Project Accountant - Stellar Energy

Trane Italia • Jacksonville, FL

2d • $56,300 - $101,395 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world. Learn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.
About Trane Technologies® and Stellar Energy
At Trane Technologies® and through our businesses, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. As part of our Data Center Business Unit expansion (including Trane DC, Liquid Stack, and Stellar Energy), we are growing our financial operations to support major projects. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.
Job Summary
The Project Accountant will report directly to the Stellar Energy PGT Finance leader in the Jacksonville office. This role serves as the key financial partner to the operations, engineering, and project management teams. The Project Accountant is responsible for executing project-based financial controls, recasting and managing complex project budgets, executing the monthly Work-in-Progress (WIP) cycle, and ensuring accurate percentage-of-completion (POC) conversion and revenue recognition.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• Minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in project accounting, construction accounting, or cost accounting within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is a must (experience managing complex formulas, VLOOKUPs, and pivot tables).
• Uncompromising integrity with a deep understanding of percentage-of-completion (POC) accounting rules, US GAAP, and project-level internal controls.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification (e.g., CPA, CMA, or MBA) or progress toward one is highly desired.
• JDE Edwards system experience is highly desired.
• Exposure to corporate ERP systems (such as JDE or Oracle), One Stream, Tableau, and AI tools is preferred.
• A proven ability to perform deep-dive variance analysis, identify Trial Balance mapping mismatches, and resolve system reconciliation challenges.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and influence project managers, estimators, and plant operations teams in a highly matrixed environment.
• The resilience to work through system restatements, data migrations, and tight month-end close schedules in a fast-paced, high-growth business unit.

Responsibilities

• Execute Monthly & Quarterly Closings: Manage the end-to-end close and reporting cycle with a team of peer project accountants. Coordinate with Project Managers to confirm cost incurred is properly reflected each period to ensure GAAP-compliant cost and revenue recognition.
• Lead Budget Recasting & Project Costing: Analyze, recast, and maintain multi-million-dollar project budgets and dynamic forecasts in JD Edwards. Monitor purchase orders (POs) across sites and integrate new client POs into master tracking.
• Execute detailed variance analysis with cross functional partnership: Prepare and deliver insights on project forecast change drivers in materials, labor, and overhead assumptions by partnering cross functionally across other areas of Finance, PGT, Operations, and project management. Utilize JD Edwards, AI & Analytics tools to perform analysis.
• Support Ad-Hoc Corporate Audits & Compliance: Establish and maintain robust internal controls, ensuring alignment with Trane Technologies’ financial policies (FICAPs, SICs) and supporting internal/external audit requirements with a particular focus on Percentage of Completion related controls.

Benefits

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives – WE DARE TO CARE!
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• Paid time off includes up to 15 vacation days, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• 401K match up, educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level