Financial Business Partner Operations

**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.
- Full responsibility and oversight of the financial and costing analysis surrounding the manufacturing/cost of goods sold and inventory of John Crane India.
- Responsible for understanding movements in these costs as well as oversee the leading analysis of the data to allow for better decision making by the business.
- Publish and carry out cost center reviews with Cost Centre Managers and team leaders in the Operations team.
- Evaluate work center rates based on absorbable costs and maintain the same in SAP. Review work center rates and propose revisions as necessary
- Work with Operations Manager on rolling forecast and publish leading and lagging indicators on Operations KPIs.
- Monitor and track strategic projects related systems costs vs. approved investment and build warning systems to message any upside and downside risks on project target costs and lead times.
- Review the accuracy of transfer prices maintained in SAP for any new parts created during the year vs. the transfer pricing guidelines.
- W**orking alongside with Senior Manager - Operation & Analysis on**:

- Be a key driver in understanding “orders, sales, and backlog” by the sales team, customers to enhance business decision making on driving inventory management
- Maintain up-to-date balance sheet reconciliations for Stock GLs, including stock provisions (NRV provisions and provisions for obsolete and slow-moving inventory).
- Prepare journals for the month-end stock adjustments.
- Prepare Actual vs Budget commentaries for Operation performance along with variance analysis for headline numbers vs. the latest forecast.
- Be a key driver in the development of the forecast/budget and India strategic plan, including Capex, SR1/SR2, etc.
- Preparation of the month-end closing schedule and reporting pack as directed by the Financial Controller.
- Ensuring that commercial projects, such as investment proposals and capital projects, meet the needs of the organization and have undergone appropriate financial evaluation.
- Actively participate in Internal & External Audit for relevant areas and support the closure of any audit action points.

**Qualifications**
Education / Experience:

- A minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience with a strong focus on Operational and/or Strategic Business Analysis.
- An accredited bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or related.
- Good communication and written language ability in English.
- Ability to make good judgments in an increasingly complex global business by effectively sourcing and analysing critical information and making effective, timely decisions; considering the needs and impacts on business stakeholders.
- Strong business sense and change management skills.

Knowledge /Skills:

- Professional accounting qualification.
- Effective written, verbal and presentation skills with the ability to communicate and present to senior-level management. Key internal and external relationships
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills and experience of using financial consolidation systems and ERPs (SAP knowledge strong plus).
- Self-starter with flexibility and willingness to balance multiple, changing priorities and work under tight deadlines.
- Work closely with other areas of the business to develop a clear understanding of the implications their decisions have both in the short and long term.
- High degree of independence, resourcefulness, and personal drive.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to staff at all levels.
- The role will be based at John Crane India, Bangalore, and will report directly to the Global Customer Operations Financial Controller. Travel is expected to be limited.

**Additional Information**

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