Job Description
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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Job Description
Working within the UK Shared Service Centre supporting customers in John Crane and The Smiths Group by managing and providing back-office accounting services. The role is to undertake Cash Management, Fixed Asset Accounting, support Overseas (France & Belgium) Indirect Taxation and the associated month-end processes, controls, and daily tasks for all entities. Responsibilities also include supporting the Bank Rec, Balance Sheet review process, Interco Rec for John Crane France, John Crane Belgium and TISA
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities will include but not limited:
• Maintenance, accounting and reporting of cash and banking activities including forecasting
• Prepayment and accruals for the Shared Service Centre entities.
• Preparation of the applicable monthly balance sheet reconciliations and Bank Reconciliation.
• Support the Accounting Managers with analysis, open item management and documenting processes.
• Knowledge of Hedging
• Support to the reporting and filing of returns for Indirect Tax, VAT and Intrastat declarations
• Ensuring strict compliance with financial & business controls required by the Division/Group and external auditors.
• Support to Internal and External audits
• Support to Shared Service Team as required
The Individual
Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Qualified (CAB) Accountant or Qualified by Experience
• Good communication skills – written and spoken in English
• Good influencing, analytical and problem-solving skills
• A self-starter with an ability to think logically
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Focused on continuous improvement
• SSC experience with multi-entity management
• Basic knowledge of French GAAP and taxes an advantage.
• Project Management experience.
Technical
• Good numeric background. – Essential
• Good Microsoft Office especially in Excel (Lookup, Pivots, etc.) – Essential
• Knowledge of SAP ECC6 to a good standard
Planning and Decision Making:
• The ability to work on own and as part of the team to meet tight deadlines
• A good team player with a flexible approach and the ability to work on own initiative and in teams is essential.
• Pro-active and ability to work on own initiative
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 ) or LinkedIn.
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