Sr. Finance Analyst, Pet - Cat Feeding & Treating
About The Position
Are you looking to have a sizable impact on a growing business? Are you ready to help build the future of General Mills? Do you love pets? If you answered yes to at least one of the above, consider joining the NA PET Brand Finance team and help lead the growth in the Treating & Cat Feeding Business Unit, supporting Blue Buffalo Treating. Blue Buffalo is the #1 natural pet food brand in the US playing in both premium and super premium and is on a mission to help pet parents love and feed their pets like family. By 2030, the North America Pet Segment expects to reach household penetration of 40MM and sales of $4 billion. In this role, you will have a differential opportunity to impact North America Pet's growth trajectory and long-term business model by partnering with the Blue Buffalo Treats brand and cross-functional leadership team. This individual’s financial leadership will span across strategy development, long term planning, business model development, investment optimization, and the product life cycle. This role will partner with our Brand team to establish and support compelling brand strategies across key brands (Nudges, Top Chews, True Chews, Health Bars, Bits, etc), lead through core PEAK / planning processes, and lead across NA PET Brand Finance to unlock value from our new Athena capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to lead a dynamic growth business, as well as work directly with and influence a cross-functional leadership team. Come join the Brand Finance team for this unique opportunity to drive growth for the North America Pet Segment and enterprise!
Requirements
- BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field
- 3+ years of work experience
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders to act (via effective communication and presentation to partner for impact)
- Track record of exercising fiduciary responsibility, being accurate and detail oriented (Risk Management)
- Demonstrated ability to be proactive, respond quickly, smoothly adjust to changes (Situational Agility)
- Able to establish processes, make process improvements, effectively organize own work (Process Excellence)
- Identify and extract the right data from financial systems to provide meaningful analysis (Analytic Proficiency)
- Experience with Microsoft Office Tools
- Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.
- Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification.
Responsibilities
- Run your business to deliver against financial targets. Understand business performance and translate insights into actionable strategies to accelerate performance and mitigate risk.
- Lead monthly P&L forecasting (inclusive of Business Unit MBR leadership) and the annual planning process for treats
- Provide financial leadership for your portfolio. Build robust plans to support growth, margin expansion, product innovation / renovation, and resource optimization
- Drive and influence decisions with your cross-functional partners through a strategic, holistic financial & pet parent lens
- Provide financial leadership on Innovation projects, SRM and HMM plans, and Capital Investment decisions.
Benefits
- health benefits
- retirement and financial wellbeing
- time off programs
- wellbeing support and perks
- annual incentive program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
