SAP Functional Analyst – Finance (Information Technology)

Publix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest privately-owned food retailer in the nation with more than 1,200 stores and more than 200,000 associates throughout the Southeast. We are associate-owned, proud of our family atmosphere, and consistently named as one of the best companies to work for in America. We are largely debt-free and renowned for our financial performance as well as our premier customer service. Publix's Information Services (I/S) department is located in Lakeland, Florida and Alpharetta, Georgia and employs over 1000 associates. I/S provides the information technology required for all Publix business units including retail stores and all office and warehouse environments. The Publix I/S mission is to maximize the value of information technology to Publix associates and customers.

Please note, this is a hybrid position requiring 8 days per month on-site in Lakeland, FL.

Welcome to Publix Technology, the award-winning technical group for Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the nation. Our technology teams of 2100+ associates provide cutting-edge, modern solutions to nearly 1400 retail stores and 200,000+ internal team members across 8 states. We offer positions at all levels - summer internships, individual contributor roles, to technical leadership across a broad range of technical disciplines. So, whether you are interested in IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure - we have a career path for you! Pub Subs are not the only thing we build from scratch. See for yourself why Publix Super Markets, Inc. has been on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list.

The Finance and Purchasing team supports all the financial applications in our SAP ERP system including Accounts Payables/Receivables, Asset Accounting, General Ledger, Payments Processing, Project Systems, Real Estate, Tax and FI integration with Logistics modules. You will support design, development, and deployment of new SAP Finance solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate on cross-functional project teams with an emphasis in Finance to design, develop and implement SAP applications.
• Gather business requirements and translating into system design and reporting capabilities.
• Design system solutions, write functional specification document for various RICEFW objects, perform functional configurations, perform unit testing, coordinate integration testing, support user acceptance testing, and resolve issues reported during hyper-care.
• Configure SAP to implement solutions in the Finance area.
• Collaborate with Development and Infrastructure teams to create, maintain and test application functionality to ensure implementations are successful.
• Test application functionality as well as custom SAP programs
• Assist with resolution of SAP incidents and problems.
• Validate the deployment of SAP system changes into a production environment.
• Provide production support to the business areas for SAP Finance applications
• Assist with support of integration within SAP and interfaces between SAP and other systems

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 7+ years of experience with SAP solutions designing and configuring core Finance applications: Assets, Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Controlling, Real Estate and integration with Materials Management/Plant Management/Product Cost Controlling
• 4+ years of experience with interviewing business users and creating comprehensive business requirements that include both written requirements and diagrams depicting current and proposed solutions
• 4+ years of experience understanding software applications and translating business requirements into functional configuration
• 4+ years of experience reading and understanding system requirements and designing deliverables
• 4+ years of experience with software testing and following testing standards including writing and executing comprehensive test plans
• 4+ years of experience working as a team utilizing Agile methodology

• 7+ years of experience with SAP's ECC Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, specifically the Finance modules: Assets, Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Controlling, Real Estate and integration with Materials Management/Plant Management/Product Cost Controlling
• 7+ years of business experience involving extensive research and analytical skills.
• Experience with SAP Finance modules: Electronic Bank Statements (EBS), Concur Travel & Expense and/or Vertex.
• Experience working with the Finance modules in an S/4 Hana landscape.
• Experience with implementing Finance Fiori applications for business users
• Experience working with SAP BW to perform analysis including setting up new data sources.
• Experience working with Embedded Analytics in an S/4 Hana system
• Experience working with Azure DevOps for managing backlogs and sprint delivery
• Experience leading small efforts and coordinating deliverables

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost


• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock


• 401(k) retirement savings plan


• Group health, dental and vision plans


• Paid Time Off


• Paid Parental Leave


• Short- and long-term disability insurance


• Tuition reimbursement


• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria


• Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits - Jobs (publix.com)