Senior Financial Analyst

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

• Weekly reporting or Orders & Sales -Actuals
• Prepare Overdue forecast considering cash collections forecast
• Bi-weekly forecast of Orders and sales
• Prepare and submit Flash Estimates – month end week- day 1
• YTD Actuals submission - month end week- day 2
• Arrear analysis and reporting
• Monthly PL variance analysis – commentary pack
• Monthly sales variance analysis
• Overdue receivables commentary report
• SR1/SR2 rolling forecasts (monthly)
• Reporting of SR1/SR2 actuals
• FX gain/loss analysis (unrealized vs realized) – monthly
• Assist Country General Manager on preparation of annual budgets, presentation packs, followed by quarterly rolling forecasts
• Assist in statutory audit, cost audit, transfer price audit, tax audit, internal audit
• Adherence to ICE control environment
• Update Diligent High bond control execution
• Preparation of monthly PL and BS
• Monthly reporting in TM 1
• Timely preparation of Causal report / commentary pack
• Review PL expenses, report to Cost Centre Managers
• Credit control review activities
• Debtors Ageing report
• Regular reporting on orders, sales, product line margin, actual Vs. budget variance analysis, forecasting
• Support implementation of internal controls and statutory audit
• SR1/SR2 report
• Diligent High bond controls execution

Qualifications

• BCom / MBA and with minimum 10 years of experience in financial analysis, management accounting and good excel knowledge
• People Skills – coordinating with functional teams
• COY submission
• Causal / Commentary pack
• Product line sales and margin
• Variance analysis of Budget Vs. Actual
• Forecasting
• Budgeting
• PL review for monitoring costs
• SR1/SR2 cost review
• Internal controls
• Statutory audit

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, 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 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.

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