General Mills India | Payroll Tax Analyst

Responsibilities

• The Payroll Tax Analyst is responsible for the multi-state payroll tax processing which includes, but is not limited to, federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance and maintaining accurate records on employee tax data.
• Primary focus of the position includes tax jurisdiction review and setup with Workday and ADP SmartCompliance.
• Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.
• Research and resolve multi-state payroll inquiries and related issues.
• Responsible for running and analyzing payroll audits to identify and correct problems prior to payroll confirmation.
• Interact and provide assistance to other stakeholders regarding taxation and documentation requirements.
• Participate in the year end processing of W2’s.
• Assist with the updating of documentation of payroll procedures.
• Respond to employees’ tax and payroll questions via email and ServiceNow.
• Partner with vendor to resolve tax notices and exceptions using ADP SmartCompliance.
• Prepare and submit all necessary paperwork to ADP including SUI rate changes.
• Audit data integrity between Workday and ADP Tax to ensure both systems are in sync on a quarterly and annual basis.
• Design, document and implement procedures to streamline tax and payroll processes as needed.
• Lead year-end activities including preparing, loading and reviewing imputed income, working with departments submitting imputed income to be included in year-end earnings.
• Manage tax payroll calendars focusing on quarterly and annual tax filings and annual W2 preparation and filing.
• Review and input tax adjustments as required ensuring Workday is updated to support all tax adjustments.
• Oversee ADP Smart Compliance, ensuring all taxes are filed, payments remitted and payment/filing issues resolved.
• Lead internal and external payroll tax related audits.
• Supporting Audit and other adhoc reporting requirements.
• Review periodic tax filing validating if all jurisdictions are filed.
• Review quarterly and annual tax processing ensuring completeness and accuracy of records.
• Review Workday and ADP reports to ensure payroll has been vetted in preparation for year-end document preparation.
• Responsible for all reporting and reconciliations, Payroll tax updates, including the oversight of all year-end activities with vendor.
• Update of Payroll KPI reports on time and correctly as soon as payroll is over.
• Perform reviews of Fed, State and Local withholding, Stock processing, quarter and year-end tax review and filing approval with the outsourced vendor

Requirements

• Full-time Bachelor's degree is a must.
• Ability to partner with peers and project team members and demonstrate collaborative and effective teamwork.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and learn quickly.
• Ability and willingness to adapt to a dynamic set of standards and tools.
• Ability to function as a creative self-starter and to work independently.
• Knowledge of technical systems preferred (Workday, ADP SmartCompliance etc.).
• Strong prioritization & time management skills.
• Strong communication skills to both a technical and non-technical audience.
• Ability to execute technological change and process improvements.
• Attentive listening skills and attention to detail are necessary to be effective in this role.

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)