Finance Business Partner - Global Supply Chain

Finance Business Partner - Global Supply Chain

• Full-time
• Grade: 14
• Employee Group:
  Permanent
• Global Region:
  Europe

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, 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.

This role partners closely with Procurement, Logistics, Tariffs, Sales & Operations Planning and broader Operations to provide financial insight, challenge, and guidance that supports end‑to‑end supply chain excellence. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance Operations, the individual will lead the performance reporting, investment decision support, budget/forecasting process, strategic planning support and general financial support for Supply Chain & Procurement.

The candidate will serve as the primary finance advisor to Supply Chain & Procurement leadership, providing proactive insights, recommendations and critical challenge where required. The individual will be key to ensuring delivery of the strategic roadmap for the functions by ensuring the integrity of execution of the business and functional strategy, creating, and supporting an unambiguous accountability for delivering end‑to‑end results.

• A strategic partner to Supply Chain Director and Procurement Director providing leadership, direction and problem solving to address any Supply Chain or fundamental issues that may deter profitability of the business within a strongly controlled environment.
• Ownership of all monthly consolidated data for the Supply Chain & Procurement, financial planning process for all monthly, quarterly, annual, and strategic financial plans, including delivery of supporting materials.
• Supports supply chain and procurement decision making to maximise operational performance, working capital usage, manufacturing excellence and profitability.
• Acts as a Supply Chain expert understanding the drivers and nuances of the business, providing timely, independent insight and updates to the Senior Director, Finance, Operations.
• Collaborates closely with the global / operational finance teams.
• Owns the initial financial assessment, post implementation reviews and regular reporting of the operational & supplier performance.
• Financial consolidation and planning supply chain & supplier network.
• Implementation and oversight of cost control policies across the supply chain and procurement functions.
• Strategic financial evaluation of suppliers and supply chain.
• Supports ad‑hoc John Crane initiatives, projects or M&A activities including integration and information requests as directed by the Senior Director, Finance Operations.

Candidates must have a proven track record of success in progressively more senior finance roles preferably including commercial and operations environments. Previous experience of working with a high‑performing team in a multi‑national and multi‑cultural business is preferred.

• Degree educated (minimum 2;1), ideally in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related analytical discipline. A Master’s qualification is advantageous.
• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / ACMA / CFA) with 10+ years of relevant professional experience with a strong focus on Commercial, Operational and or Strategic Business Analysis preferably in a large…