This exciting opportunity is part of the Druck business. The planned addition of the Druck brand to Crane Aerospace & Electronics meaningfully strengthens our pressure sensing capabilities across critical applications—including environmental control systems, hydraulics, and engine monitoring. Additionally, Druck expands our presence into ground-based test and calibration equipment, further extending our technological capabilities and market reach. Druck is headquartered in Leicester, England, with significant operations around the world, including facilities in China, France, Hungary, and India.
The Staff Accountant serves as a vital partner to the Controller, supporting fiscal discipline and financial integrity across the organization. This role is responsible for preparing timely, accurate, and comprehensive financial statements—including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow—ensuring consistency with accounting standards and internal policies.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Supports accounting leader in maintaining general ledger including preparing, and reviewing, month end JEs (Journal Entries).
· Support in maintaining appropriate financial closing policies, narratives and procedures for US GAAP, local GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley compliance
· Supports preparation of 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.
· Practice 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.
· Supports 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.
· Supports Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance and manages external and internal auditor relationships to facilitate completion of audit procedures in a timely and efficient manner.
· Establishes, implements, manages, and monitors critical accounting and reporting processes and associated metrics. Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
· Manages external and internal auditor relationships to facilitate completion of audit procedures in a timely and efficient manner.
QUALIFICATIONS
· Experience: 3+ years of accounting experience preferably in the Manufacturing environment
· Knowledge: Demonstrated expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures; Working knowledge of ERP; standard accounting, budgeting and financial planning, Wire transfers and certain treasury functions, Make vs. Buy decisions and Tax accounting (Tax Depreciation, Sales and Operating Profit by geographical location and R&D tax credit)
· Skills/Abilities: Expertise in the Microsoft Office Suite; Power BI, Ability to leverage business decisions and quickly assess financial impact; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communication with internal staff; site general management and Corporate functional representatives
EDUCATION
· BS/BA degree in Accounting, Finance or another related field. Master’s degree is desirable.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of accounting experience
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Working knowledge of ERP systems
- Standard accounting, budgeting and financial planning knowledge
- Wire transfers and certain treasury functions knowledge
- Make vs. Buy decision knowledge
- Tax accounting (tax depreciation, sales and operating profit by geography, R&D tax credit)
- Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite
- Power BI
- Ability to assess financial impact and support business decisions
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communication
- BS/BA degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- Master's degree
- Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and managing audits
- Fixed assets management and account reconciliations experience
What We Do
Crane employees share a proud 150-year-plus history of doing business the right way—treating people fairly, dealing honestly and ethically with customers, suppliers, and shareholders, and working hard to meet or exceed the expectations of customers. They also share a fascinating history of innovation dating from the early years of the Industrial Revolution to the current era of technology-driven product development and improvement. Crane is committed to the highest standards of business conduct. We strive to create value for all our stakeholders with a highly disciplined approach to materially strengthening our businesses through successful implementation of the Crane Business System, through strategic linkages among our businesses, and through utilization of strong free cash flow for strategic acquisitions.
