Sr Financial Analyst- Reporting & Analytics

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 India and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).For more details check out

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.

Purpose of the role

The Global Finance Reporting & Analytic Capabilities Team is leading the future of analytic tools and capabilities for our Global Finance Function. As the world of finance continues to see digital transformation, this is a unique opportunity to build a skill set and foundation differential from many peers in our space. As a Reporting & Analytics Global Process Lead, you will be responsible for the design, deployment, operation, and sustainability of a suite of global financial reporting and analytics tools. You will continuously improve and bring innovative thinking to the suite of tools to meet evolving business needs, partnering across the finance organization to assess requirements, and working with technical teams to design, execute, sustain and improve reporting and analytic solutions. In this role you will need to synthesize global perspectives and requirements into process, technology, and data design decisions, energize teams to embrace change, and effectively communicate with global stakeholders. The Finance Capabilities Team has been tasked to propel the Finance Function into the future and remain best in class at what we do! As we continue to lead exciting discovery initiatives and add business value - it is an energizing time to join the team!

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Manage global reporting capabilities (Lead a Complex Project & Transformation Initiative)

• Project lead for capability enhancements, leading through the agile framework and ways of working
• Design, deploy, sustain, and mature global reporting solutions and standards consistent with the strategic vision and maturity roadmap
• Partner with Global Segment Leads to identify business requirements and coordinate interdependencies for process, data, and technology design across the FP&A capability team
• Partner with finance users to determine business requirements, communicate and collaborate with Data & Technology Developers on a solution, develop launch plan, implement change management, and support user adoption of tool enhancements
• Innovate, execute, and sustain global process design changes
• Serve as global process SME for process, data, and technology
• Operate the day to day process management and issue resolution

Global and cross-functional team leadership (Partnership for Impact & Matrix Relationship Management)

• Partner with global business stakeholders and FP&A Capability Leaders to escalate and resolve issues and enhancements
• Partner with technical team resources to develop and implement enhancements and new capabilities in the suite of Reporting & Analytics tools
• Bring innovative thinking to this space, exploring new capabilities, accessing business needs, and collaborating on solutions

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