Sr. Accountant

Crane Company•Billerica, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Accountant will be the primary accounting leader responsible for maintaining the general ledger, including preparing, reviewing, and approving month-end journal entries. This role leads in developing and maintaining appropriate financial closing policies, narratives, and procedures for US GAAP, local GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. The position involves preparing financial statements and supporting schedules, reconciling discrepancies, analyzing variances, and preparing key account reconciliations. Additionally, the Sr. Accountant will manage year-end corporate and tax binders, maintain fixed asset records, and assist in resolving complex business challenges. This role champions continuous improvement initiatives to enhance internal controls, financial reporting, and budget/forecast accuracy. The Sr. Accountant provides leadership and strategic insight to the finance team on accounting and compliance, particularly in high-risk and judgmental areas, ensuring compliance with Crane's financial policies. This individual is a leader in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and manages external and internal auditor relationships. The role also establishes, implements, manages, and monitors critical accounting and reporting processes and associated metrics, while protecting assets by establishing and enforcing internal controls.

Requirements

Maintaining general ledger including preparing, reviewing, and approving month end JEs (Journal Entries).
Developing and maintaining appropriate financial closing policies, narratives and procedures for US GAAP, local GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules, such as Balance Sheets, Cash Flow statements and Income statements.
Reconcile discrepancies and analyze variances.
Prepare key account reconciliations, yearend corporate and tax binders, maintain fixed assets records and assist in the resolution of complex or unusual business challenges.
Champion continuous improvement initiatives and drive necessary changes and improvement to enhance internal controls, better financial reporting as well as improved budget and forecast accuracy as applicable.
Provide leadership and strategic insight to the finance team on accounting and compliance as needed with respect to specific higher risk and judgmental areas of accounting and reporting in compliance with Crane’s financial policies.
Lead Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance and manage external and internal auditor relationships to facilitate completion of audit procedures in a timely and efficient manner.
Establish, implement, manage, and monitor critical accounting and reporting processes and associated metrics.
Protect assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
Manage external and internal auditor relationships to facilitate completion of audit procedures in a timely and efficient manner.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a similar role
Performing comparable job responsibilities
Skills, training, and other qualifications

Responsibilities

Maintaining general ledger including preparing, reviewing, and approving month end JEs (Journal Entries).
Developing and maintaining appropriate financial closing policies, narratives and procedures for US GAAP, local GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules, such as Balance Sheets, Cash Flow statements and Income statements.
Reconcile discrepancies and analyze variances.
Prepare key account reconciliations, yearend corporate and tax binders, maintain fixed assets records and assist in the resolution of complex or unusual business challenges.
Champion continuous improvement initiatives and drive necessary changes and improvement to enhance internal controls, better financial reporting as well as improved budget and forecast accuracy as applicable.
Provide leadership and strategic insight to the finance team on accounting and compliance as needed with respect to specific higher risk and judgmental areas of accounting and reporting in compliance with Crane’s financial policies.
Lead Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance and manage external and internal auditor relationships to facilitate completion of audit procedures in a timely and efficient manner.
Establish, implement, manage, and monitor critical accounting and reporting processes and associated metrics.
Protect assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
Manage external and internal auditor relationships to facilitate completion of audit procedures in a timely and efficient manner.