About Us
Founded in 1917, John Crane is a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and engineering of mission critical flow control solutions for increased efficiency, emission reductions and energy transformation. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems and predictive digital monitoring technologies. John Crane customer service is accessed through a global network of more than 200 global sites in over 50 countries employing more than 6,000 employees worldwide. We partner with our customers and help them meet the latest environmental standards and keep their operations safe and controlled.
John Crane is part of Smiths Group, For over 170 years, Smiths has been improving our world through smarter engineering. Our technology benefits millions of people every day – making travel safer, supporting sustainable energy transition, efficiently heating, cooling our homes, and helping our world stay connected.
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Duties & Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Planning and Decision Making:
- The ability to plan their workload within a team and to meet tight deadlines
- A good team player with a flexible approach and the ability to work on own initiative and within a teams is essential.
- Knowledge and experience of identifying and improving processes
- Ability to cope with month end reporting, tight deadlines
- Ensure good working environment within the finance team and immediate action to resolve disputes
- Building strong relationships with Senior SSC Leaders, Internal/External Auditors and finance business partners
- Reporting to the Senior Supervisor – General Accounting
- Key member in the Finance SSC Team · Key liaison with Internal and External Auditors
Key areas of support will include but not limited:
- Accruals & prepayments
- General Ledger Journals
- General ledger Reconciliations
- Intercompany recharge management
- Month-end close activities
- Preparation of Balance Sheet Reviews and the provision of supporting documentation Support the annual financial statement audits by providing analysis and supporting documentation
- Support local direct and indirect tax filings by providing reports and analysis
- Monthly upload of SAP to IBM Cognos TM1 for internal reporting
- Additional half-year and year-end reporting in Onyx
- Monitoring and undertaking of financial controls
- Ensuring strict compliance with financial & business controls required by the Division/Group and external auditors.
- Support to Internal and External audits of Group and statutory accounts
- Support to Shared Service Projects as required
The Individual
Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
- A professional accounting qualification is desirable
- 3-5 year of financial accounting experience in a Shared Service team
- Professional and strong understanding of IFRS
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team
- Strong English written and verbal communication skills
- Strong influencing, analytical and problem-solving skills
- A self-starter with an ability to think logically
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Focused on continuous improvement
- Good commercial awareness Technical
- Strong numeric background. – Essential
- Commercial experience working in a finance environment – Essential
- Excellent Microsoft Office especially in Excel (Lookup, Pivots, etc.) – Essential Knowledge of SAP – Essential
Diversity & Inclusion:
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will John Crane, Smiths Group nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers – John Crane)
