Senior Manager, Controller KASA Manufacturing

About Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, the only major U.S.-based manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, driving meaningful innovation through its iconic brand portfolio including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2025 the company reported approximately $16 billion in annual net sales (≈90% in the Americas), employs 41,000 people, and operates 35 manufacturing and technology research centers. Whirlpool is consistently recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies, guided by values of respect, integrity, diversity and inclusion, teamwork, and the spirit of winning.

About the role

Reporting to the CFO of KitchenAid, the Controller is a key leadership position directing day‑to‑day Finance operations. The role ensures all Finance Department activities are customer‑focused and aligned with plant and finance vision, goals, and objectives. The Controller acts as a key decision‑maker and escalation point, collaborates with Operations, Materials, Human Resources, and other support functions to provide required financial metrics, and drives process improvements, cost savings, and World Class Manufacturing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly financial close and outlook process, ensuring timely and accurate completion, identifying streamlining opportunities, 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.
• Ensure adequate documentation for SOX controls and support control owners to maintain effective controls.
• Identify and execute opportunities to streamline processes and improve predictability.
• Participate in World Class Manufacturing activities: identify plant losses, manage projects to drive productivity improvements, and champion lean through daily coaching.
• Drive cost savings by analyzing resource allocation, capital requisition, and cost management.
• Ensure area job responsibilities are carried out timely and accurately, fostering inclusion, teamwork, and high performance.
• Ensure strict adherence to all Whirlpool manufacturing standards and methods.
• Supervise 3 direct reports (Manager, Senior Analyst, Analyst) and 2 indirect reports (Costing and capital COEs).

Requirements

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

Skills

• Ability to work autonomously with little oversight and make prudent, informed decisions quickly with limited information.
• Strong understanding of Lean principles, tools, and methodologies; proven track record driving continuous improvement via lean tools (World Class Manufacturing experience).
• Proven ability to grow individual and organizational 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 to foster a competitive global business environment.
• Strong technology skills, particularly with the Google suite of applications and SAP.

Benefits

• Always On Flexibility – 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.

Schedule

Employees in this role work in‑person Monday through Friday.