Site Controller

Req ID: 132767 
Remote Position: No
Region: Asia 
Country: Japan 
State/Province: Miyagi 
City:  Miyagi 

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.

About the Role

We are looking for a driven, and passionate finance leader to lead the financial strategy and execution for our growing operation in Japan. This role is pivotal in shaping the financial foundation of the business as it scales, ensuring profitability, operational excellence, compliance, and strong cross-functional partnership.

You will serve as the key finance point of contact for plant leadership, driving performance management, overseeing compliance with both local and global regulations, and navigating the complexities of setting up and growing the operations. This role requires a proactive leader who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments and enjoys building processes, teams, and business frameworks from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Leadership & Profitability
> Own the plant’s full financial performance, including P&L management, cost optimization, margin enhancement, and capital investment decision. 
> Provide clear financial insights, forecasts, and recommendations to maximize profitability and long-term value.
> Develop and monitor KPIs to track cost & drivers, financial health and productivity and drive improvements.

Business Partnership
> Act as a strategic advisor to the Plant Director and cross-functional leaders (operations, supply chain, engineering, HR, procurement).
> Translate financial data into actionable insights to support operational decision-making and strategic initiatives.
> Influence and challenge business partners constructively to drive performance improvements.

Compliance & Governance
> Ensure full compliance with local statutory requirements, global financial policies, and internal control frameworks.
> Oversee audits, regulatory filings, and adherence to global reporting standards. > Build robust internal controls and governance structures for a rapidly growing environment. > Lead the financial workstream for plant setup, expansion, or transition activities—including budgeting, investment analysis, financial modeling, and risk assessment. > Build and enhance financial processes, systems, and reporting structures to support scale and operational excellence. > Navigate regulatory, legal, and financial complexities associated with launching or growing a plant operation. > Oversee standard costing, inventory valuation, production variance analysis, and cost accounting processes. > Partner closely with operations teams to drive continuous improvement, waste reduction, and optimal resource utilization. > Support make-versus-buy decisions, automation investments, and capacity planning.