Senior Finance Manager

Flint Hills Resources; Rochester Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex in Rochester Hills, MI is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to act as a strategic partner, guiding financial decisions and business outcomes. You will collaborate with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, and the finance organization to deliver insightful analyses and independent perspectives.

The role requires deep finance expertise, strong communication, and willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed to support global operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in finance or accounting with strong analysis and partnering skills.
• Solid understanding of financial statements and financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic advisor to business leaders, delivering insightful financial analyses.
• Challenge forecasts and business cases, highlighting risks and alternatives.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders on economic analyses for investments.
• Provide transparency on investment opportunities with key drivers and financial impacts.
• Communicate results to cross-functional teams and prioritize actions to manage risks.
• Partner with teams across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Job description

As a Senior Finance Manager within Molex’s Transportation and Innovative Solutions (TIS) division, you will be a key strategic partner, influencing important financial decisions and business outcomes. You’ll collaborate closely with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, and the finance organization to provide insightful financial analysis and guidance. You’ll also be expected to bring an independent point of view, respectfully challenging assumptions and ideas to help leaders reach better decisions. This role is based in Rochester Hills, Michigan, with occasional domestic and international travel.

Our Team

Molex’s Finance Team drives transparency around key financial drivers and promotes unbiased economic thinking. We partner with diverse departments to deliver critical insights through a constructive challenge process. Our values include humility, initiative, open communication, and strong accountability, which help us support sound business decisions.

What You Will Do

• Act as a strategic advisor to business leaders, delivering financial insights and recommendations that improve business performance.
• Constructively challenge business cases, forecasts, and assumptions, raising risks and alternatives early in the decision-making process.
• Participate actively in product development cross-functional teams, applying Molex’s decision making framework and economic principles.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to prepare and share clear, unbiased economic analyses supporting investments and strategic initiatives.
• Provide transparency on investment opportunities by highlighting and testing assumptions, key drivers, and financial impacts.
• Understand and communicate business financial results, working with stakeholders to prioritize actions and manage risks effectively.
• Partner with teams across North America, Europe, and Asia, including manufacturing plants in North America and China.
• Share knowledge and continuously enhance the value proposition of the TIS Finance team.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in finance or accounting with strong expertise in financial analysis and business partnering or related experience.
• Deep understanding of financial statements and the relationships between income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Proficient in financial modeling and analysis.

Skills & Attributes

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to explain complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong critical thinking and attention to detail, with the confidence to respectfully challenge ideas, including those of senior leaders, and openness to being challenged in return.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to build strong cross-functional relationships at all levels and fully support decisions once they are made.
• Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Willingness to travel periodically for business purposes (domestic and international).
• Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with project investment analysis, including economic modeling, discounted cash flow, rate of return, and understanding key assumptions.
• Familiarity with the automotive or transportation industries.
• Experience in manufacturing or technology sectors, especially within global organizations.
• Demonstrated experience influencing business decisions by constructively challenging the prevailing view.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.