Senior SAP FICO Analyst

LOCATION: Golden Valley, MN 55426 SALARY/WAGE: Market STATUS: Full Time, Employee JOB CATEGORY: IT/Software Development RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: 5+ to 7 Years CAREER LEVEL: Experienced (Non-Manager) COMPANY: General Mills Senior SAP FICO Analyst General Mills is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer foods products, with annual net sales of $13.4 billion. Its global brand portfolio includes Betty Crocker®, Pillsbury®, Green Giant®, Old El Paso®, Häagen-Dazs® and more. It also has more than 100 U.S. consumer brands, more than 30 of which generate annual retail sales in excess of $100 million. Included in the U.S. portfolio are some of the nation's most popular brands including Cheerios®, Wheaties® and other Big G cereal brands; Yoplait® and Colombo® yogurts, Betty Crocker® desserts and dinner mixes; Betty Crocker® and Nature Valley® snacks; Totino's® frozen pizza and snacks and Progresso® ready-to-serve soups. General Mills is also a leader in the bakeries and foodservice business as a major supplier of baking and other food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries.General Mills strives every day to live its mission of Nourishing Lives: Through its branded products, communities it serves and the way it works to preserve the environment for future generations. General Mills has been consistently ranked in the Top 10 "Best Places to Work in IT" by Computerworld - reaching #7 for 2007! We have one of the largest, well-integrated SAP systems in the US. With excellent benefits for our employees and flexible work/life balance – General Mills is a great place to grow your career!We are looking for an experienced SAP FICO Analyst interested in joining us to help expand the use of SAP tools and BI reporting. Relocation package and sponsorship applicable.SAP and FICO Team Overview: General Mills first implemented SAP for North American operations in 1993, and has kept current on SAP new modules and new releases of SAP software. Our current SAP environment includes the following major modules: ERP, HR, BW, PLM, SEM-BPS, APO, CFM, CRM, and SRM. General Mills international operations are on a second instance of SAP, and include most of these same modules.The FICO team supports SAP FI, COPA, CCA, PS, CFM (Treasury), Special Purpose Ledgers, Accounts Payable, Product Costing, and SEM BPS. We are looking for an experienced FICO analyst, especially product costing, that is interested in joining General Mills to help us expand the use of SAP tools and BI reporting. This analyst position will interact with all levels of the financial management team at General Mills including Supply Chain financial leadership in WHQ, plant financial management, Canada financial leadership team, Financial Shared Services, Tax, and Global Audit Services.Accountabilities & Responsibilities: • Collaborate with Supply Chain on KPI’s and COGS analysis tools to help drive holistic margin management objectives and business value. • Design SAP Portal reporting applications that leverage business data in our SAP BW • Expand our financial budget and forecast applications to incorporate more driver based budget concepts for improved product and channel profitability reporting • Provide “hands on” technical assistance with other team members on both support and project work. • Participate in the General Mills IS organization career leadership programs, build relationships with the other IS colleagues, and help us build our organizations mission of delivering business value to our business partners. • Other duties as assignedRequired Qualifications: • B.S. degree in Finance or Accounting, or in Computer Science/Information Systems. • Minimum 3-5 years SAP FICO experience and demonstrated collaboration across the organization for application strategy, design, development, implementation, and support. • Configuration skills in some of the FICO modules (FI, CO, PC, PS, COPA, SAP business process costing, AP), and an interest in developing SAP BI reporting skills • Strong problem solving & analytical skills. • SAP technical skills and ability to effectively communicate systems issues with GMI finance professionals. • Results oriented, and a track record for solving business problems with SAP’s solution frameworkPreferred Experience/Skills: • MBA degree in Management Information Systems, and CPA or CMA certification. • Experience with SAP intercompany and multiple currency functionality for production sourcing, sales and inventory transactions. • SAP BW project experience (Bex reporting, BW Web Application Development, BW Portal).