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About the Role

We’re hiring a Credit Specialist to help drive informed credit decisions across Celestica’s customer base. You’ll be responsible for analyzing customer financials, ensuring compliance with internal credit policies and recommending strategies to manage and mitigate risk.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of customer financial statements and supporting documents to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Analyze key financial metrics, including ratios, cash flow, liquidity, and leverage.
• Assess overall creditworthiness, repayment capacity and exposure to industry-specific risks.
• Continuously monitor the credit portfolio identifying potential deterioration in customers’ financial positions.
• Prepare month-end reports on the credit portfolio, high-risk exposures, and recommendations for risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with Segment Finance, Sales, and Accounts Receivable teams to effectively resolve credit-related issues.
• Ensure all credit approvals are in compliance with internal policies.
• Assist in the development and ongoing refinement of credit policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in financial analysis, credit evaluation, or enterprise risk management
• Exceptional analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Advanced proficiency in Excel with the ability to learn and leverage new systems effectively
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively in a deadline-driven environment
• Demonstrated outstanding work ethic and commitment to excellence
• 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

Skills

• Basic understanding of specific customer needs.
• Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data.
• Able to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Has a thorough understanding of corporate accounting policies and ensures application of these policies in their daily work.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Able to recommend accounting process changes based on intimate knowledge of accounting processes, policies and procedures.
• Able to direct others on accounting practices.
• Able research accounting rules in both U.S. GAAP and GAAP of relevant country.
• Able to create a profit center or cost center budget identifying key plan drivers.
• Able to bridge between actual, plan and forecast, analyzing mix impacts and summarizing in management reports.
• Provide recommendations based on interpretation of results.
• Able to design/create queries and understands what creates the output.
• Creates basic spreadsheet macros.
• Ability to design custom queries in job-related software.
• Understanding of the relationships between the various tools.
• Understand how to use political structure in the organization and how to get things done using that structure.

Location

• Hybrid
• Canada
• Ontario
• Toronto

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in financial analysis, credit evaluation, or enterprise risk management

Education Level

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field

Salary/Compensations

• $89,355-124,779 CAD/year

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.

About the Company

• Celestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.
• Today, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC):
• ATS: This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions.
• CCS: This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.
• Built on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.
• We use artificial intelligence tools to assist in screening and assessing applications for this role. All hiring decisions involve human review.
• This posting is for an existing vacancy.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• Celestica 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.
• At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.