Strategic Finance Project Manager Lead

What’s In It For You

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, it’s our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, 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.

This role will play a critical role in delivering strategic business projects and driving efficiency through the accounting and finance organization. This role will demonstrate strong leadership skills and an ability to influence and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to enable timely and successful implementation of strategic projects with efficient and accurate accounting processes. He/she will also have a lean mindset with the ability to identify opportunities to eliminate waste from processes and coach others to solve problems.

• Influencing skills and strong communication skills
• Cross functional collaboration
• Lean mindset and lean knowledge
• Lead by example
• Knowledge of accounting processes
• Strong leadership skills

• 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.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• Paid time off, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
• Learn more about our benefits here!

This position will be in Davidson, NC and follows our standard schedule – 4 days in office, 1 day flex location. We value our employee’s ability to thrive both at work and home through a work arrangement that supports collaboration, productivity, well‑being and flexibility.

• In‑Office Days:
  Onsite Monday‑Thursday engaging with your colleagues
• Flexible location Day:
  On Fridays enjoy the flexibility to work from a location that best suits your productivity and personal needs.

• Support global strategic projects that impact accounting systems or processes by:
• Reviewing and identifying enterprise, business, or functional projects that need to include accounting as a key stakeholder
• Managing workplans for each project by identifying tasks, assigning owners, developing a timeline, and holding owners accountable to it
• Participating in meetings with project teams, representing Record to Report team needs and being accountable for deliverables
• Providing periodic updates to accounting and business leadership on project developments and escalating issues when needed with insightful analysis
• Documenting future state processes, such as process flow diagrams and standard work
• Assisting with compliance activities, including control design assessments and coordination with internal or external audit teams
• Developing and delivering training to Record to Report and business finance teams
• Serve as a transformation leader for the accounting organization:
• Identify efficiency opportunities using lean principles and techniques
• Coach members across the accounting organization to solve problems and eliminate waste
• Lead a cross‑regional team to deliver the responsibilities above:
• Prioritize projects, monitor progress, and optimize results
• Provide coaching and career development

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to identify and resolve operational issues
• 10+ years in a finance or accounting role, with experience in change management and leading through organizational transformations;
  Experience with Oracle R12 general ledger is a plus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong ability to collaborate and influence cross‑functional…