Plant Controller

Ingersoll Rand; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingersoll Rand is seeking an experienced Plant Controller to lead all aspects of plant finance at the Sidney facility. You will partner with plant leadership and cross-functional teams to strengthen financial discipline and manufacturing performance, driving insights into decisions and ensuring GAAP compliance.

This role requires hands-on leadership, deep accounting expertise, and the ability to navigate change during growth and facility expansion.

Qualifications

• Must have strong accounting and manufacturing finance expertise.
• Experience leading and developing a finance team.
• Knowledge of GAAP and SOX requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sidney finance team and be the primary financial business partner to plant leadership.
• Provide financial insight and recommendations to support operational and strategic decisions.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Commercial to drive performance.
• Oversee monthly close, journal entries, reconciliations, and balance sheet integrity.
• Ensure internal controls and compliance with company policies and external regulations.

Skills

GAAP

SOX compliance

Financial leadership

Manufacturing finance

Job description

Ingersoll Rand is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Job Title:

Plant Controller

Location:

Sydney, OH

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

Lead Financial Performance. Help Shape What Comes Next. Join LeROI, an Ingersoll Rand Center of Excellence for gas compression technology, manufacturing compressors and packaged solutions for the Oil & Gas and Biogas industries. We're seeking an experienced Plant Controller to lead all aspects of plant finance at our Sidney facility during a significant period of growth. With revenue expected to more than double, new product lines planned, and a proposed facility expansion, you'll help guide growth while strengthening the existing operation. In this highly visible, hands-on role, you'll develop the finance team and partner directly with plant leadership, Operations, and Materials to strengthen financial discipline and improve manufacturing performance. You'll go beyond reporting results to understand what drives them—and turn those insights into action. Strong accounting and manufacturing finance expertise, attention to detail, and sound business judgment will help you identify risks, challenge assumptions, and uphold GAAP, internal controls, and reporting standards. You'll thrive here with intellectual curiosity, an ownership mindset, and the agility to learn quickly and navigate changing priorities. An experienced Finance Leader who previously held the role will provide hands-on transition guidance. Help shape the financial direction of a growing manufacturing operation—and expand your leadership impact.

Responsibilities

Financial Leadership & Business Partnership:

• Lead, develop, and manage the Sidney finance team.
• Serve as the primary financial business partner to plant leadership, providing financial insight and recommendations to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Commercial, and other functions to drive business performance.
• Provide clear and actionable analysis of financial results, risks, and opportunities.
• Support and challenge the organization to achieve financial and operational commitments.

Accounting, Reporting & Controls:

• Lead the monthly financial close and reporting process, ensuring timely and accurate results.
• Oversee journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet integrity.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, SOX requirements, company policies, and internal controls.
• Lead and coordinate site activities related to internal and external audits.
• Maintain strong financial controls and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen processes and reduce risk.

Planning & Financial Analysis:

• Lead development of the facility's Annual Operating Plan (AOP), as well as monthly and quarterly forecasting processes.
• Analyze financial and operational performance against plan, forecast, and prior periods.
• Identify key drivers of performance, including manufacturing and plant variances, and partner with operational leaders to understand root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Provide financial modeling and analysis to support business decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.

Cost Accounting & Inventory:

• Provide leadership and oversight of plant cost accounting activities.
• Lead the annual standard cost process and ensure accurate product costing.
• Establish standard costs for new parts and review proposed cost changes for existing products.
• Monitor and analyze material, labor, overhead, purchase price