Specialist, Finance Operations

Whirlpool • Benton Harbor, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Whirlpool Corporation is seeking qualified candidates for a Specialist, Finance Operations role. This position is located at Whirlpool’s Global Headquarters in Southwest Michigan and requires a 5-day per week in-office presence. The Specialist will foster relationships with trade partners, supporting Whirlpool's vision to be the best kitchen and laundry company. This position will be responsible for either Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable. Accounts Payable focuses on managing the Procure-to-Pay process, ensuring accurate and timely processing, reporting, and controls for operational excellence. This includes vendor credits and payments, root-cause analysis of payment issues, preparing reports, problem resolution, driving continuous improvement, identifying and reconciling disputed amounts, and initiating debit or credit memos. The role involves interfacing with external vendors and internal procurement, logistics, and finance teams to optimize cash flow and maintain a healthy supply chain. Accounts Receivable manages the order-to-cash process, including credit, collection, debit management, and customer relations for a portfolio of accounts. Responsibilities include identifying and reconciling disputed amounts, problem resolution, initiating debit and credit memos, and providing project leadership to improve departmental cash flow. This involves interfacing with trade customers, sales, logistics, and order entry and deployment functions to develop plans and processes that optimize sales and cash flow. This entry-level position offers career opportunities for upward mobility within Whirlpool’s Business Unit Services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration
• 1+ years of Accounting experience (experience may include internships, co-ops or academics)

Nice To Haves

• The ability to identify and implement process improvements, prepare and analyze data to provide meaningful recommendations to leadership.
• Excellent computer skills on a wide range of applications such as Excel, Word, Power Point, SAP, Google, etc.
• Experience in order management, credit, and collections with emphasis on internal routines such as cash application, claims, accounting, letters of credit, bankruptcy, and the Uniform Commercial Code, and an understanding of the Sales and Logistics (Reverse Logistics) areas.
• Experience in supplier management and invoice processing with emphasis on internal routines
• Excellent communicator, possess good analytical and problem solving skills, act independently and negotiate win-win solutions with a wide range of customers and internal Whirlpool process partners.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts, monitor credit worthiness of trade partners, support processes
• Support order approval guidelines
• Apply root-cause analysis of credit/payment issues
• Prepare and report results of analysis
• Manage reporting and controls involving Finance processes
• Support payment and approval guidelines
• Perform risk management on critical past due situations

Benefits

• Generous benefits package
• Whirlpool employee discount
• Fitness reimbursement programs
• Educational reimbursement programs
• Kitchenettes
• Beautiful, recently renovated office space
• Free coffee
• Biking/walking trails
• Access to The Eddy - Early Childhood Center (depending upon availability - additional costs required)
• Always On Flexibility
• Two-Week Work from Anywhere
• Sabbatical - Four weeks paid leave after every five years of service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level