Credit Specialist

Celestica; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A significant technology firm in Toronto is seeking a candidate for a Credit role focused on managing global credit exposure and accounts receivable administration. The ideal candidate must have strong analytical skills, be able to multitask under tight deadlines, and maintain effective communication. Responsibilities include implementing process improvements and building key relationships. This hybrid position requires 3-6 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of corporate accounting policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage consolidated global credit exposure and AR factoring.
• Implement process improvements.
• Build internal and external relationships.

Skills

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Accounting designation

Job description

Req ID: 130749

Remote Position: Hybrid

Region: Americas

Country: Canada

State/Province: Ontario

City: Toronto

Summary

The primary focus of this Credit job is managing consolidated global credit exposure, global AR factoring administration and global risk renewal. It also includes support from an M&A perspective and special projects.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Incumbents apply in-depth knowledge in a specific area of specialization.

• Work is performed within established professional standards and practices.

• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors and a considerable degree of judgement.

• Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the divisions/departments operations, schedules, and/or performance goals.

• Works under minimum Supervision.

• Seeks approval from others on matters outside of job/role scope.

• Receives instruction on specific assignment objectives and possible solutions.

• Unusual problems are solved jointly with manager.

• Work is reviewed for application of sound technical judgment.

• May lead a work group or project team consisting of technical and support staff.

• Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service.

• Implements process improvements.

• Presents complex information integrating several scenarios, Become a key advisor and is able to assist clients/user on vastly different issues.

• Able to run a successful meeting with more than 5 people (i.e. agenda, timetable, demonstrate good time management, conclusion, follow-up and minutes.)

• Meets group needs, ensures appropriate resources are available and works to achieve team goals over individual goals.

• Make a decision based on the analysis.

• Provides input to manage required changes.

• Leads by example and is accountable for their actions.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• 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 evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.

• 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.

Physical Demands

• 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

Typical Experience

• Three to six years of relevant experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Accounting designation may be required

• Education experience may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

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.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.