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SF Job Req ID: 20720
Job Title: Cost Accountant, Manufacturing
Location: Buffalo, NY (Hybrid)
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, gases, 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:
Build on Your Accounting Strengths. Expand Your Impact in Cost Accounting. Join our growing manufacturing operation in the greater Buffalo, NY area as our Cost Accountant where you’ll apply your accounting expertise and strengthen your cost accounting skills while helping drive decisions in a complex manufacturing environment. Our facility manufactures a diverse range of large-scale Multi Stage Geared (MSG) air compressors and aftermarket remanufactured products that support customers across a variety of industries. As a key member of the finance team, you’ll contribute to the facility’s financial operations—supporting accurate cost accounting processes, informing business decisions, and driving continuous improvement.
This onsite opportunity is ideal for a proactive accounting professional with costing knowledge, exposure, or hands-on experience who enjoys tackling complex tasks and collaborating with peers and leadership. You’ll bring a positive attitude, strong attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, and sound judgment to manage competing priorities effectively. If you’re energized by understanding what drives manufacturing costs and turning that insight into better business outcomes, this is an opportunity to grow your expertise and make a meaningful contribution.
Responsibilities:
- Drive reliable and meaningful Standard Costing within the plant including:
- Daily costing updates for manufactured and purchased parts
- Execute the annual cost roll for material, labor and overhead
- Supporting new product development cost estimates and analysis
- Activities and analysis to improve overall accuracy of product cost
- Analyze and report variances such as PPV, Labor, and Freight.
- Partner with ongoing cost reviews (monthly/quarterly models, manufacturing variances and all other cost analysis)
- Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities
- Complete/Review monthly account reconciliations and financial performance analysis
- Execute and Improve close processes and the environment of control
- Monitor processes and controls relating to financial transactions, recommending and implementing improvements with the Controller and business partners.
- Support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and work directly with internal/external audit teams
- Support Operations teams in project and productivity execution
- Work closely with non-finance team members to drive cost improvements and analysis in all production activities (leveraging Lean manufacturing concepts in the pursuit of continuous improvements)
- GRNI Process: Work with team to process GRNI, to keep within an acceptable level and in alignment with company policy.
- Analyze/Report/Close Capital Projects
- Partner in Annual Budget, Quarterly Forecasting, and Monthly Financial Projections.
- Provide Meaningful Business Analysis
- Support and execute ad hoc projects as assigned by the Plant Controller
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
- 2+ years of experience using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications proficiently.
- 1+ years of experience using an ERP system for accounting or financial processes.
- 1+ years of cost accounting exposure, knowledge or expertise.
Core Competencies
- Manufacturing Cost Accounting and Standard Costing: Demonstrated ability to maintain reliable standard costs for manufactured and purchased components, execute annual cost rolls, develop new-product cost estimates, and improve product-cost accuracy.
- Cost and Manufacturing Variance Analysis: Ability to analyze and report purchase price variance (PPV), labor variance, freight variance, manufacturing variance, and other production-related cost drivers, translating findings into meaningful business analysis.
- Financial Close, Reconciliation, and Internal Controls: Experience supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities; completing account reconciliations; reviewing financial performance; and improving accounting processes and the control environment.
- Cross-Functional Partnership and Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and build productive working relationships with internal and external customers. Ability to collaborate across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, auditors, and other business partners to support cost analysis, financial reporting, productivity initiatives, and operational decision-making.
- Budgeting, Forecasting, and Continuous Improvement: Experience supporting annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, monthly financial projections, capital-project analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives within a complex manufacturing operation.
Preferences:
- Advanced degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Experience analyzing and interpreting large data sets.
- Experience using SAP in a manufacturing or cost-accounting environment.
- Professional certification such as:
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing methodology and its application to cost reduction and continuous improvement.
Travel and Work Arrangements
- Position is based in our Buffalo site.
- Hybrid schedule available
The pay range for this role is $65,000 - $85,000 annually. The pay range considers a wide range of factors that include a candidate’s skills; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and geographic location.
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.
Ingersoll Rand is committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are 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.
BH Job ID: BH-5260-2
SF Job Req ID: 20720
Job Title: Cost Accountant, Manufacturing
Location: Buffalo, NY (Hybrid)
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, gases, 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:
Build on Your Accounting Strengths. Expand Your Impact in Cost Accounting. Join our growing manufacturing operation in the greater Buffalo, NY area as our Cost Accountant where you’ll apply your accounting expertise and strengthen your cost accounting skills while helping drive decisions in a complex manufacturing environment. Our facility manufactures a diverse range of large-scale Multi Stage Geared (MSG) air compressors and aftermarket remanufactured products that support customers across a variety of industries. As a key member of the finance team, you’ll contribute to the facility’s financial operations—supporting accurate cost accounting processes, informing business decisions, and driving continuous improvement.
This onsite opportunity is ideal for a proactive accounting professional with costing knowledge, exposure, or hands-on experience who enjoys tackling complex tasks and collaborating with peers and leadership. You’ll bring a positive attitude, strong attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, and sound judgment to manage competing priorities effectively. If you’re energized by understanding what drives manufacturing costs and turning that insight into better business outcomes, this is an opportunity to grow your expertise and make a meaningful contribution.
Responsibilities:
- Drive reliable and meaningful Standard Costing within the plant including:
- Daily costing updates for manufactured and purchased parts
- Execute the annual cost roll for material, labor and overhead
- Supporting new product development cost estimates and analysis
- Activities and analysis to improve overall accuracy of product cost
- Analyze and report variances such as PPV, Labor, and Freight.
- Partner with ongoing cost reviews (monthly/quarterly models, manufacturing variances and all other cost analysis)
- Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities
- Complete/Review monthly account reconciliations and financial performance analysis
- Execute and Improve close processes and the environment of control
- Monitor processes and controls relating to financial transactions, recommending and implementing improvements with the Controller and business partners.
- Support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and work directly with internal/external audit teams
- Support Operations teams in project and productivity execution
- Work closely with non-finance team members to drive cost improvements and analysis in all production activities (leveraging Lean manufacturing concepts in the pursuit of continuous improvements)
- GRNI Process: Work with team to process GRNI, to keep within an acceptable level and in alignment with company policy.
- Analyze/Report/Close Capital Projects
- Partner in Annual Budget, Quarterly Forecasting, and Monthly Financial Projections.
- Provide Meaningful Business Analysis
- Support and execute ad hoc projects as assigned by the Plant Controller
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
- 2+ years of experience using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications proficiently.
- 1+ years of experience using an ERP system for accounting or financial processes.
- 1+ years of cost accounting exposure, knowledge or expertise.
Core Competencies
- Manufacturing Cost Accounting and Standard Costing: Demonstrated ability to maintain reliable standard costs for manufactured and purchased components, execute annual cost rolls, develop new-product cost estimates, and improve product-cost accuracy.
- Cost and Manufacturing Variance Analysis: Ability to analyze and report purchase price variance (PPV), labor variance, freight variance, manufacturing variance, and other production-related cost drivers, translating findings into meaningful business analysis.
- Financial Close, Reconciliation, and Internal Controls: Experience supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities; completing account reconciliations; reviewing financial performance; and improving accounting processes and the control environment.
- Cross-Functional Partnership and Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and build productive working relationships with internal and external customers. Ability to collaborate across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, auditors, and other business partners to support cost analysis, financial reporting, productivity initiatives, and operational decision-making.
- Budgeting, Forecasting, and Continuous Improvement: Experience supporting annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, monthly financial projections, capital-project analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives within a complex manufacturing operation.
Preferences:
- Advanced degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Experience analyzing and interpreting large data sets.
- Experience using SAP in a manufacturing or cost-accounting environment.
- Professional certification such as:
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing methodology and its application to cost reduction and continuous improvement.
Travel and Work Arrangements
- Position is based in our Buffalo site.
- Hybrid schedule available
The pay range for this role is $65,000 - $85,000 annually. The pay range considers a wide range of factors that include a candidate’s skills; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and geographic location.
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.
Ingersoll Rand is committed to achieving workforce diversity reflective of our communities. We are 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.
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Align your credentials to Engineer category
TN visa sponsorship for Cost Estimators requires your degree to map to engineering or architecture, not just construction management. Gather a credential evaluation and course transcripts before applying so employers see a clean qualification match upfront.
Target firms with active government contracts
Federal, state, and municipal contractors routinely need certified cost estimators and are experienced with visa sponsorship processes. Look for construction employers with recent visa filings, which demonstrates their familiarity with sponsoring skilled professionals in technical roles.
Request a detailed offer letter before crossing
Canadian citizens can obtain TN status directly at a port of entry, so your offer letter must specify your title, duties referencing cost estimation and quantity takeoffs, required degree, and employer FEIN. A vague letter is the most common reason CBP defers entry.
Use Migrate Mate to filter verified sponsoring employers
Not every construction firm understands TN visa sponsorship for estimators. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified TN and H-1B visa filing history in construction and engineering, letting you skip cold outreach to companies unfamiliar with the process.
Prepare for Mexican nationals' consular processing timeline
Mexican citizens must apply at a U.S. consulate rather than a port of entry, which adds scheduling lead time. Book your visa appointment immediately after signing an offer letter, since construction project start dates rarely flex for immigration delays.
Confirm your employer can document specialty occupation status
CBP officers evaluate whether the role genuinely requires a degree-level estimator, not a skilled trades worker. Ask your prospective employer to document project complexity, contract value ranges, and the software tools used, so the TN support letter reflects a clear specialty occupation.
Construction Cost Estimator TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does Construction Cost Estimator qualify for a TN visa?
Yes, but the classification matters. CBP approves Construction Cost Estimators under the Engineer TN category when the position requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, or a closely related field. Roles framed around general construction supervision or trades coordination without a degree requirement typically don't qualify. Your offer letter and credentials must reflect a clear specialty occupation.
How does TN visa sponsorship for this role compare to H-1B?
TN is faster and more predictable for this role. H-1B requires your employer to enter an annual lottery with no guaranteed selection, while TN has no cap for Canadians and no lottery for either nationality. Canadian estimators can be approved at a port of entry the same day. Mexican nationals go through consular processing, which takes longer but still avoids the H-1B lottery entirely.
What documents does a Canadian estimator need at the border?
You need a valid Canadian passport, a detailed employer support letter, your degree certificate and transcripts, and any professional engineering licenses or certifications if your role references them. CBP will review whether your credentials match the stated duties. Carry printed copies of everything even if you have digital versions, since border inspection points vary in connectivity.
Where can I find Construction Cost Estimator jobs with TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is designed specifically for this search. It filters job listings by employers with verified TN and H-1B sponsorship history in engineering and construction, so you're not wasting time on firms unfamiliar with USMCA work authorization. Searching on a platform built around visa sponsorship gives you a much shorter path from application to offer.
Can I switch employers after starting on a TN visa as an estimator?
Yes, but TN status is employer-specific, so you can't simply transfer it. Your new employer must prepare a fresh support letter, and if you're Canadian, you'll typically return to a port of entry to obtain a new TN annotation in your passport. Plan your transition so you don't have a gap in authorized work status during an active project.