Leader, Corporate Finance, Risk & Compliance

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Statutory COE Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the Statutory COE team responsible for maintaining statutory ledgers and supporting statutory workstream leaders across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with local regulations and timelines.
• Define and execute the operating model, service levels, and ways of working for statutory processes in partnership with regional controllers, COP Leads, and shared service/vendor teams.
• Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement in statutory processes, documentation, and controls, aligned with global policy and external financial reporting requirements.

2. Statutory Reporting & Compliance

• Oversee timely and accurate preparation of statutory financial statements for all in‑scope entities, ensuring compliance with local GAAP, regulatory requirements, and filing timelines.
• Ensure appropriate reconciliation and adjustment processes between US GAAP and local statutory ledgers, including documentation and approval of statutory adjustments where requirements differ from US GAAP.
• Govern and approve statutory ledger changes, period re‑open requests, and post‑close adjustments, following defined procedures and materiality thresholds.
• Coordinate with tax, treasury, and legal teams to ensure statutory reporting supports tax filings, capital structure changes, and corporate actions.

3. Corporate Finance & External Reporting

• Lead the Corporate Finance team in supporting external reporting, working closely with the External Financial Reporting and Global Policy teams.
• Complete controllership for the GIC Site (includes end to end accounting, budgeting, taxation compliance etc).
• Ownership of all site related compliances (e.g. STPI / GST / Transfer Pricing).
• Spring plan for GIC Site.
• Review and challenge period‑end trial balances, balance sheet and P&L, ensuring the integrity of corporate financial results and disclosures.
• Provide analytical insights on corporate results, variance analyses, and one‑time items to senior finance leadership ensure what / so what / now what clarity in all analyses.
• Support global projects impacting corporate reporting (e.g., system changes, S/4, policy updates), ensuring proper accounting assessments, documentation, and change management.

4. Governance, Controls & Risk Management

• Own and strengthen the governance framework for statutory and corporate finance processes, including documentation, RACI, escalation paths, and SLA management with shared services and vendor partners.
• Ensure robust internal controls over financial reporting across statutory and corporate processes partner with Internal Audit and external auditors to address findings and implement remediation.
• Oversee adherence to Global Accounting & Control Standards and global policies drive consistent policy application across regions and entities.
• Proactively identify and mitigate financial reporting risks, including complex accounting matters, local regulatory changes, and process/control gaps.

5. Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering

• Act as primary point of contact for regional controllers, global process owners, and business finance leads for statutory and corporate finance topics build strong, trusted partnerships.
• Coordinate with shared service / vendor teams (e.g., Capgemini) and Service Delivery Managers to ensure high‑quality delivery, clear escalations, and continuous feedback loops.
• Lead interactions with external auditors for statutory and group audits, ensuring timely provision of audit schedules, responses, and closure of issues.
• Represent Statutory COE & Corporate Finance in global governance forums, close task force meetings, and key transformation initiatives.

6. People Leadership & Capability Building

• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing team of managers and analysts across statutory and corporate finance, fostering a culture of curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Define team structure, roles (e.g., COP Leads, Financial Analysts, Accountants), and career paths ensure appropriate succession and bench strength.
• Provide ongoing coaching on technical accounting, statutory reporting, and corporate finance skills leverage internal academies and capability programs where relevant.
• Role‑model General Mills leadership behaviors and values promote collaboration across regions, shared services, and global process teams.

Education:

• • Chartered Accountant (CA) or CPA additional qualification (CFA, MBA Finance) preferred

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed

• Experience:
• Typically 15+ years of progressive experience in accounting and finance, with strong exposure to statutory reporting, corporate finance, and controllership in a global organization.
• Proven experience managing multi‑country statutory ledgers and statutory financial statements, preferably within a shared services / COE environment.
• Strong background in external financial reporting, group consolidation, and working with Big 4 or equivalent auditors.
• Demonstrated track record of leading medium‑to‑large teams and working with offshore vendors / shared services for finance delivery.
• Technical Skills:
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, Ind AS and key local GAAPs for statutory reporting, plus strong understanding of internal control frameworks (SOX / ICOFR).
• Strong understanding of ERP and close tools (e.g., SAP, AFC, Blackline) and reporting/BI tools used for financial reporting and analysis.
• Ability to interpret and implement global accounting policies and to assess complex accounting issues.
• Behavioral Competencies:
• Strategic mindset with strong execution orientation able to translate vision into processes, controls, and clear deliverables.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills comfortable engaging with senior finance and business leaders across regions.
• High level of integrity, ownership, and attention to detail able to operate effectively in peak‑pressure close environments.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change, challenge status quo, and lead teams through transformation.

MIMUM & PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS