Fa - Esc & Warehouse

**Job Description**:
Position TitleFA-ESC & Warehouse

Function/GroupFinance Shared ServicesLocationMumbaiShift Timing1.30 pm to 10.30 pmRole Reports toManager FP&ARemote/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 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

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.

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.

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**Purpose of the role**

**Job Overview**

Manage supply chain finance functions for designated external manufacturing locations. Be a front face and the first point of contact to the company and build a robust relationship with external manufacturing locations. Will be responsible for Financial Accuracy of External Supply Chain Locations and at finished product warehouses as part of the Supply Chain Accounting team. This position would support the ESC & Warehouse FSL.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**- Communication with External Manufacturers primarily for Inventory, Payables, Materials Usage, Volume analysis, Payment variances, Actual V/s Plan volume analysis, Product Costing and Manufacturing Variances.
- Communication with Logistics, Warehouse Operators, SC Accounting global center of excellence, Finance.

10% of Time Month end activities:
- Approve journal entries
- Cost Centre Review
- Account Reconciliations
- Variance Analysis & reporting

20% of Time Daily Activities:
- Inventory Stock Adjustment review and approval
- Usage Analysis (Monthly / Annual)
- Act as business process liaison between many different - Planning & Analysis, SC Reporting, Logistics, Sourcing, ESC FA- Contract Review
- Oversight of inventory activities performed by internal and third-party-warehouse employees
- Escalation point for accounting and control questions at each site

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- Education - Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory
- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)
- Experience
- 4 Years of related experience required

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- Preferred years of related experience: 5 years
- Preferred Major Area of Study: Finance, Analytics, Accountancy, Costing
- Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters
- Preferred Professional Certifications: CA, MBA

**Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed**

ESC experience is good to have.

Should be able to manage supply chain functions for designated manufacturing locations. The responsibilities will involve:

- Ensure financials are accurate and aligned with ESC SP budget
- Approval of ESC toll rates and Journal Entries >$100M
- Lead raw material usage calls with top tier ESC locations
- Ensure proper accounting controls and procedures are followed
- Provide support and insight to External Supply Chain Financial and Operations teams
- Identify and communicate Risk and Opportunities to ESC Guidance Analyst
- Participate in Strategic Partner Alliance meetings
- Key point of contact between ESC Financial Analysts and Manufacturing Process Leads
- Continually recommend action for system/business process improvements to increase productivity and reduce workload in department
- Keep up-to-date on business/system enhancements and communicate to department
- Coordinate or assistant in cross-functional projects
- Capital (PPE and Lease) accounting lead for ESC and Manufacturing.

Monthly Reporting
- Resolve and/or explain monthly variances - cost center and production orders for ESC and production orders for GMI Mfg Plants

Manage Budgets (Spring Plan)
- Complete Spring Plan location budgets

Other Responsibilities:

- Supporting HMM discovery and ideation

Support Continuous Improvement - identify p