Position TitleSr Manager Global Admin AnalyticsFunction/GroupFinanceLocationMumbaiShift Timing1.30pm to 10.30pmRole Reports toSr Manager FPNARemote/Hybrid/in-OfficeHybrid
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 accelerateus 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.comGeneral 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 https://www.generalmills.co.inWe 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
As the Senior Finance Manager, Global Admin Analytics Team (GAAT), you will have the opportunity to lead, build, and develop a team of 10+ analysts. This impactful role provides critical leadership to effectively manage SG&A investments for all General Mills segments and functions. The role provides cross-functional global exposure and interaction with multiple Finance teams.GAAT is on a journey to modernize our processes and maximize enterprise value by bringing relevant, data-driven insights to our stakeholders through external insight and modern technology. Critical success factors for this role include the ability to understand key business assumptions and drivers, understanding of financial systems and processes, as well as the ability to effectively communicate with and educate business partners while demonstrating a strong overall customer service orientation.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead, build and develop a team of 10+ analysts
- Key partner in supporting the complex process of forecasting, planning and actuals review for >$2.5B in Enterprise SG&A spend
- Partner with US based GAAT members to deliver an efficient Spring Plan admin process
- Effectively communicate with and educate budget owners while demonstrating a strong overall customer service orientation
- Establish processes, make process improvements, and effectively organize work (Process Excellence)
- Identify and partner with Global FP&A Capabilities team on tool enhancements ideas, testing to improve quality of insights.
Minimum Qualifications
- Full Time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory)
- Professional Certification: B. Com
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or Economics
- 10+ years minimum of finance work experience
- Experience in planning and analysis, budgeting, and forecasting (Planning Acumen)
- Strong critical thinking and ability to apply risk-based lens
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders to act via effective communication and presentation (Partner for Impact)
- High sense of urgency and demonstrated ability to be proactive and respond quickly to evolving marketplace (Situational Agility)
Specific Job Experience Or Skills Needed
- History of coaching and providing feedback to develop team members (Build All Players)
- Strong communication, leadership, and influencing skills
- Process Excellence, able to make process improvements, and effectively organize work
- Situational agility, comfort navigating ambiguity
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
- Solid understanding of P&L planning and business process
- Global and/or cross-functional team partnership
- System proficiency (or ability to get up to speed quickly)
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree
- 7 to 9 years of related experience
- Major Area of Study: Finance, Analytics, Accountancy, Costing
- Professional Qualification: CA, MBA, PGDBA, MMS
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.
