Accounting Advisor

Summary

Reporting hierarchy:

Manager Internal Controls & Compliance -> Compliance & Tax Director-> Site Controller

Manager Internal Controls & Compliance is responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring the internal control environment in Celestica Thailand. This role ensures that all financial processes are compliant with company policies. Further this role acts as liaison between plant operations and corporate internal audit, ensuring that operational risks do not lead to financial misstatements and follow effective and on-time implementation of all corrective mitigating plans.

Key Responsibilities:

• Inventory & Physical Asset Oversight
• Cycle Counting & Physical Inventory: Audit the plant’s yearly and cycle counting program. Ensure that any significant variances are investigated
• Fixed Asset Management: Audit periodic physical verification process. Ensure that disposals or transfers of plant assets are properly documented and approved. Special focus on customer financed and consigned assets
• Scrap & Waste: Monitor the process for identifying and recording of scrap (BOM) and waste (non BOM), ensuring proper recording and maximize recoveries

• Internal controls & Compliance

• Process documentation & Flowchart Maintenance: Assure that all critical finance process is documented (by process owners) and understood by respective stakeholders
• SOD (Segregation of Duties) and DOA (Delegation of Authorities): Audit and monitor that SOD and DOA are deployed across all systems according company policies
• Coordinate with company secretary and operation to maintain an up-to-date list of all licenses, permits and legal document to assure compliant operation of the entity within Thai regulatory framework
• Promote organizational risk awareness culture through communications, workshops, training sessions, and informal/formal engagements, etc.

• Procurement & Local Expenditures

• Local Vendor Management: Audit the onboarding process for local suppliers to prevent conflict-of-interest or fraudulent billing and contract review
• Bidding: Audit bidding process for major expenditures performed by procurement Validate the process to comply with company procedure and local compliance.

• Audit Liaison & Remediation

• Internal Audit Lead: Act as the primary finance contact and coordinator for internal auditors during site visits, to be a lead with respect team to close the audit concern /issues and follow up the action plan
• Corrective plans (mitigations): If a control deficiency is found, work with respective functional leaders to design an effective corrective action and follow up on implementation within defined timelines.

Education and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, Finance, Accounting or related financial roles.
• Understanding of internal controls, management of enterprise risk and fraud deterrence ie COSO framework, SOX
• Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior leadership and drive the change
• Project management skills and ability to work in a cross-functional team environment and manage multiple stakeholders.
• ERP Proficiency: High comfort level with ERP systems ie SAP, Hyperion or any consolidation system