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 work to deadlines and on different shifts, as applicable · A flexible approach and the ability to work on own initiative is essential.
- A good team player Impact and Scope:
- Ability to work in a Shared Service Centre environment for multiple companies from various countries
- Ability to cope with month end reporting, tight deadlines
- Ability to pro-actively solve problems
- Ability to influence stakeholders
- Ability to create and maintain a good working environment within the finance team, independently manage actions and to resolve disputes Key Internal and External Relationships:
- Reporting to the AP Supervisor and interacting with Head of Accounts Payable SSC, as needed
- Local Procurement teams for resolving blocked invoices
- Financial Controllers for the approval of payment proposals and bank payments · Contact with vendors to resolve queries and validate changes to sensitive financial information
- SAP AP and Esker Super User
- Processing Esker teaching requests
- Maintenance of Esker for automation of invoice processing
- Management of workload across the team to ensure all activities are undertaken on a timely basis
- Leadership of Daily Accountability Meetings with team
- Undertaking SES Green Belt Projects to improve process management
- Receipt and processing of vendor invoices
- Obtaining of approval of Non-Purchase Order invoices in accordance with the Delegated Authorities
- Matching of invoice details to Purchase Order details
- Positive verification of vendor bank details
- Investigating supplier invoice queries
- Preparation of SAP Payment Proposals and upload to banking platform
- Review of aged receipts report (GRIR) for missing invoices
- Supporting Internal and External Audits
- Liaising with Purchasing teams for resolution of issues
- Clearance of AP related bank account reconciling items
- Reconciliation of vendor statements to SAP
- Review of Aged Accounts Payable and providing commentary and actions
- Monthly reconciliation of Intercompany Balances and accrual of missing invoices
- Monitoring of the Concur SAP Cockpit and resolution of issues
- Other AP activities as required
The Individual
Skills and Experience:
- 5-9 years of experience of Accounts Payable in a complex, international business
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
- Good working knowledge of SAP ECC6 is a must
- Good working knowledge of the international banking systems, bank portals and foreign currencies
- Good working knowledge of VAT, GST and other similar indirect schemes
- Experience of OCR technology for reading vendor invoices
- Experience of working within a Shared Service Centre
- Experience of leading or implementing change to improve efficiency of the Accounts Payable Process
- Fast learner with the ability to pick up new systems and processes
- Great attention to detail
- Good communicator with fluency in business English (written and spoken) • Knowledge of another foreign language is an advantage
- Excellent MS Office skills, particularly Excel (v-lookup, pivot tables) for data analysis
- Numerate with accounting knowledge Well organized with strong task management skills
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)
