General Mills India
General Mills India | Assistant Manager - Corporate Finance
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Job Highlights
Key accountabilities
- This role exists to be a key member, responsible for financial accounting, reporting & financial planning, and analysis for GIC India as part of Corporate Finance team.
- This role entails a key Corporate Finance team member, who will support GIC functional leaders / controllers / team members in financial accounting, reporting, budgeting, analysis, and compliance.
- Individual in this role is expected to have excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and anticipate needs of leaders.
- Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.
- Prepare audit-ready schedules, reconciliations, and supporting workings.
- Coordinate with auditors and address queries in a timely manner.
- Provide necessary documentation and data to facilitate audit procedures.
- Liaise with internal teams to gather information and ensure completeness.
- Track audit requests and ensure timely closure of open items.
- Support audit planning, fieldwork, and closing activities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and tax regulations.
- Assist in implementation of auditor recommendations and process improvements.
- Preparation of Transfer Pricing working and required supporting’s for TP Audit.
- Validate and analyze GST & TDS returns and reports to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Monitor and track GST input tax credit (ITC), including reconciliation with books and returns.
- Prepare GST refund workings and coordinate timely filing.
- Liaise with external consultants for GST notices, assessments, and data submissions, ensure timely response to government notices.
- Ensure accurate deduction, reconciliation, and timely deposit of TDS.
- Prepare and maintain monthly GST/TDS schedules in Blackline as per reporting timelines.
- Prepare data and support for STPI compliances – input (including annual and monthly filings and documentation).
- Identify and highlight compliance gaps or risks and recommend corrective actions.
- Preparation of Lease provisioning and Reports.
- Review & share observation on WD-1, variance Analysis on monthly MIS on WD-2, and sharing comments with Manager on regular basis.
- Mentor, guide and train new / junior team members in accounting, process understanding and addressing concerns.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure timeliness and data accuracy.
- Establish adequate governance mechanism within team to ensure correct audit trail and documentation.
Preferred additional degree: MBA finance
- Professional Certifications: CA, Certification of GST, Certification of International Taxation, Analytics.
- Strong Business partnership with leaders in India & US partners.
- Strong financial acumen, analytical and critical thinking skills & organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to interact effectively with all levels throughout Company organization.
- Offers new ways of doing things and understanding associated risks. Experiments with innovative approaches.
- General Accounting, Direct and Indirect Tax work experience is preferred.
- Preferred Major Area of Study: Finance & Accountancy
- Strong technical accounting background.
- Strong Excel and database skills
About the company
General Mills, Inc.
General Mills was formed on 20 June 1928 in its present form when James Ford Bell merged Washburn-Crosby with a number of other regional flour mills, and its roots go back to the Minneapolis Milling Company, incorporated in 1856. Its shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in November 1928. The company is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and sells branded foods through retail stores, including breakfast cereals, baking mixes, refrigerated dough, soup, snack foods and ice cream. It added the pet food maker Blue Buffalo in 2018. In India, General Mills runs the General Mills India Center in Mumbai, a global capability centre that supports the group in supply chain, digital technology, innovation, consumer insights and finance. A satellite office for digital and technology staff opened in Pune in 2025.
Finance hiring is concentrated in Mumbai and covers a wide range of work: corporate finance, supply chain accounting, financial consolidation on OneStream, US payroll tax, SAP finance, cost management, FP&A, brand finance, global internal audit and global finance operations. Roles run from executive and trainee level to associate director and head of function. Several postings ask for a Chartered Accountant or an MBA in Finance, and cost management trainee roles are open to candidates pursuing CMA Intermediate or Final. Internal audit roles prefer CPA, CIA or CISA, and other postings ask for a graduate or postgraduate degree.
