Job Description

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Position Title
Analyst- Central Forecast Team
Function/Group
Finance Shared Services
Location
Mumbai
Shift Timing
11 am to 8 pm
Role Reports to
Manager FP&A
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 Hxc3xa4agen-Dazs, weve 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 thats 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.
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Purpose of the role
Support the Global Emerging Markets (GEMS) business with the end-to-end planning process (PEAK), helping to enable consistent profitable growth. Ensure a complete and accurate financial forecast is submitted each cycle as well as providing stakeholders with both standard and ad-hoc reporting. Leverage & find efficiencies in the financial systems, forecast tools and document flows, while always ensuring strong compliance with internal controls.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
60% of Time Submission of Financial Forecast, Spring Plan and PEAK support:

• Ensuring a complete and accurate financial forecast is submitted, using vol from Demand team,
• Assisting with the compilation of decks for each Peak monthly meetings (PMR, DRM, MBR, SR),
• - Review Analyst submissions for forecasting and budgeting process,
• Closely liaise with the business finance team with regards forecast submission and output each month,
• Collating information for HUB scorecard reviews.

20% of Time Reporting and Analysis:

• Preparing and distributing actual business results to stakeholders,
• Pricing and Expense (Admin, Marketing, Trade) consolidation and reporting,
• In-market measures for distributor markets
• Volume Mix Analysis, Margin Analysis
• Cross functional collaboration for NPD reporting and analysis
• Prepare & distribute NPD sales and distribution for each forecast,
• Monthly Trade spend report with accruals and claims by Customer/Distributor,
• Distributor market reports IMS, Distribution and Inventory levels,
• SRM/HMM consolidation and reporting.

20% of Time Daily Activities:

• Ad-hoc reporting requests from business stakeholders,
• Consolidating distributor trade spend forecast (TAF),
• Enter and amend customer pricing as requested,- Maintain Pricing and TP summary reports,
• Add/Maintain customer pricing in SAP,
• Validation & testing of new back end flows,
• Checking accuracy of volume conversions in system.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
xc2xb7 Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors
xc2xb7 Minimum years of related experience required: 5+ years
xc2xb7 Required Professional Certifications: B.Com
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
xc2xb7 Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters
xc2xb7 Preferred Major Area of Study: Finance, Analytics, Accountancy,
xc2xb7 Preferred Professional Certifications: CA
xc2xb7 Preferred years of related experience: 5-8 years
Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed

• Should have a strong level of financial & business acumen as well as a good competency in Excel. Also needs to be comfortable working with ambiguity, making decisions and trusting their judgement while completing their duties.
• FP&A working experience
• Detailed knowledge of PL and financials
• Needs to be a strong partner to both market finance and cross functional teams.

Competencies/Behaviors required for job

• Presents complex data in a manner appropriate to audience
• Comfortable working as a team or autonomously
• Shifts priorities quickly when necessary
• Seeks coaching about the business drivers and how to apply creative ideas
• Offers new ways of doing things and understands associated risks
• Understands and applies knowledge of competitive position of division or function
• Experiments with new approaches
• Aligns priorities with business strategy and vision
• Analyzes successes and failures to learn and continuously improve

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 xe2x80x94 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 whats next.