Financial Analyst

ABOUT GENERAL MILLS

We make foodthe world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents.

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

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

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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 t o 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