Accounting Manager

Accounting ManagerThe Accounting Manager is a critical role, accountable for the financial integrity, technical accuracy, and strategic compliance of a large manufacturing business unit within Celestica. This role will serve as the subject matter expert on the business unit's month-end, financial reporting and internal control activities, ensuring all financial reporting adheres strictly to GAAP and is supported by a robust internal control framework.Key Responsibilities & Executive ImpactTechnical Authority and Reporting ExcellenceFinancial Statement Ownership: Direct the preparation, review, and strategic interpretation of complex monthly and quarterly financial statements for internal and external purposes, ensuring compliance with GAAP.Principal Consultation: Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing authoritative, first-line support to business unit financial teams on complex technical accounting standards and challenging reporting issues.Policy Mandate: Draft, finalize, and enforce corporate accounting policies across the site/region/business unit, clearly communicating the implications of legal versus management reporting to senior stakeholders.Risk Mitigation: Own the implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive internal control environment (e.g., SOX compliance), ensuring all financial transactions are properly recorded and company assets are protected.Strategic Cross-Functional PartnershipExecutive Influence: Build and maintain critical cross-functional relationships across Operations and FP&A, and senior management, using persuasion and tact to gain support on financial initiatives and enforce policy adherence.Audit & External Relations: Support and manage the necessary inputs for external and internal audit processes, ensuring all required financial reporting and documentation meet the highest professional standards.Budgetary Input: Develop and provide critical financial data for department budgets and goals, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to maintain integrity and compliance.Knowledge/Skills/CompetenciesAccounting Mastery: In-depth, expert knowledge and practical experience in applying GAAP within a manufacturing entity.Industry Knowledge: Solid grasp of the application of accounting principles to manufacturing operations.Global Business Acumen: Strong understanding of the global business environment and the financial implications of the customer and supplier ecosystem.Communication & Negotiation: Exceptional communication, presentation, and negotiation skills required to influence peers, interface with senior managers, and manage critical external relationships.Problem Resolution: Ability to apply expert knowledge and precedents to solve complex financial and procedural problems autonomously.System knowledge: SAP experience preferred with manufacturing and material management activities accounting set up, tracking and reporting.Minimum QualificationsTypical Experience: 7+ years of progressive, relevant experience, including significant management or leadership responsibility within an Accounting or Financial Reporting function.Typical Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Accounting or Finance is required. Possession of a Professional Accounting Designation (CPA, CA, CMA, etc.) is preferred.Commitment: Duties are primarily performed in an office environment. Occasional overnight travel may be required.Celstica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Celestica is an E-Verify employer.COMPANY OVERVIEW: Celestica enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.