About Ingersoll Rand:

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is committed to helping make life better. We provide innovative and mission-critical industrial, energy, medical and specialty vehicle products and services across 40 respected brands designed to excel in even the most complex and harsh conditions where downtime is especially costly. Our employees connect to customers for life by delivering proven expertise, productivity and efficiency improvements. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.

Job Summary ?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Accountant to support our St. Charles Manufacturing Location. The Senior Cost Accountant should be strategic, a team player with a positive attitude, be proactive, manage complex tasks, and possess a high attention to detail. The Senior Cost Accountant must have the ability to collaborate with peers and management and demonstrate exceptional judgement and a high degree of professional maturity .

Responsibilities:

• Assists the Controller with deliverables and deadlines as needed
• Supports annual standard cost process
• Assists with calculating and reporting cycle count metrics and related reconciliations
• Completes all monthly reports on a timely basis with zero defects
• Reviews transactions to insure proper impact on perpetual and G/L records
• Reviews variances to determine cause
• Proactively seeks out ways to improve processes and accuracy and drive efficiency
• Monitor processes and controls relating to inventory transactions and reporting failures and areas for improvement
• Natural curiosity to understand workflows and how actions throughout the warehouse impact other areas
• History of taking initiative and being solution-oriented
• Report on variances from standard costs, understanding root cause and corrective actions
• Performs the monthly accounting close process, balance sheet reconciliations and journal entry postings
• Support compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and related audits
• Assists excess and obsolete inventory review
• Support site payables process
• Other adhoc requests/analysis/projects

Qualifications:

• Four-year degree in Accounting or Finance required; advanced degree or chartered certification (CMA, CFA, CPA) is a plus.
• Experience with SAP preferred
• Exceptional analytical skills
• 1 to 2 Years in Manufacturing Finance with direct costing accounting experience.
• Knowledge of GAAP and SOX
• Strong PC skills (Excel, Access, Power-Point) required
• Experience with Hyperion Consolidation tools a plus
• Proven ability to work well in a cross-functional and remote environment
• Proven ability to manage multiple critical projects in a fast paced environment
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and concisely across all levels of the organization