India is among the top ten priority markets for General Mills, and hosts our Global Shared Services Centre. This is the Global Shared Services arm of General Mills Inc., which supports its operations worldwide. With over 1,300 employees in Mumbai, the center has capabilities in the areas of Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Digital and Technology, Sales Capabilities, Consumer Insights, ITQ (R&D & Quality), and Enterprise Business Services. Learning and capacity-building is a key ingredient of our success.

Job Overview
o Close working relationships with Service AR team to ensure proper controls are in place, achieve higher Service Excellence deliverables.
o Prompt & accurate monitoring of customer deductions/claims, collaboration with the stakeholders & Sales to identify discrepancies, as well as strict adherence to all audit control requirements.
o Holds accountability for the Service Delivery and find efficiencies through continuous process improvement.
o Coaching and Mentoring the team.
o Process expertise with more focus on monitoring the administrative and financial components of the process

Job Responsibilities
45% of Time Service Delivery & Trial Balance management
• Monitor performance on SLAs and reporting
• Maintain team’s quality by ensuring that it is updated on process knowledge, providing expert technical referral support
• Manage stakeholder escalations and discuss with team to identify and implement solutions
• Weekly Stakeholder calls for process
• All business metrics to be met
• Fair understanding of Tableau
• End to end Ownership of Trial balance from Business & AR impact standpoint
• Identify customer specific trend & highlight the same to ICS and escalate timely
• Timely & regular review of ATB with the team
• Preparing for Reporting & Analyzing requirements as per the need
• Co-ordinate, Support, and work closely with Service AR Leads
• Cross collaborates with Trade Analyst to understand end to end process & proactively identify and highlight the anticipated issues
• S4 Hana understanding & navigate for any issues identify to resolve
• Shift timing 11:00am to 8:00pm IST (Extended support required during weekend/ Month end, as per business requirements)

45% of Time Research and Analysis
• Identify scope for Standardization of process
• Trend Analysis for various customers and Reason code to identify and fix the issue
• Reporting through Dashboard & Tableau tool
• Share with Sales/ICS with more insights on customer behavior
• Streamlined process with improved efficiency on clearance
• Identify Synergies with Upstream & Downstream Process
(E.g. Sources for BOL/POD from Carriers, improved recoding of deductions)
• Mediator between Sales/customer contact and GBS Team

10% of Time Continuous Improvement
• Help develop clear standardized processes
• Leverage CI tools and automation to initiate/lead projects to increase efficiency

Desired Profile

Education

Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors
Preferred Degree Requirements: Bachelors
Preferred Major Area of Study: Finance & Accounts/ BMS/BBS/MBA

Experience
Minimum years of related experience required: 4 - 5 years of Accounts Receivables & Research and Analysis

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed
- Require functional expertise in finance and accounting with more focus on monitoring the administrative and financial components of the trade payment process
- Knowledge of the Trade Payment System and SAP Knowledge
- Strong customer relations & Communication
- Project management and execution skills
- Multi-tasking and time management
- Competency to prioritize individual and group activities & ability to resolve issues efficiently and effectively
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Strong interpersonal & influencing skills Be able to handle multiple and conflicting priorities
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Possess strong problem solving, negotiating, and decision-making skills
- Be able to analyze and interpret financial information
- Excellent stakeholder management
- Advance Excel knowledge

Competencies/Behaviors required for job
Deliver Outstanding Results
- Accomplishes assigned tasks with unquestionable integrity
- Communicates and collaborates with others to achieve Process results
- Drive’s effectiveness across boundaries to achieve overall Process resultsFinancial Acumen
- Demonstrates technical/financial knowledge
- Understands, practices, and propagates proper accounting
Lead Innovation
- Challenge’s self and others to identify creative approaches and solutions
- Analyze successes and failures to learn and continuously improve
Clear & Effective Communication
Problem Solving & Analytical Ability

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.