Accounting & Controls Manager - Celestica Japan

Summary

About Celestica
Celestica is a global leader in design, manufacturing, and supply-chain solutions, partnering with some of the world’s most innovative companies across communications, enterprise, industrial, and aerospace sectors. With a strong commitment to quality, agility, and operational excellence, Celestica helps customers bring complex products to market quickly and reliably. Celestica Japan extends this global capability by delivering advanced engineering, manufacturing, and hardware platform solutions tailored to the needs of the Japanese and regional market. Together, Celestica and Celestica Japan offer a powerful combination of global scale and local expertise, providing end-to-end support throughout the entire product lifecycle. Celestica Japan currently has 2 plants – in Miyagi and Hino.

About the Role
The Accounting, Controls & Tax Manager will lead the accounting operations, internal control framework, and tax compliance for a large-scale manufacturing plant in Japan withapproximately $1B in annual revenue. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining a robust internal control environment, and m ng all direct and indirect tax matters in compliance with Japanese statutory requirements and corporate policies.

The position will partner closely with plant leadership, regional finance teams, and external auditors to support operational efficiency, financial integrity, and regulatory compliance. 

Key Responsibilities

Financial Accounting & Reporting

• Oversee all plant-level accounting activities, including general ledger, month-end close, and financial reporting.
• Ensure compliance with Japanese GAAP and US GAAP reporting standards
• Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements and local filings.
• Coordinate with regional and corporate finance teams on consolidation and reporting requirements.

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Establish and maintain a strong internal control framework, including compliance with SOX or equivalent corporate control standards.
• Lead risk assessments and ensure proper documentation of financial processes and controls.
• Coordinate internal and external financial and operational audits.
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen control effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Tax Management

• Manage all corporate tax, consumption tax (VAT equivalent), and local tax compliance in Japan, in close partnership with Corporate Tax
• Oversee tax filings, tax provisioning, and tax accounting.
• Monitor changes in Japanese tax regulations and ensure compliance.
• Support tax planning initiatives & incentives in coordination with the Corporate tax team.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the plant accounting and finance operations team.
• Build strong capabilities in financial controls, reporting, and compliance.
• Foster a culture of accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Business Partnership

• Partner with plant leadership, operations, supply chain, and procurement to support financial decision-making.
• Support capital investment decisions using the right analytics
• Work with Supply Chain to manage & optimize inventory, obsolescence and turns
• Support plant initiatives such as automation, efficiency improvements, and financial systems upgrades.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA, Chartered Accountant, or equivalent certification preferred

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Experience in manufacturing environments
• Experience in Multinational companies
• Experience managing accounting operations for large-scale facilities
• Strong experience with internal controls, audit coordination, and tax compliance

Skills & Competencies

• Deep knowledge of US GAAP & Japanese accounting standards and tax regulations
• Experience with SAP
• Strong understanding of SOX/internal control frameworks
• Excellent analytical, leadership, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across global teams

Language

• Fluent Japanese (required for regulatory and tax interactions)
• Business-level English (required for global coordination)
  
  

Key Success Factors

• Strong control mindset and commitment to financial integrity
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Proven capability to build and lead high-performing finance teams
• Strong collaboration with operations and corporate finance leadership