, able to convey complex information clearly and foster collaboration across teams. **Physical Demands** + Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or mobile device + Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping + May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs **EEO Statement** Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.