Senior GL Accountant

Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

Job Description

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

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

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
• A professional accounting qualification is desirable
• 3-5 years 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

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

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, colour, religion, sex, ****** 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.

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