Specialist, Finance Operations

Whirlpool • Benton Harbor, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home. As the only major U.S.-based manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, the company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2024, the company reported approximately $17 billion in annual sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas - 44,000 employees, and 40 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

This role in summary
Whirlpool is currently seeking qualified candidates for a Specialist, Finance Operations.
The position does not offer remote or alternative work arrangements. This position is located at Whirlpool’s Global Headquarters in Southwest Michigan and is required to be in office 5 days per week.
Business Unit Services Specialist will foster relationships with trade partners supporting Whirlpool's vision to be the best kitchen and laundry company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home. This position will be responsible for Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable.
Accounts Payable is responsible for managing the Procure-to-Pay process, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of reporting and controls involving Finance processes to ensure operational excellence. This includes supporting accurate applications of vendor credits and payments, performing deep root-cause analysis of any payment issues and preparing reports to share those results with internal partners, problem resolution and driving continuous improvement through process enhancements, identifying and reconciling disputed amounts and initiating debit or credit memos for discrepancy resolution. In this position, you'll have the opportunity to interface with external vendors and internal procurement, logistics, and finance teams to optimize cash flow and maintain a healthy supply chain.
Accounts Receivable is responsible for managing the order to cash process consisting of credit, collection, debit management and customer relations for a portfolio of accounts. This includes identifying and reconciling disputed amounts, problem resolution, initiating debit and credit memos for discrepancy resolution, providing project leadership to improve departmental cash flow. In this position, you'll have the opportunity to interface with trade customers, sales, logistics, and order entry and deployment functions to develop plans and processes to ensure relationships optimize sales and cash flow.

This entry-level position within Whirlpool’s Business Unit Services provides career opportunities for upward mobility.

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 & 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