Senior Global Data Governance Analyst

About the job

Overview The Financial Systems Integration (FSI) team oversees our core financial systems (SAP, BW, OneStream), providing leadership on our month-end close and consolidation process and guiding the business and other key stakeholders on our financial systems, data and transactional processes. As global data governance analyst, you will own the governance of global data hierarchies for the enterprise. The role will partner with global process owners, key finance stakeholders and cross functional partners to drive forward standardization efforts and ensure our data model processes are well-governed and operate efficiently and effectively. Critical success factors include the ability to advise commercial partners on appropriate data structures and attributes and objectively govern the associated processes to create and manage our financial and product data. In this role, you will get exposure to the following experiences: own a significant functional process, govern and execute control activities, and provide leadership to global and cross-functional stakeholders. It will also allow you to develop & apply numerous capabilities including financial acumen, process excellence and governance expertise. Key Accountabilities • Responsible for delivery of overall integrity of our data hierarchies and associated attributes • Serve as data governance lead for key transformational projects and system upgrades • Oversee system interfaces, escalating issues to owners and supporting resolution as needed • Lead local stewards in identifying maturity needs, implementing change, and ensuring consistency • Establish, sustain, and support relevant controls • Lead global education & awareness communities to ensure understanding of data governance processes Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Computer Science, or related field • 5+ years of previous applicable experience • Deep expertise of GMI financial systems and processes • Technical aptitude for process, data, systems • Strong technical and business partner communication skills • Process oriented with focus on consistency and integrity Preferred Qualifications • Experience with continuous improvement approaches

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Computer Science, or related field
• 5+ years of previous applicable experience

About the company

We make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, ... and Häagen-Dazs, we’ve been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerateus into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.