Finance Director

2 weeks ago


Mississauga, Ontario, Canada General Mills Full time

General Mills Overview:

We are a leading food company that prioritizes being a force for good, expanding learning, exploring new perspectives, and reimagining new possibilities every day.

Our company is a place where remarkable people come together, bonded by our love of food, and driven by a hunger for what's next.

Position Overview

The Manager, Business Unit Finance is accountable for the financial management, P&L oversight, and partnership with our Business Units – cross-functional teams responsible for developing and executing brand strategy to deliver sustainable profitable growth.

This role acts as the co-pilot for a Business Unit Director, requiring holistic P&L management while championing sustainable profitable growth partnerships applying short- and long-term mindsets.

The role as co-pilot demands agility and strong prioritization, managing monthly estimates and annual planning cycles, while providing thought leadership to help build and execute strategic plans.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Partner to lead Monthly Business Reviews to review the Financial Forecast, Key External Leading & Lagging Indicators, and Actionable R&O.
  • Set priorities for self and team while remaining agile in an executional environment to ensure standard processes are adhered to.
  • Champion strong controls mindset across the cross-functional team environment, ensuring strong forecast accuracy and effective investment choices.
  • Practice strong communication and partnerships within the broader finance organization to ensure consistency across common priorities and objectives.
  • Operate as the financial leader to inspire broader cross-functional teams to support delivering common objectives.
  • Manage and coach 2 direct reports for strong performance results and individual career development.

Professional Requirements and Experience:

  • A university degree in Finance or Business Administration.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in Finance, preferably in CPG.
  • Prior experience partnering with cross-functional teams preferred.
  • Agile, organized, and able to manage and prioritize changing workload for self and teams.
  • Proven ability to build trusting relationships at all levels and across all functions.
  • Strong track record of operating with gold-standard finance partnerships.
  • The ability to synthesize complex numerical data into simple and attainable solutions.

Leadership Competencies:

  • Business Partnership: Leads the business team in identifying and pursuing opportunities that maximize shareholder value.
  • Business Process and Analytics: Develops value-added insights, processes, reporting, and analysis that drive business results.
  • Technical/Financial Acumen: Demonstrates technical/financial knowledge in a value-added way.
  • Ability to Create Flexible Environment: Ability to lead through ambiguity with agility in a dynamic and complex environment.
  • Energizes and Develops People: Inspires and motivates, collaborates across boundaries, develops people, leverages teamwork, core strengths, and diversity.
  • Delivers Outstanding Results: Sets aggressive goals and priorities, delivers on short and long-term commitments, makes timely high-quality decisions, adds superior expertise.
  • Integrity: Engenders trust and credibility at all levels, demonstrates unquestionable integrity, and communicates openly and directly.

General Mills is committed to Employment Equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.


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