Temporary, Director of Finance

Remote Position: Hybrid

Manages financial operations of a business unit or units, coordinating the financial team. This job is a first-level manager within a Site or Corporate office. Provides direct management to semi-skilled and entry-level professional employees performing diverse and/or specialized roles, or employees in more than one function or work group. This includes establishing annual plans/objectives and interpretation of policies related to the functional area. Contributes to policy development. Receives assignments in the form of tasks and goals and follows established processes to meet the goals of the unit. Executes budgets, develops schedules, and enforces policies and procedures. Sound decisions are required to achieve the divisions/departments operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Provides immediate supervision to employees in more than one function or work group, assigning tasks and checking work at regular intervals. Directs subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures, and policies. Reviews employees performance and recommends employee compensation; coaches for improved performance and disciplines as necessary. Implements process improvements. Conducts negotiations and manages a desired outcome. Chairs meetings with adequate presentation material. Responsible for planning and prioritizing for other people. Makes a decision based on analysis. Manages financial and accounting staff within the department.

Staffs the department, assigns work, reviews performance and addresses performance issues.

Provides leadership, coaching, and development.

Develops policies, procedures and business controls to provide work direction.

Manages the audit, compliance and external reporting processes.

Acts as a liaison to federal, state, insurance, banking and other external auditors.

Develops and implements business controls and procedures to minimize or comply with audit recommendations.

Provides guidance to management on accounting policies and procedures.

Ensures compliance with corporate policies and objectives.

Manages payroll processing for a site or sites.

Manages special projects and/or external relationships (e.g., travel agency, risk management, etc.).

Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, PowerPoint.

Ability to recommend accounting process changes based on intimate knowledge of accounting processes, policies and procedures. Ability to direct others on accounting practices.

Ability to recommends creative accounting solutions that are in accordance with GAAP of relevant country and U.Perform financial sensitivity analysis against all key factors (pricing, operating and costing) and provide management with recommendations/solutions.

Understands MRP configurations/processes.

Ability to design custom queries in job-related software.

Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external customers and other functions.

For non English mother language: Ability to manage basic project management techniques

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment

Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data

Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc)

Occasional overnight travel may be required

The stated range includes Base Salary and target Short-Term Incentive (STI) compensation only. Salary Range: $105,000-$155,000 CAD/year

Bachelor's degree, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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.

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. 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.

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