Regional Financial Controller Europe

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company is seeking a Regional Financial Controller in London. This key position will manage a finance team, ensuring compliance, effective financial reporting, and operational accounting. The role offers an opportunity to work in a diverse environment while leading financial processes across the European region.

Benefits

Employee resource groups for inclusivity

Competitive compensation and benefits

Qualifications

• Educated to undergraduate level minimum, CIMA/ACCA/ACA required.
• Extensive experience in a corporate and manufacturing environment preferred.
• Demonstrable record of people management.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage the finance team and ensure talent retention.
• Accountable for all ledgers, controls, compliance, and payroll in the Financial Control Environment.
• Oversee internal and external audits while managing HQ accounting.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Management

Communication

Excel

SAP

Verbal and Written Skills in English

Education

Undergraduate Degree

CIMA/ACCA/ACA Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Client:

John Crane

Location:

london, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job 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

We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Financial Controller, Europe to join our Finance team reporting to the Finance Director, Financial Control.

As a Regional Financial controller you will focus on building a lean, efficient European finance organisation grounded in strong controls, compliance, and streamlined processes. The successful candidate will proactively manage and develop the finance team, ensuring the recruitment and retention of key talent. They will hold ultimate accountability for all ledgers, controls, compliance, payroll, and financial processes within the Financial Control Environment, working closely with operational accounting in a manufacturing setting. Responsibilities also include standardising internal control processes, managing the region’s balance sheet and cash flow, and ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.

Additionally, the role involves overseeing internal and external audits, managing HQ accounting alongside smaller legacy entities, and serving as a key member of the global controlling finance group with statutory director duties as required. Other ad hoc duties will be assigned as needed.

This role is based from any of our sites within Europe working Monday to Friday normal office hours. (hybrid working) Slough & Aberdeen (UK) Fulda (Germany) Shannon, (Ireland), Livorno (Italy) Italy & Antwerp (Belgium)

John Crane is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to crafting an inclusive environment for all employees.

Duties & Responsibilities (not limited to)

• Proactively manage the finance team. Recruit, develop and retain key talent.
• Ultimate responsibility for all ledgers, controls, compliance, payroll and financial processes in the Financial Control Environment
• Work with operational accounting in a manufacturing environment
• Ensuring processes are standardised in the Internal Control Environment
• Accountable for the balance sheet and cashflow of the region
• Timely and accurate financial reporting
• Internal and External Audit management
• Management of HQ accounting and small holding / legacy entities
• Key member of global controlling finance group, including Statutory Director responsibilities where required

Qualifications

• Educated to undergraduate level minimum, CIMA/ACCA/ACA
• Extent experience in a global and /or large corporate and manufacturing environment
• Demonstrable record of people management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English – any additional European language a benefit
• Strong Excel, SAP and MS Office experience

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 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.