Business Systems Analyst - FICO

Trinchero Family Estates - Napa, CA

Full-time

Remote - Napa, CA

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

The IT Business Systems Analyst position is a critical role within Trinchero Family Estates, primarily responsible for supporting the Finance, Tax, and Accounting business areas. This position involves managing ongoing requests for application performance, enhancements, configuration, and corrective actions while being engaged in concurrent projects. The analyst will work closely with business stakeholders and IT partners across various teams, including Business Process, Data, Infrastructure, and Project Management, to ensure that the business needs are met effectively and efficiently. In this role, the analyst will identify, define, design, and implement enterprise business information systems, particularly focusing on the FI and CO modules in SAP ECC EHP6. This includes areas such as banking, fixed assets, planning, special purpose ledger, profitability analysis, product costing, cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, and financial/regulatory reporting. A strong understanding of FICO integrations with other SAP modules and SAP reporting tools, such as Report Writer and Query, is essential. Familiarity with BPC, BW/BI, S/4Hana, and TTB Compliance is also desired. The analyst will be responsible for delivering solutions within the SAP FICO functional area, supporting the integration and management of financial and banking data within SAP ECC. This includes meeting with users and management to gather, define, and document business requirements, translating customer needs into actionable business requirements, and ensuring that all requirements are thoroughly defined in collaboration with other business analysts. The role also involves providing impact analysis for enhancement or change requirements, authoring business scope documents, process designs, functional specifications, and system test and training plans. Additionally, the analyst will lead system and business process test planning and execution, ensuring user participation in testing. They will document all requirements with process maps, input and output requirements, and business benefits, while managing assigned change requests and coordinating with business partners to set priorities and completion dates. Production support is also a key aspect of this role, particularly during peak periods, along with monitoring and maintaining interfaces to other systems for efficient processing. The analyst will be expected to drive project activities, maintain project records, and provide high-level documentation and presentations for management approval.

Responsibilities

• Deliver solutions and initiatives within the SAP FICO functional area.
• Support integrations and feeds of financial and banking data in and out of SAP ECC.
• Meet with users and management to gather, define, and document business requirements.
• Translate customer needs to business requirements.
• Liaise with other business analysts to ensure complete requirements are defined.
• Provide impact analysis for enhancement or change requirements.
• Author and communicate business scope, process design, business systems design, functional specifications, and system test and training plans.
• Work closely with other IT resources to design, develop and deliver system solutions.
• Work with functional managers and the team sponsor to obtain necessary resources to support the team's requirements.
• Lead system and business process test planning and execution, ensuring user participation in testing.
• Document all requirements with process maps, input and output requirements, and business benefits.
• Manage assigned change requests while coordinating with business partners to set priorities and scheduled completion dates.
• Provide production support, especially during peak periods.
• Monitor and maintain interfaces to other systems for efficient processing.
• Comprehend and synthesize project requirements into a plan of action.
• Drive activities within assigned project tasks to meet project timelines, budget, and quality.
• Provide detailed documentation and/or presentations for users on project design and actual processes for approval and testing.
• Maintain project records and status reports, as well as a record of changes and additions to the system for audit purposes.
• Provide project leadership and management as necessary.
• Create and deliver presentations to inform or compel action.
• Analyze current systems and provide management with alternative methods if necessary.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a Business Systems Analyst supporting SAP FICO.
• Experience in functionality and configuration of SAP FICO modules and integration to MM and SD modules.
• Experience in developing SAP Report Writer and Query reports and LSMW routines for data loads and changes.
• Experience in working with ABAP developers in designing, building, and maintaining custom programs and reports.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentation).
• Capability to build strong working relationships with business areas.
• Ability to facilitate and drive decisions and clarification.
• Ability to work independently with short deadlines.
• Strong team player, able to work well both independently and as part of a team.

Nice-to-haves

• Working knowledge of SAP automation data upload tool like GLSU or Winshuttle.
• Knowledge of data/file exchange tools and processes with external partners.
• Knowledge of BPC, Esker Vendor Software and S/4 Hana.
• Knowledge of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
• Business Intelligence (BI) application experience including SAP Business Warehouse (BW).
• Microsoft SQL Server / database experience.
• Participation in SAP implementation/upgrade project(s).