Assistant Controller

Koch • Lisle, IL

4d

About The Position

The Assistant Controller will lead Molex’s global record-to-report and controllership organization, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial results. The role provides leadership across close and consolidation, financial reporting, internal controls, complex accounting, acquisition integration, and finance transformation. It combines technical accounting judgment, operational execution, transformation leadership, and development of a large, globally distributed organization, with an emphasis on building strong teams and advancing technology, automation, and AI. The position is based in Lisle or Chicago and reports to the Vice President – Corporate Finance.

The Assistant Controller will lead a multi-regional record-to-report organization of more than 250 people, including 6–8 direct reports. The organization supports Molex’s global financial operations and is responsible for accurate books, a controlled and timely close, reliable financial reporting, strong internal controls, balance-sheet integrity, technical accounting, and acquisition integration.

The role partners with Business Finance, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Global Process Owners, financial systems teams, regional controllers, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Finance Solutions, external auditors, and advisors. It leads close and consolidation; oversees significant record-to-report activities; addresses complex accounting matters; and drives controllership contributions to acquisitions, organizational changes, audits, statutory reporting, and finance systems transformation. It also promotes standardization, process improvement, automation, and the use of data and technology to develop a scalable controllership organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Significant progressive experience in controllership, accounting, or financial reporting within a complex organization.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and demonstrated ability to apply accounting judgment to complex and non-routine transactions.
• Experience leading large, complex accounting or finance organizations across multiple geographies, business units, and/or capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing core controllership activities, including financial close, consolidation, internal controls, audit, and balance-sheet governance.
• Experience influencing senior finance and business leaders across organizational boundaries.
• Strong communication, analytical problem-solving, prioritization, and change-leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or equivalent professional accounting designation.
• Experience in global manufacturing, industrial, or similarly complex multinational operations.
• Experience leading acquisition integration, purchase accounting, restructuring, or major operating-model transformation.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems and transformation initiatives, including SAP, CFIN, OneStream, BlackLine, Snowflake, or comparable platforms.
• Big Four public accounting or significant external-audit engagement experience.
• Proven success developing leaders, building succession plans, and scaling shared-services or regional controllership capabilities.
• Experience applying automation, analytics, and AI to improve accounting processes, controls, and decision support.

Responsibilities

• 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 monthly, quarterly, and year-end close and consolidation, setting 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 technology adoption, process improvement, and creative destruction.
• Maintain balance-sheet integrity through 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.
• Lead controllership workstreams for acquisitions and major organizational changes, including opening balances, reporting structures, system requirements, controls, and integration into the finance operating model.
• Provide senior-level controllership support for internal and external audits, statutory reporting, and subconsolidation requirements.
• Lead controllership participation in finance systems transformations, driving standardization, automation, and simplification across CFIN, OneStream, BlackLine, Snowflake, and related tools.
• Partner with regional controllers, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Finance Solutions, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Business Finance, Global Process Owners, and external advisors to resolve issues, strengthen controls, and improve reporting quality.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and disability benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• Educational assistance.
• May include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance, depending on eligibility and geographic region.
• Variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director