Project Cost Accountant

This is a structured hybrid position which requires working in our Owatonna, MN facility:
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesdays and Fridays are home office workdays. Therefore, candidates must reside within reasonable commutable distance to the facility.

At Wenger Corporation, our work is driven by M.U.S.I.C. (Motivation, Unity, Success, Innovation, and Customer Commitment) and united by purpose. With over 80 years of passion for performance, we enrich lives by enabling and inspiring great performances through world‑class products and solutions for music education, performing arts, and athletic spaces. Across our family of brands, we are committed to our customers, to each other, and driven by the belief that great performances happen when great people work together.

As a Project Cost Accountant, you will contribute to Wenger Corporation's strategy to provide exceptional customer experience by partnering with manufacturing and project managers to ensure accurate Project, Inventory, and Job valuation. The Project Cost Accountant is responsible for ongoing analysis of project cost, product cost, development of new product cost and margin analysis. The position provides timely and accurate financial guidance and analytics to all levels of management to inform key decision‑making in pursuit of the company's financial and operational objectives.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Minimum of three (3) years of related accounting experience
• Cost systems background with understanding of accounting principles
• Manufacturing experience/background preferably with a construction organization
• Proven strong analytical skills with acute attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, multi-task and work independently to complete goals
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills with ability to communicate with all levels of the organization
• Possess a positive, curious mindset that promotes improvements in operating effectiveness
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of products

• Experience with ERP, MRP or Project Management software
• Experience with project accounting

• Business partner with various areas of the organization to assist in analyzing, summarizing and reporting financial performance to drive decision‑making
• Participating in Executive Summary review to ensure accuracy of costing build up
• Participating in monthly Cost to Complete (CTC) review meetings and recording resulting changes/adjustments
• Investigating project variances timely and defining/implementing immediate corrective actions / risk mitigation efforts
• Training and working closely with the Project Management Team on project budgeting, forecasting, tracking of actual expenses and closing out projects
• Ensuring known risks, such as commodity cost increases and labor/overhead rate variances, are addressed in project budgets and forecasts
• Providing additional assistance on items such as change orders, changes in project scope, etc. to project managers to ensure system and financial transactions are handled completely and correctly
• Working closely with tax filing team on sales and use tax accuracy and timeliness on projects
• Maintain an accurate standard costing system
• Inventory reporting and support of inventory related processes: physical inventory, cycle counting and inventory reserve development and support
• Performing monthly closing activities, including preparing necessary journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting analysis, etc., while ensuring accurate and timely completion of the process
• Assisting with preparation of forecasts and annual budget
• Preparing supporting documentation as needed for annual…