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Position Title Financial Analyst- GAO Function/Group Finance Shared Services Location Mumbai Shift Timing 1:30 to 10:30 Role Reports to Sr Manager GAO 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 H agen-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 Function Overview The Finance organization partners across General Mills to provide financial expertise to guide and govern the company. We bring a distinctive skill set to help the company sustainably drive strong returns on investment, whether that s brand investments, capital investments or resource investments. We hold ourselves accountable for the areas where we are uniquely positioned to drive results what we call our Strategic Priorities but we never lose sight of the fact that we only truly win when the company wins. The Finance function operates as a global team through the partnership of a series of enterprise-focused and business-embedded groups. For more details about the Function please visit this Link Purpose of the role This individual is responsible to review and implement design solutions for Record to Analyze business cycle, Order to cash and procure to pay processes. Individual will be responsible to identify the risk and review the controls and ensure compliance on the each of these processes. He/she should be an expert in R2A area in SAP FICO module and should have sound technical and process knowledge. He/she should have expertise to navigate through organization and multiple service partners to lead, influence and change processes to ensure best in class R2A processes. He / She should have excellent people management skills to manage geographically dispersed teams across centers. This role needs a strong adherence to governance procedure to maintain the health of process by expanding the process expertise model. The role will also be responsible for constant communication with the stakeholders and help them in identifying mitigating/resolving operational issues, risks and conflicts elevated by business partners. The role demands to act as a trusted advisor in partnership with functional business stakeholders to synchronize business activities, reviewing service components (People, Process, Practices etc.) to identify process improvement ideas to either standardize or bring in best practice approach. It requires the individual to establish and maintains relationships with all Global stakeholders by demonstrating reliability, cooperativeness, honesty, and an unbiased approach to analysis work. Higher order knowledge on accounting (US & International GAAP), Audit & regulatory aspect at Global Level - High degree of accuracy and timeliness due to compliance/regulatory nature of work - Stakeholder management including SOX governance and FSI team. - Ability to analyse with technical/regulatory/policy perceptive and arrive at conclusions - Ability to quickly grasp, influence, convince, communicate & present point of view to senior executives KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 60% of Time Process Review, Risk Management & Governance - Conduct Operational Reviews to evaluate process efficacy - Review end to end processes by being an Expert on the R2A, O2C and P2P processes & systems - Identify, Review and suggest process design basis best practices and standard processes - Review and recommend in-process Vital, Essential, Desirable metrics. - Ensure timely reports covering the gaps are rolled out to the stakeholders. Drafting reports basis the FMEA framework. - Understand stakeholder concerns around process practices errors, training gaps, process changes etc. - Develop advance reporting and analytics to provide proactive insights to Business. - Liaison with Vendor Service Delivery team on timely basis for issue fixation and escalations. - As an SME, act as a Quality reviewer & conduct surprise audits to test compliance on policies & practices. - Have a general knowledge on Chart of accounts & its linkages to Hyperion. - Provide analytical support to Finance teams across clientele and Finance Function at GBS - Ensure all control protocols and defined guidelines are implemented and followed - Ensure processes operate within as per Standard Policy and Procedure - Implement robust risk mitigation practices 30% of Time In-Process Service Management - Knowledge Management - Partner with the CG and internal teams for action plans and its remediation/implementation 10% of Time Projects & CI - Educate and institutionalize CI tool implementation & practices within process - Participate & identify in projects / opportunities from a SME standpoint to execute & bring about process efficiency & cost leadership - Actively participate in team or site events/initiatives MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Education Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered) PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters, Post Graduates Preferred Major Area of Study: Finance & Accounting Required Professional Certifications: Chartered Accountant Preferred Professional Certifications: GAAP or IFRS
