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Mexico Controls and Compliance Head

Lighting

Skills

Required

  • trade compliance
  • supply chain
  • entity-level control environments

Preferred

  • risk identification
  • Coordinate risk reviews
  • control monitoring

About Lighting

  • Signify Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting.
  • Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.
  • At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals.
  • Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.
  • Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world.
  • More about the role This is an exciting job opportunity for you as an Internal Control Professional , in Monterrey, Mexico , with Signify, the world leader in lighting.
  • Lead Mexico-wide compliance and control governance.
  • Hands-on, pragmatic, culturally aware, and comfortable operating in a matrix organization. #LI-MA1 Everything we’ll do for you You can grow a lasting career here.
  • We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you.
  • We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way.
  • We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people.
  • We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas.
  • With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.
  • Come join us, and together we can light up the future.

Responsibilities

  • Drive clear ownership, remediation, evidence quality, and timely closure of issues.
  • Translate compliance requirements into practical local guidance and training.
  • Promote accountability, transparency, and early risk identification.
  • Coordinate risk reviews across key functions and sites.
  • Strengthen controls over commercial activities, IMMEX, and trade compliance.
  • Partner with Mexico leadership, sites, and key functional teams.
  • Maintain site presence and escalate material or recurring risks as needed.
  • Report key risks, control gaps, and remediation progress.
  • Apply lessons learned and replicate effective controls across Mexico.
  • Strong governance mindset with the ability to lead, coordinate, challenge, and enable accountable owners.
  • Practical risk assessment, control monitoring, and remediation follow-up skills.

Requirements

  • More about you While we value and appreciate all applicants, we believe that the following experience and skills will be needed to shine brightly in this job opening: Bachelor's degree in marketing, engineering, or related field
  • Experience in compliance, internal controls, audit, finance, risk management, trade compliance, or a related governance role.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing, commercial operations, supply chain, and entity-level control environments.
  • Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without directly owning their operational responsibilities.
  • Fluent Spanish and strong business English required.
  • High integrity, sound judgment, and confidence to escalate sensitive or unresolved issues.
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and training skills.
  • Ability to work independently on-site while staying aligned with North America Finance leadership.

Preferred

  • Experience with Mexico regulatory, customs, trade, or IMMEX-related compliance is strongly preferred.