Job Description:
Position Title
Business Financial Analyst
Function/Group
Global Admin Analytics Team (GAAT)
Location
Mumbai- Powai
Shift Timing
1.30pm 10.30pm IST
Role Reports to
Manager- GAAT
Remote/Hybrid/in-Office
Hybrid
ABOUT GENERAL MILLS
We make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Hagen-Dazs, we've been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.
How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out http://www.generalmills.com
General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.
With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T) Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).For more details check out https://www.generalmills.co.in
We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.
JOB OVERVIEW
Join the Digital and Technology (D&T) Finance Team and be a part of the Enterprise Accelerate Strategy to drive digital and technology transformation! D&T enables the advancement of General Mills strategy by partnering with the business to bring new capabilities.
This role provides critical leadership in the areas of capital investment, accounting and controls and financial reporting for the D&T function. This role provides significant cross-functional exposure as well as the opportunity to develop global business partnership skills while working to continuously improve global capital processes, controls, and reporting. This role will work closely with D&T Business partners and the Global Capital Team in managing and executing D&T capital projects. There is opportunity for this role to evolve over time as the initial work becomes more efficient and we continue to transform and evolve how our finance team supports the D&T organization.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Manage the capital investment budgeting, tracking & analysis to deliver the annual capital plan
- Provide accounting & controls leadership across the D&T capital community
- Policy interpretation & guidance
- Capital Project Life-Cycle guidance
- Fixed Asset Audit & Controls
- Depreciation/Expense budget ownership
- Influence process & controls improvements
- Provide guidance and issue resolution during the capital project lifecycle
- Support D&T partners on capital prioritization and approval recommendations
- Contribute to other ad hoc projects as needed
- Support projects and work in tandem with Global Admin team around plan, forecasting and reporting
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
- At least 2-3 year of professional experience with some accounting experience preferred
- Working knowledge of SAP
- Able to identify and extract the right data from financial systems to provide meaningful analysis
- High sense of urgency; ability to be proactive, respond quickly, and hit deadlines
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate effectively
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Understands the business needs, being proactive with Initiative mindset to think, define process requirements to an evolving process
- Able to shift priorities quickly when necessary
- Process oriented with focus on consistency and integrity
- Transition experience will be an added benefit
Company Overview:
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.
