Sr. Treasury Analyst - North American Treasury - Golden Valley, MN - General Mills

OVERVIEW:

General Mills Treasury is seeking a highly motivated treasury professional for the role of Senior Treasury Analyst, North America Treasury Operations. At General Mills, the Treasury team creates shareholder value by optimizing General MIlls' capital structure while flawlessly executing its fiduciary responsibilities. This includes efficiently managing cash flows, managing interest rate and foreign exchange risk, and protecting GMI’s financial assets. Treasury roles are highly technical and build strong knowledge of financial markets and cash management.  

The Senior Treasury Analyst plays a key role supporting the function by securing capital to fund business operations, executing on cash management activities, handling bank relationships and monitoring financial risks for the North America region. This role also supports strategic corporate projects and partners with our treasury centers across the globe.

In this role, you will gain extensive experience in treasury operations and broad exposure to external banking partners and financial markets. This role builds functional experience in forecasting cash balances, issuing short term debt, and supporting critical corporate initiatives such as M&A and other complex projects.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Manage the daily funding of bank accounts, including issuing Commercial Paper and investing excess cash to maximize returns while maintaining liquidity
• Build and maintain a long-term cash forecast and perform forecast to actual analysis
• Execute Foreign Exchange trades
• Report on treasury KPIs to leadership
• Comply with internal controls, policies, and procedures and SOX testing
• Leverage knowledge of treasury best practices to automate and improve current processes
• Independently lead initiatives in a fast-paced environment
• Liaise with banks for operational services, including administrative oversight of bank accounts
• Partner with international treasury teams and local business partners to execute high-profile initiatives

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics with 3+ years of relevant treasury or finance experiences
• Solid understanding of financial markets and banking
• Strong analytical skills, including a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Exhibited a high degree of situational agility and change management
• Ability to independently manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to summarize complex concepts and build management-level reporting

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1+ years of treasury, cash management, and cash forecasting experience is strongly preferred
• SAP experience
• CTP or CFA
• MBA

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: 

• This role is a Minneapolis, MN-based position and is not remote eligible.
• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States full-time.  General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for the work visas.

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.