General Mills India | Executive - Finance Accounting

Key accountabilities

• This position is responsible to make prompt and accurate processing of Customer Invoices and to manage Customer Aged trail balance as per the agreed SLA’s/ Goals.
• Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.
• Maintain an accurate and current accounts receivable trial balance in SAP.
• Manage allocated delinquent accounts to achieve monthly recovery targets.
• Identify control risks and possible failures in the process and fix them.
• Lead inventory reconciliation and ensure accurate inventory management across systems.
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, including IDOC errors, IR/GR mismatches, and over/short variances.
• Execute end-to-end transactional grain accounting for mills and terminals, including unloads, sales invoice settlements, millfeed processing, and shipment creation in UGS, with strong accuracy and timeliness focus.
• Oversee product costing, new SKU/material set up in SAP, and conduct BOM (Bills of material) reviews and audits.
• Work closely with cross functional, Global business partners, vendors and Internal teams to resolve and reconcile account discrepancies.
• Ensure clear process documentation is in place, utilized and updated in timely manner.
• Develop expertise in utilizing customer websites for sourcing customer support/documentation /Repayment.
• Support audit and control processes to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Maintain order tracking information (order sheet) and share visibility with customers.
• Coordinate on bookings with approved lines/forwarders-where applicable.
• Accurate Documentation: Procure complete and accurate required export documents as per country.
• Ensure timely receipt by distributors of correct and valid documents.
• Handles Letter of credit process where needed. Ensure timely and correct invoicing to close monthly sales target.
• Ensure customers and plants adhere to the SLA, proactively address clarifications, and promptly report any ambiguities to stakeholders and leaders to resolve issues in advance.
• Filing as per audit requirements (Attach SWBL Copy/Express BL release, container loading report copy along with Invoice copies and other related shipment documents).
• Ensure high service level toward internal customers to collaborate on high KPIs history.
• Participation in driving Continuous improvement within Process.
• Build relationships with the stakeholders to ensure smooth day to day functioning.
• Processing the customer’s promotional invoices - Pivotal role in AR identification, reason code segregation and deduction / payment clearing.
• Follow up and remind distributors for Order receipts & processing (Revenue Recognition) entry on timely manner, respecting

Requirements

• Understanding end to end, upstream/downstream business impacts.
• Minimum years of related experience required: 2+ Years.
• Basic understanding of finance and accounting with more focus on Accounts Receivable Management.
• Strong customer relations, articulation & communication skills.
• Preferred years of related experience: 0-2 years.
• Preferred Major Area of Study: Finance & Accounts/ BMS/BBS

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.

• Industry: Branded packaged foods: cereals, baking mixes, refrigerated dough, soup, snacks, ice cream and pet food (Blue Buffalo)
• Headquarters: Golden Valley, Minnesota, United States (listed on the NYSE as GIS)
• In India: General Mills India Center in Mumbai, a global capability centre covering supply chain, digital and technology, innovation, consumer insights and finance, with a satellite office in Pune (Kalyani Nagar, opened 2025)