COE - Head of Trade & Governance

City: Ciudad de Mexico

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

As the role of Head Trade & Governance at Reckitt, you will lead governance, compliance, and trade optimization across enterprise processes. You will ensure robust financial controls, accurate reporting, and adherence to global trade policies while partnering with Commercial, Finance, and Audit teams to drive process improvements and deliver actionable insights. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple functions. You will communicate and collaborate with senior leaders to advance compliance and efficiency initiatives.

About the role

As the role of Head Trade & Governance at Reckitt, you will lead governance, compliance, and trade optimization across enterprise processes. You will ensure robust financial controls, accurate reporting, and adherence to global trade policies while partnering with Commercial, Finance, and Audit teams to drive process improvements and deliver actionable insights. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple functions. You will communicate and collaborate with senior leaders to advance compliance and efficiency initiatives.

Your responsibilities

Enforce trade compliance policies and approval standards; monitor adherence and address non-compliance.
Oversee contract governance and promotional documentation quality; ensure audit readiness and policy alignment.
Partner with Internal Audit and cross-functional teams to strengthen controls and resolve compliance issues.
Lead month-end close activities for trade-related accounts, including accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
Provide clear commentary on financial performance and ensure consistency in reporting across regions.
Support balance sheet governance through account reviews, root cause analysis, and forecasting of trade accruals.
Drive continuous improvement in trade governance processes, including approval workflows and documentation standards.
Identify opportunities for efficiency and cost optimization; collaborate with Commercial teams to implement solutions.
Support transformation initiatives aimed at strengthening financial controls and reducing risk.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on trade governance matters.
Coach and develop a team of analysts; set high standards for accuracy, timeliness, and stakeholder engagement.
Foster collaboration across Finance, Sales, and Audit functions to ensure alignment on governance priorities.

The experience we're looking for

12+ years of progressive experience in Trade Finance, Governance, or related fields within CPG or similar industries.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline; MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.
Proven expertise in compliance, financial governance, and month-end close processes.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; experience influencing senior leaders.
Demonstrated ability to lead process improvements and manage risk in a dynamic environment.
People leadership experience: coaching, performance management, and building high-performing teams.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.

The skills for success

Internal controls, Financial reporting, Accounting principles, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Improve business processes, Financial systems, Project management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.