General Accountant - 1st Shift - Ottawa, OH

Whirlpool Corporation; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home appliance company is looking for a General Accountant for its Ottawa manufacturing plant. The role involves maintaining scrap analysis, performing labor reporting, and executing journal entries in SAP. Candidates should hold an Associate's Degree in Accounting or have 2+ years of related experience, including proficiency in Google Sheets. This is an hourly position with immediate benefits including paid training and medical coverage.

Benefits

Up to 80+ hours of paid training

Up to 120 hours of paid time off

Medical, dental, vision benefits start day ONE

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or 2+ years of related experience required.
• Ability to work with Google Sheets including functions.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily & weekly labor hours reporting.
• Execute month end journal entries in SAP.
• Analyze temp agency invoices for discrepancies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Experience in Google Sheets

Education

Associate's Degree in Accounting, Business, HR or related field

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, HR or related field

Job description

Career Opportunities: General Accountant - 1st Shift - Ottawa, OH (69911)

Requisition ID69911-Posted -Ottawa Manufacturing

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 .

Function Overview

Currently, we are seeking qualified candidates for a General Accountant opening to join our Ottawa manufacturing plant finance team. As a part of our team you'll maintain plant scrap / scrap sales and usage analysis, cost deployment activities, utilities analysis, obsolescence analysis and other ad hoc requests. This is a business facing role to support the operations team. This is an hourly paid position.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily & weekly labor hours reporting and distribute to people leaders.
• Ad-hoc reporting and analysis related to labor hours including Hours Per Equivalent Unit (HPEU), Overtime, Absenteeism, variances from forecast, etc…
• Analyze temp agency invoices for discrepancies vs Kronos
• Standardize weekly/daily work to provide fast reporting and ability to take on value added projects and analysis
• Execute month end journal entries in SAP and balance sheet account reconciliations to labor, scrap, scrap sales, usage, obsolescence and utilities
• Assist with various annual profit plan reports and analysis
• Assist in Cost Deployment activities
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Accounting, Business, HR or related field OR
• 2+ years of experience in HR, Accounting, Finance or Bookkeeping
• 2+ years of experience working in Google sheets including function or ability to learn functions (vlookup, index, match, query, importrange)
• A mind for continuous improvement

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, HR or related field
• 1-3 years experience in business analytics
• Experience in manufacturing environment
• Highly reliable and high level of integrity and confidentiality
• Strong attention for detail and analytical skills
• Insight driven and strong desire for impactful findings

Benefits

• Up to 80+ hours of paid training
• Up to 120 hours of paid time off (prorated based on start date)
• Medical, dental, vision, 401k and other benefits start day ONE
• We offer manufacturing careers

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