Req ID: 129541

Remote Position: No

Region: Asia

Country: Malaysia

State/Province: Kedah

City: Kulim

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 Malaysia extends this global capability by delivering advanced engineering, manufacturing, and hardware platform solutions tailored to the needs of theglobal market. Together, Celestica and Celestica Malaysia offer a powerful combination of global scale and local expertise, providing end-to-end support throughout the entire product lifecycle. Celestica Malaysia currently has 2 plants – CMY1 & CMY2.

About The Role

We are seeking a sharp, passionate, and business-savvy FP&A Manager to lead financial planning and analysis for our growing Malaysia plant operation. This is a high-impact role for a driven finance leader who thrives in fast-evolving environments and enjoys being deeply embedded in the business. You will act as a strategic partner to plant leadership, driving performance management, shaping financial strategy, ensuring compliance, and enabling strong decision making as the site continues to expand.

The ideal candidate is proactive, hands-on, and confident in navigating ambiguity, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to influence outcomes across functions.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

Lead the Malaysia plant's budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
Deliver clear, data-driven insights on financial performance, variances, profitability, and cost trends.
Build robust financial models to support operational decisions and growth initiatives.

Business Partnership

Serve as the primary finance partner to plant leadership, operations, supply chain, and procurement teams.
Translate financial data into actionable recommendations to improve operational efficiency and profitability.
Influence decision-making through strong financial perspective, clear communication, and commercial understanding.

Operational & Plant Finance

Oversee cost accounting, inventory valuation, production variances, and manufacturing KPIs.
Work closely with operations teams to optimize resource utilization, reduce waste, and drive continuous improvement.
Support capital investment analysis, capacity planning, make-versus-buy decisions, and automation projects.
Oversee Customer P&L's and drive profitable growth

Ownership & Decision Support

Take ownership of plant financial performance and ensure alignment with regional and global objectives.
Provide real-time financial guidance during key business discussions, trade-offs, an scenario planning.
Anticipate risks and opportunities, proposing solutions before issues arise.

Compliance & Controls

Ensure adherence to global finance policies, and internal controls, as may be relevant in FP&A.
Support internal/external audits and ensure accurate, timely financial reporting.

Process Improvement

Lead initiatives to enhance forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and financial transparency.
Implement best practices and scalable processes to support ongoing plant growth.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field; advanced degree or certification (CPA, CMA, MBA) is a plus.
5–8+ years of FP&A or operational finance experience, preferably in manufacturing or plant operations.
Strong understanding of cost accounting, production finance, and operational KPIs.

Other Requirements

Good English speaking skills
Must have worked in a manufacturing set up
Must have worked in MNC environment
Able to work in a fast paced environment
Experience with SAP & financial reporting tools

Skills & Competencies

Strong business acumen with the ability to understand operational drivers and link them to financial outcomes.
Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
Excellent communication and presentation abilities, capable of influencing crossfunctional teams.
Proficiency in financial systems, ERP platforms, and advanced Excel/BI tools.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with evolving priorities.

Personal Attributes

Passionate, self-driven, and intellectually curious.
High sense of ownership and accountability.
Confident decision-maker with the ability to navigate ambiguity.
Collaborative mindset paired with the courage to challenge constructively.

What We Offer

Opportunity to play a key role in a rapidly growing Malaysia plant operation.
High visibility, impact, and involvement in strategic decision-making.
A dynamic, supportive, and growth-oriented working environment.
Competitive compensation and benefits.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

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.

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.

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