Plant Controller

At Ingersoll Rand we foster inspired teams. As a powerful and progressive global industrial company, we are looking for talented candidates with a bias for action and an entrepreneurial spirit to join our team. Our employees are empowered to act as owners every day for our customers, our communities and themselves. We offer a broad range of opportunities to build a successful and rewarding career with an innovative company.  

Job Title 

Plant Controller

📍 Location 

Tampere, Turku, Kotka, Finland

🔎 About Us

Runtech Systems is part of Ingersoll Rand and it is a global provider of engineered systems tailored to the pulp and paper industries. Runtech works with customers to better understand and control their operational conditions to maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness. Runtech's patented solutions include energy efficient vacuum system and heat recovery optimization, runnability optimization, dewatering, doctoring and cleanliness optimization as well as ropeless tail threading.

🖌 Job Summary

The Plant Controller performs all cost accounting and financial reporting functions for Runtech Operations and Sales, as part of global Ingersoll Rand corporation. The candidate will be a proven expert with experience in projects or manufacturing operations and commercial activities. This role  is a fixed term, Maternity cover.

📃 Responsibilities

• Prepares financial statements, forecasts, and planning cycles on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis
• Responsible for all plant accounting including general ledger, cost accounting, fixed assets, inventory, receivables, payables, and internal control.
• Coordinates external accounting function.
• Oversees and maintain appropriate internal controls, including SOX compliance routines and satisfying requests from internal and external auditors
• Responsible for maintaining and following project and product costing.
• Supports Runtech finance business partner, general manager and other functional operations leaders to improve business results
• Performs business analytics, with the help of Tableau; helping the line staff understand their overall financial results and underlying profitability within their scope of the business’s financial results
• Supports special projects on as needed basis, especially regarding development of local ERP system.

🏆 Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years finance/accounting experience, with strong business acumen and broad understanding of financial statements and accounting principles. We are ready to provide good training to a less experienced candidate, if you are ready to demonstrate great ability and willingness to learn, and flexibility in adapting to new tasks.
• Experience with the accounting cycle, budgets and forecasting
• Must have strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly advanced Excel; experience of modern BI tools such as Tableau/Qlik; knowledge of financial systems such as Oracle R12 and Hyperion Planning preferred
• Ability to work independently and perform in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent in English and Finnish

🚗 Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements

Fully site based, flexible working, hybrid model. Endorsing a good work-life balance is important to us, and we ensure this with flexible working hours, and the opportunity for remote work to better suit your role. You can work either on your home office or our Tampere, Turku or Kotka offices.

🎯 Key Competencies

• Strong financial analysis, critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Proven success in implementing process improvement and change management initiatives
• Must be able to analyze and negotiate critical issues
• Must demonstrate high personal integrity and ethics
• Motivation to continuously learn, adapt to changes and understand the business.

❤ What we Offer

We take care of our employees with our health and wellness plans such as extensive occupational health services, insurance, employee assistance programs, and wellness initiatives. In addition to our competitive compensation package, we also reward our employees for their outstanding performance spotlighting exceptional work and milestones.

At Ingersoll Rand, we take pride in our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) culture, and take actions for individuals from all walks of life to join and thrive in our ever-growing community. We offer global possibilities to career growth within the company. You will be part of a company of professionals with can do attitude.

Please send your CV and application letter by 8th February - send your applications as soon as possible because we go through the applications already during the application period. Our recruitment process includes both Teams and face to face interviews with our recruiting manager and HR. If you have any questions related to the role, please contact our Plant controller Diana Simon-Mero, p. 045 155 0770, and related to the recruitment process or other topics, please contact Finance business partner Anna-Mari Knuuti, p. 0407419050.