Finance Manager LACDM

General Mills has been bringing food the world loves to Latin America & Mexico for more than 24 years. We're rooted in tradition, yet we're driven to change the future of our industry. To break away from the pack, we welcome all backgrounds, ideas and perspectives to our table. And we remain passionate about continual learning, setting higher goals and empowering advancement. If you share our endless passion for pursuing new ideas and making them real, help us accelerate our success and discover what's next.

Overview

Join International Segment's Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) Unit as Associate Finance Manager for Latin America and Caribbean Distributor Markets Cluster (LACDM). In this high-impact and high-visibility role, you will play a key role in executing FP&A activities and providing support to the overall finance and commercial organizations with the development of tools, reports and analyses. FP&A activities include supporting the overall monthly Financial Estimate/ Internal Business Planning process (PEAK), month / quarter end close reviews, identifying variances vs the annual plan, and annual budget process (SP). The role will also support and influence commercial business partners by providing insights and recommendations on optimizing financial results.

LACDM Cluster is one of our biggest and fastest growing distributor clusters. It sells multiple General Mills brands across 35+ markets, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, etc. It will provide differential leadership experience in navigating complexities across multiple emerging markets, channels, and external/internal partners. Lastly, Mexico is one of our critical markets in our Accelerate vision and will deliver strong double digit profitable growth in the next years.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Anchoring FP&A Processes:

• Key accountability of anchoring the overall financial forecasting & reporting (internal LACDM/ External to GEMs), LACDM LT. This includes the overall PEAK cycle, MBRs, S&Ops, etc.
• Identify and communicate key drivers and value-adding insights of monthly/ quarterly results to the Finance function and the commercial teams.
• Execute AOCs (Analysis Of Change) to investigate variances in the financial plan. Work closely across different functions to come up with recommendations and action plans to deliver sustained strong results against goals.
• Ensure the integrity of the Financial Plan by validating that our Financial Forecasting Tools (BPC) are utilizing the correct financial assumptions including: Customer selling prices, COGs standard assumptions, investment levels, etc. Make sure that the assumptions are complete and that all material impacts to the P&L are considered.
• Contribute to the Integrated Reconciliation process by identifying and tracking the status of Risks and Opportunities. Working closely across functions to drive ownership of action plan execution.
• Support the Month end process by executing reconciliations against our budgets.
• Evaluate the financial impact related to a new product introduction and provide direction on the feasibility and financial sustainability of new launches
• Collaborate with multifunctional teams (Mktg, Sales, Supply Chain) and provide insights and influence in all business decisions taken to ensure we are maximizing shareholder value.

Strategic & process improvement initiatives

• Support the SRM/ HMM processes by helping identify potential opportunities and help quantify the financial benefit.
• Maintain the regular flow of business by ensuring that the organization is following current internal processes and help formalize and define new, simplified processes where needed.
• Responsible for process improvement and the overall PEAK cycle.
• Ensure that controllership activities/ processes are followed by the commercial teams. Be engaged and aware of any major developments or activities that may pose a risk from a controllership or business standpoint.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related Business field, preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant finance experience
• Preferred Experience in CPG (or related) industry in a similar role

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed

• Proficient in Excel based tools and reports
• Expertise in navigating ERP systems (SAP)
• Can prioritize, simplify and deliver tasks amidst complexities
• Skill in combining good understanding of business processes, consumers, customers and financial information to provide value-adding insights and recommendations
• Can effectively work with remote teams
• This role will require travel (~25%)

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.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $91900.00 - $138000.00 / Annually. At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.