Mexico Controls and Compliance Head

About 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. 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.

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.
• Experience with Mexico regulatory, customs, trade, or IMMEX-related compliance is strongly preferred. Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without directly owning their operational responsibilities.
• Fluent Spanish and strong business English required.
• Strong governance mindset with the ability to lead, coordinate, challenge, and enable accountable owners. Practical risk assessment, control monitoring, and remediation follow-up skills.
• 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. Hands-on, pragmatic, culturally aware, and comfortable operating in a matrix organization.

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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.