Assistant Controller

Your Job

As Assistant Controller, you will lead Molex's global record-to-report and controllership organization and help ensure the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the company's financial results.

You will create value by providing leadership across close and consolidation, financial reporting, internal controls, complex accounting, acquisition integration, and finance transformation.

This role combines technical accounting judgment, operational execution, transformation leadership, and leadership of a large, globally distributed organization, with a focus on building strong teams, supporting growth, and advancing the use of technology, automation, and AI.

You will partner across Business Finance, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Global Process Owners, financial systems teams, and external audit to build a stronger and more scalable controllership organization.

This role is based in Lisle or Chicago and reports to the Vice President - Corporate Finance.

Our Team

You will lead a multi-regional record-to-report organization of more than 250 individuals supporting Molex's global financial operations.

The team is responsible for accurate books, a controlled and timely close, reliable financial reporting, strong internal controls, and balance-sheet integrity, while also supporting technical accounting and acquisition integration.

We value leaders who exercise sound judgment, challenge constructively, build and motivate strong teams, and use standardization, technology, data, and automation to improve how work is delivered.

What You Will Do



* Lead, coach, and develop a multi-regional organization of more than 250 employees, including 6-8 direct reports.

Establish clear decision rights, strengthen succession planning, and build capability across accounting, controls, systems, reporting, and business partnership.


* Lead the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close and consolidation processes, establishing clear expectations for timing, accuracy, communication, issue escalation, and accountability across regions.


* Oversee financial reporting and significant record-to-report activities, including general ledger, intercompany, cash and banking, payroll accounting, fixed assets, and account reconciliations.


* Drive transformation through the adoption of cutting-edge technology, process improvement, and creative destruction.


* Maintain balance-sheet integrity through strong account reconciliation governance, variance analysis, timely resolution of aged or unusual balances, and clear accounting ownership.


* Provide leadership on significant, judgmental, and technically complex accounting matters, including acquisitions, purchase accounting, impairments, restructuring, functional currency, foreign exchange, hedge accounting, leases, pensions, reserves, and other complex transactions.


* Ensure consistent application of U.S.

GAAP, Molex and Koch accounting policies, and internal control requirements.


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