Senior Finance Analyst

About General Mills

We make foodthe world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Häagen-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

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

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

In the Senior Financial Analyst role on the Global Supply Chain Finance team, you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of a team where you can develop your skills and capabilities in planning & reporting, process excellence, situational agility and partnership for impact. In this role, you will play a key leadership role in the monthly, quarterly and annual FP&A processes in SCF that are critical to accurately forecasting our results for the business and providing meaningful insights.

Come join the Global Supply Chain Finance team for this unique opportunity to be a part of a team that will drive impactful change and value to the business!

Key Accountabilities

Leverage tools, processes and ways of working from Supply Chain Finance to partner on the execution of the Global Supply Chain Finance FP&A processes (Sourcing, Manufacturing, Logistics, ESC or P&A) and serve-up insights to the business.

For current-state partnership opportunities: Partner with the Global SCF team on current state FP&A processes.

Partner with SCF team on analysis of key drivers and summarization of key insights for the SCF P&A, Pillar and OU SC teams.

Partner with SCF team on consolidation/construction of month-end and forecast story.

Drive efficiencies in our annual and monthly planning/reporting processes

Assess performance against plan and identify opportunities to close gaps.

Partner with SCF team on clear, concise summaries of performance

Understand key financial drivers and their calculations.

Identify data outliers, determine root cause and action.

Identify and partner with Global FP&A Capabilities team on tool enhancements ideas, testing to improve quality of insights.

Sit as a member of the SCF one team.

Minimum Qualifications

Post graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory)

7+ years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Major Area of Study: Finance, Analytics, Accountancy, Costing

Professional Certifications: CA, MBA, PGDBA, MMS

5 years of related experience

Supply Chain Finance knowledge is preferred

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed

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

Previous Supply Chain or Supply Chain Finance experience

Experience with our FP&A systems and capabilities (BPC, AFO, Tableau) or system proficiency (ability to get up to speed quickly)

Experience with SAP ERP/IEP or system proficiency (ability to get up to speed quickly