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Celestica - Richardson, TX

Full-time - Director

Richardson, TX

11-50 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Director of Financial Operations is responsible for overseeing financial operations across multiple small business units or a complex site. This role involves direct and indirect supervision of subordinate managers and employees, focusing on long-term planning, policy formation, and strategic direction. The Director is accountable for financial leadership, project management on a global scale, and ensuring the achievement of organizational objectives through sound decision-making and effective management of financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial and accounting personnel within the department.
• Staff the department, assign work, review performance, and address performance issues.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to team members.
• Promote and maintain a productive work environment.
• Develop policies, procedures, and business controls to provide work direction.
• Ensure coherence within the organization regarding compensation policies.
• Provide financial leadership by reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting financial and budgetary information.
• Participate in management decision-making based on departmental analysis and recommendations.
• Analyze investment decisions, product pricing, and profitability.
• Report and analyze the current financial position.
• Develop external business relationships by providing financial rate and cost structures.
• Develop financial models associated with business opportunities.
• Manage activities associated with the financial planning process.
• Coordinate and consolidate order forecasts, revenue forecasts, and manufacturing and operations costs for multi-year timeframes.
• Implement and support financial processes and system architecture throughout business units.
• Develop new procedures and implement new processes to continually improve service quality.
• Responsible for Statutory Reporting in line with local requirements.

Requirements

• Eleven to fourteen years of applicable experience in finance.
• Expert knowledge of marketplace conditions for finance.
• Expert knowledge of Celestica's finance organization including strategic policies and objectives.
• Excellent understanding of the global business environment and customer business, organization, products, and processes.
• Ability to lead complex negotiations effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to interface with many international sites to establish strong working relationships and cooperation.
• Ability to effectively lead, manage, train, and motivate a diverse group of managers and employees.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; accounting designation recommended.