Accounts Payable Global Process Owner (US Remote Eligible, Minneapolis/St Paul Preferred)
- General Mills
- Remote
- 22 days ago
Job Description
Job Description:
The Accounts Payable (A/P) team is part of our Global Shared Service Organization (GPO). Through strategic partnerships we enable our businesses to win and our employees to maximize their full potential. We are driven to be the premiere global shared services organization and are looking for a passionate leader who is ready to be a part of something special.
This role will be part of the Global Shared Service Organization, which provides global business and employee services to employees. This role will provide the opportunity to own a global process, develop and implement a strategy and drive customer experience. This role will have exposure to and interactions with various global leaders within the Company. The role will provide people management experience, with one direct report and ~15 indirect reports.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
OVERVIEW:
The Accounts Payable (A/P) team is part of our Global Shared Service Organization (GPO). Through strategic partnerships we enable our businesses to win and our employees to maximize their full potential. We are driven to be the premiere global shared services organization and are looking for a passionate leader who is ready to be a part of something special.
The A/P GPO will be responsible for the global A/P strategy and internal control design. This role will partner closely with our global Service Delivery Team who is responsible for A/P processing. This role will work closely with vendors to identify process improvements, including new technology.
This role will be part of the Global Shared Service Organization, which provides global business and employee services to employees. This role will provide the opportunity to own a global process, develop and implement a strategy and drive customer experience. This role will have exposure to and interactions with various global leaders within the Company. The role will provide people management experience, with one direct report and ~15 indirect reports.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Own the global A/P strategy
- Utilize data and analytics to assess AP performance and make data-driven decisions
- Implement, review and enhance AP controls to ensure the organization has a best-in-class control environment
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with the AP process
- Establish and maintain relationships with key vendors and negotiate contracts and agreements
- Partner to drive our corporate card strategy
- Responsible for performance against key metrics and KPIs
- Partner with the Service Delivery team in Mumbai on service execution and process improvements
- Serve as escalation point for issues
- Partner with IT and the Business on strategy and capability development
- Ensure strong customer service to our vendors and internal employees
- Partner with Sourcing and Vendor Master on strategic initiatives to enable transformation, growth and efficiency in the P2P process
- Provide guidance and development to the AP team
- Assist with annual audit
- Manage an annual budget
- Work on projects, as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors Degree
- 7+ years of experience in A/P for a large, global company
- Strong process orientation and expertise
- Financial Acumen / Control Mindset
- Service Orientation Mindset
- Ability to interact, communicate, and positively influence stakeholders at all levels
- Ability and willingness to travel internationally
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- People management experience
- Ability to lead change, work cross-functionally and learn quickly
- Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills
- Ability to take complex or detailed issues and understand, communicate, and act upon the main problem and resolution
- Self-managing, results oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously
DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE IN ROLE:
- Service management mindset & capabilities
- Create and execute a strategy
- Stakeholder management
- Manage relationships with external vendors
- Experience leading and developing team members
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:
- We are open to 100% US remote candidates with travel based on business needs, with a preference for a Minneapolis/St Paul based candidates.
- International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
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.