General Mills India | Executive - SC Accounting

Key accountabilities

• Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.
• Manage & lead inventory reconciliations for External Supply Chain (ESC) & 3rd Party Co-Packers, ensure accurate inventory management across systems.
• Investigate and resolve inventory variance and discrepancies, including IDOC errors, IR/GR mismatches, and over/short variances.
• Work and resolve issues related daily, weekly, and monthly activities (E.g., Inventory reports, Negative inventory report, Prepare JE’s, Open Purchase order /Shipment report, Qty Discrepancy Reports.
• Execute end-to-end operational grain accounting for mills and terminals, including unloads, sales invoice settlements, millfeed processing, and shipment creation in UGS, with strong accuracy and timeliness focus.
• Lead, support & reconcile other profit centers.
• Oversee product costing, new SKU/material set up in SAP, and conduct BOM (Bills of material) reviews and audits.
• Develop strong relationships with business partners.
• Support business continuity to meet critical business objective.
• Ensure all SLAs are met with set accuracy and timelines.
• Review and resolve exception items such as aged items in a timely manner.
• Accurately process journal entries and perform account Reconciliations.
• Support audit and control to ensure compliance with GMI and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Identify, initiate, and implement process improvement ideas.
• Ensure clear process documentation is in place, utilized and updated in timely manner.
• Ensure accurate recording of financial transactions in compliance with related accounting controls and prepare information and reports for North American Internal/External manufacturing facilities.
• Leverage Continues Improvement tools or mindset to identify recurring issues and work towards Institutional Solution

Requirements

• Minimum years of related experience required:2+ years of relevant experience in business, accounting.
• Preferred years of related experience:2+ years of relevant experience in business, accounting.
• Familiarity with SAP system functionality preferred.
• Experience dealing with U.S. personnel over phone preferred.
• Ability to question, recommend, influence and lead process changes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness for the team and stakeholders.
• Advanced MS Office computer skills preferred (i.e., Word, Excel, Access, Outlook).
• Preferred Major Area of Study: Finance & Accountancy
• Experience in Reconciliation is must.

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)