Senior Financial Analyst, Sourcing

General Mills • Golden Valley, MN

70d • $81,000 - $121,700

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) for North America Sourcing offers a unique experience to develop leadership, planning and reporting skills, cross functional partnership, and analytical capabilities. In a supply chain finance role you will gain an understanding and influence how we plan, make, and deliver food the world needs. In this role you will provide critical support to the sourcing function as well as the businesses in a highly dynamic business environment. North America Sourcing manages the procurement of raw materials for both the North America Retail and North America Foodservice businesses. It is a highly dynamic supply chain function with influence and leadership across all Operating Units, Sales and the E2E Supply Chain. The sourcing finance team supports the operation and management of nearly $5B in annual spend.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
• 3+ years of related experience
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive, respond quickly, and adjust to changes
• Process oriented, able to make process improvements, and effectively organize work
• Strong communication skills to influence stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of systems including AFO, SAP, CMT
• Intellectual curiosity
• Analytical mindset

Responsibilities

• Utilize data, analytics, and insights to enable business decisions and solve business challenges by translating insights to actionable solutions for the business team
• Assess the external landscape and leverage insights to drive decisions that advance the business
• Partner with cross functional sourcing team to lead monthly and annual planning processes
• Assess performance against that plan and take action to close any gaps and/or take advantage of any opportunities throughout the year
• Provide clear, concise summaries of performance with functional and cross functional business partners
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional team, Sourcing Finance team and work across the matrix to deliver results via candid communication and productive discourse
• Bring experience, analytics, insight, and candor to influence and shape strategies and performance

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Retirement and financial wellbeing
• Time off programs
• Wellbeing support and perks
• Annual incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees