Assistant Controller

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Job Title: Assistant Controller
Location: Charleroi, PA

About Us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.

Job Overview:
Step into an Assistant Controller role where Finance directly influences the performance of a complex, multi-site manufacturing business. Supporting Ingersoll Rand’s Nash business across three distinct product areas, this position provides financial and commercial oversight of highly engineered solutions serving commercial, industrial, and U.S. Navy applications. Working at the intersection of Finance, Sales, Operations, order management, and project management, the Assistant Controller will turn financial insights into stronger business decisions and improved project outcomes.

The role supports multi-million-dollar, engineer-to-order projects from initial order through final delivery, including percentage-of-completion accounting, revenue recognition, milestone billing, backlog reporting, pricing and quoting, cost of goods sold, working capital, and cash flow. The Assistant Controller will proactively identify and resolve credit and billing blocks, delayed project costs, incomplete job-cost activity, and other obstacles affecting the order-to-cash process. Success requires progressive commercial controllership experience in manufacturing, strong financial and operational acumen, and a clear understanding of how sales orders, project costs, pricing, revenue, inventory, and business performance connect. The ideal candidate is analytical, inquisitive, and proactive, with the ability to translate complex financial information into actionable insights, build credibility, and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Offering meaningful ownership and a path toward future Controller responsibility, this role will drive financial process improvements, strengthen business partnerships, and support revenue growth, margin expansion, working capital optimization, and Annual Operating Plan objectives through Ingersoll Rand’s IRX tools and processes.
U.S. citizenship is required due to the position’s involvement with U.S. Navy-related business.

Responsibilities:

Managerial Reporting: Provide insightful month end analytical reporting which delivers context as well as implications of the financial results, trends, risks and opportunities.

• Examples of key managerial reporting include monthly operating review, weekly shipping trends, order rates, backlog management, and NWC metrics such as inventory performance and contract asset/liability balances.

Control Environment: Champion strong financial controls through strict adherence to all existing SOX narratives and promote a pro-active partnership with both internal and external audit teams in the identification and resolution of current or future gaps. Maintain a strong culture of compliance.

• Examples of key processes include revenue cut-off, warranty, obsolescence and other valuation reserves, account reconciliations.

Project Accounting (POC / ASC 606): Own revenue recognition for Engineered-to-Order contracts accounted for over time.

Review contracts at order booking to identify performance obligations and confirm over-time criteria (enforceable right to payment, no alternative use).

Lead monthly EAC / estimate-to-complete reviews with project managers and operations, analyzing margin fade/gain and documenting changes in estimates.

Account for contract modifications and change orders, and for variable consideration such as liquidated damages, penalties, and incentives and identify and record loss contract provisions promptly.

Manage contract asset/liability (unbilled / billings in excess) balances, including uninstalled materials and cost-to-cost input exclusions.

Maintain SOX-compliant controls and documentation over POC estimates, and act as primary point of contact for internal and external audit on project accounting.

Forecasting / Budgeting: Support the administration of timely and accurate forecasts of commercial outlooks. Developing close relationships with multiple financial and business stakeholders by assessing risk and opportunities both on the P&L and balance sheet with a key focus on Engineered-to-Order (ETO) projects which operate using percent-of-complete (POC) accounting.

Key forecast deliverables include estimation of revenue, shipments, incorporation of conversion and material price variances as well as direct and indirect spending.

Key budget deliverables include timely development and top line growth expectations and corresponding production and spend data in accordance with corporate guidance

Development and management of financial expectations for POC projects, based on collaborations with operations/project management and historical performance

Liaison to PFT and Corporate leadership: Facilitate timely and appropriate response to requests originating from shared financial service, corporate FP&A, and PFT leadership to ensure optimal business performance.

• Examples of functional liaison include support for Intercompany Profit elimination, insurance programs, treasury collaboration, managing PD AR via Shared Services, and other initiatives to support business objectives.

Business Partnership: Participation and leadership in business processes such as IRX (Ingersoll Rand Execution Excellence) for the realization of both tactical and strategic objectives. An example of business process leadership includes development and leadership of a swim lane in support of one or more Impact Daily Management teams.

Liaise with plant and cross functional leadership teams to support those functions by providing analytical and business decision support to drive margin expansion, financial forecasts, operating plans, and strategic goals.

Deploy Talent: Foster a work environment that aligns the team in the achievement of corporate objectives while developing personnel, building redundancy, and ensuring business continuity.

• Examples of team development include succession planning, personnel development plans, engagement enhancement through identification and resolution of potential impediments to progress. The role is a coach and mentor indirect reports (junior finance employee, project mgmt. or other functions/roles to improve financial understanding).

Requirements:

• B.S. in Accounting, Finance, or related Business Concentrations.
• 5+ years of progressive commercial controller experience in manufacturing revenue recognition, pricing,
• 4+ years of work experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Must be a US Citizen due to the position’s involvement with U.S. Navy-related business

Core Competencies:

• Ability to drive performance through others and support colleagues in pursuit of the team goal while ensuring a focus on deliverables
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to influence and coach teams towards financial objectives.
• Strong numerical skills, analytical thinking, careful structured approach applying accounting acumen related to a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with project managers and challenge cost-to-complete estimates.

Preferences:

• MBA, CMA, CFA, CPA certification.
• Audit experience (partnering both internally and externally).
• Experience working with ASC 606 (percent of complete accounting)
• Familiarity and experience with SAP and HFM

Work and Travel Arrangements:

• Approximately 5% travel required

What We Offer
At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership — taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.