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COE - Manager 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.

Our Finance team is not just another department; we're strategic partners and catalysts for change, who use our expertise to drive sustainable growth and create and protect value for Reckitt. With a strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and partnership, our inclusive, diverse and energised team breaks down traditional barriers, enabling you to thrive in a dynamic environment where you and your ideas matter. From leveraging insights and analysis to make data-driven decisions - to spearheading sustainable business practices that contribute to consistent and reliable business growth - we are unwaveringly passionate about making a meaningful impact, and always doing the right thing.

About the role

As the Manager, Trade Governance at Reckitt, you will play a critical role in ensuring compliance, financial integrity, and process efficiency across trade governance activities. You will oversee key controls, reporting, and month-end processes while partnering with Finance, Commercial, and Audit teams to enforce policies and drive improvements. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to influence stakeholders to maintain governance standards and optimize trade-related processes.

Your responsibilities

-Enforce trade compliance policies and approval standards; monitor adherence and address non-compliance.

-Review promotional documentation and trade contracts for accuracy and completeness; ensure audit readiness.

-Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve compliance issues and strengthen internal controls.

-Support month-end close activities for trade-related accounts, including accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.

-Prepare and review financial reports with clear commentary on performance and key drivers.

-Assist in forecasting trade accruals and contribute to balance sheet governance activities.

-Maintain governance frameworks for trade processes, including approval workflows and documentation standards.

-Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains; support implementation of best practices.

-Ensure consistent application of policies across regions and functions.

-Partner with Finance, Commercial, and Audit teams to align on governance priorities and resolve issues.

-Provide guidance and support to business partners on compliance requirements and trade governance processes.

-Contribute to training and knowledge-sharing initiatives to promote policy adherence.

The experience we're looking for

-7–12 years of experience in Trade Finance, Governance, or related fields within CPG or similar industries.

-Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline; professional certifications (CPA, CMA) preferred.

-Strong understanding of compliance, financial governance, and month-end close processes.

-Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.

-Effective communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence and collaborate across functions.

-Experience driving process improvements and ensuring policy adherence.

-Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The skills for success

Project management, Financial systems, Improve business processes, Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Stakeholder engagement and influence.

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.

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