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Regional Accounting Manager

Celestica • Boston, MA • 2h ago

Req ID: 133942

Region: Americas

Country: USA

State/Province: New Hampshire

City: Remote Employee US

Overview

The Regional Accounting Director (Accounting, Costing & Inventory) is a strategic and hands-on finance leader responsible for overseeing accurate financial reporting, and the proactive enforcement of a robust internal control environment. A deep expertise in manufacturing cost accounting and complex inventory management is critical to success. This high-impact role will serve as the trusted partner to the Regional North America Controller, site controllers and GMs, to ensure both financial and operational performance KPIs are achieved.

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting & Financial Operations

Provide strong leadership, direction, and management for the regional finance and accounting teams, including performance management and professional development.

Oversee the month-end and quarter-end close processes, ensuring the timely, accurate, and consistent reporting of financial information in compliance with U.S. GAAP.

Collaborate with the site's accounting, Corporate Accounting and Shared Services teams to manage day-to-day accounting processes, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger operations.

Drive continuous improvement and process standardization in all accounting operations and financial reporting systems to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
Inventory Management & Cost Accounting

Lead all financial aspects of regional inventory management, including oversight of inventory valuation, WIP (Work-in-Process), Finished Goods (FG), Goods in Transit (GIT) and E&O accruals.

Ensure the accuracy of manufacturing cost & profit centers and product costing methodologies in collaboration with site finance and operational teams.

Monitor working capital requirements, specifically focusing on inventory levels, and drive cross-functional initiatives to resolve financial gaps like unaccounted or negative WIP and FG quantities identified through internal audits.

Function as the subject matter expert to advise site finance and operations on inventory control best practices and cost reduction initiatives.
Internal Controls & Compliance

Act as the regional steward of compliance & controls, securing the sites' highest level of adherence to company policies, U.S. GAAP, and regulatory requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).

Oversee the effective design, execution, and management of the sites' Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR) cycle and the regional risk assessment process.

Serve as a key change agent, utilizing strong influencing skills to drive the adoption of standardized controls and process improvements across diverse regional sites.

Partner with cross-functional leadership to proactively evaluate system and policy changes, ensuring a compliant and efficient risk environment during organizational transitions.

Serve as the primary liaison for both internal and external auditors and managing the timely remediation of all audit findings.
CAPEX process and governance management

Ensure all capital investment requests for the region are directly aligned with the company's long-term business strategy, growth plans, and financial objectives

Maintain strict financial control over the regional CAPEX budget, ensuring accurate accounting, forecasting, and reporting.

Implement and enforce a standardized, robust, and transparent regional CAPEX approval and tracking process.

Systematically track the performance of completed CAPEX projects to validate the original business case and forecast.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics is required. CPA or MBA is strongly preferred.

Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting, with at least 3 years in an equivalent leadership role.

Industry Expertise: Significant, demonstrated experience in a global manufacturing, high-tech, or industrial environment is required, specifically within publicly traded companies.

Technical Skills: Extensive experience with internal controls, SOX compliance, and audit remediation. Strong proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., SAP) is essential.

Leadership: Proven ability to provide both tactical and strategic leadership, with a track record of influencing stakeholders and managing teams across multiple sites.

Travel: Willingness to travel up to 30% within the region, as required.

Salary

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.

Salary Range: $123K - 193K Annually

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) 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.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.

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