Senior Manager, Controller KASA Manufacturing

The team you will be a part of

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This role in summary

Reporting to the CFO of KitchenAid, the Controller is a key leadership position that directs and is responsible for the day-to-day Finance operations. This position ensures that all daily activities within the Finance Department are customer-focused and performed in a manner consistent with the achievement of the plant and finance vision, goals, and objectives. This position is a key decision-maker and escalation point for issues or decisions within your finance scope. You will collaborate with other support functions (Operations, Materials, Human Resources, etc) to ensure they have and understand their required financial metrics to ensure delivery of plant commitments.

Your responsibilities will include

• Manage monthly financial close and outlook process, including timely and accurate completion of all activities, identifying and executing on opportunities to streamline processes and/or improve predictability and preparing material for actual vs budget reviews
• Manage annual planning activities, ensuring annual standard costs are complete and accurate at the part / sku level
• Responsible for ensuring adequate documentation is maintained for SOX controls and supporting control owners to ensure controls are designed and operating effectively
• Identify and execute opportunities to streamline processes and improve predictability
• Team member for World Class Manufacturing activities, including identification of losses within the plant and managing the process to identify and track projects to drive productivity improvements, while championing lean through daily coaching
• Drive cost savings by identifying gaps through resource allocation decisions and analysis, capital requisition and cost management
• Consistently ensures that area job responsibilities are timely and accurately carried out, nurturing a high level of inclusion, teamwork and performance
• Ensure strict adherence to all Whirlpool manufacturing standards and methods
• 3 direct reports (Manager, Senior Analyst, Analyst) and 2 indirect reports (Costing and capital COEs)

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of experience in finance or accounting

Preferred skills and experiences

• Ability to work autonomously with little oversight and make prudent and informed decisions, often quickly and with limited information
• Strong understanding of Lean principles, tools, and methodologies.  Proven track record in driving continuous improvement via lean tools (World Class Manufacturing experience)
• Proven ability to grow individual and organization competency through proactive coaching and mentoring
• Strong communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated problem solving, conflict resolution and team building skills
• Value diversity of ideas, opinions, experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives needed to foster a competitive global business environment
• Strong technology skills, particularly with the Google suite of applications and SAP

Additional information

Whirlpool’s Ways of Working

Our goal is to provide an environment that helps you bring your best to Whirlpool every day. While employees in this role work in-person Monday through Friday. We offer flexibility and industry-leading time-off benefits that will help you balance what’s important at work and at home, including:

• Always On Flexibility - You will have the autonomy to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments as needed. 

• Two-Week Work from Anywhere - Minimum of one-week increments for a total of two weeks per year.

• Sabbatical - Four weeks paid leave after every five years of service.