Mexico Local Regulatory Reporting Governance Head

**Role Purpose**

The Mexico Local Regulatory Reporting Governance Head is responsible for ensuring the effective management of Non-Financial Risks (NFR) across the Mexico & LAM Finance function and to provide oversight of the end-to-end process of all local regulatory reports including leading the escalation of reporting fails to local governance forum. Finance NFRs include, but are not limited to, Financial Reporting Risk, Regulatory Reporting Risk, Model Risk, Data Risk and People Risk.

This is an important executive leadership role which will drive the enhancement of the control environment and the local regulatory reporting framework in the light of increasing regulator and Board scrutiny of our reporting and controls. Mexico has active regulators who expect and enforce high standards of controls, in particular, with respect to Regulatory and Financial Reporting.

Key functions within the NFR team include Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Governance, Finance Assurance, Finance Control Office and Targeted Transaction Testing. In addition, within the Local Regulatory Reporting Governance team includes lead and oversee remediation activities engaging with issue owners to implement suitable solutions.

The role is required to manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. These include the Mexico & LAM Finance Leadership Team, senior management in Americas and Global Finance, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, External Auditors and regulators.

The role holder will have significant governance responsibilities and will be required to provide insights on remediation, uplift, and maintenance of the control environment, to the relevant Disclosure Committees, Audit Committees, and the Mexico & LAM Finance Leadership Team.

**Main responsabilities**:

- Lead regional regulatory reporting-focused targeted transaction testing (“TTT”) activities in coordination with the Integrity of Regulatory Reporting (“IRR”) Program.
- Provide oversight of the end-to-end process of all local regulatory reports and escalate reporting fails to the governance forum.
- Lead the formal governance and enhancements of the local regulatory reporting framework including the remediation activities.
- Engage with report owners to ensure all local regulatory reports and notifications are submitted to Regulators according to the authority requirements.
- Responsible to maintain updated the local regulatory reports inventory and KPIs.

**Knowledge & Experience**:

- Experience in a leadership role within a global financial services firm.
- Strong understanding of control frameworks, risk management, and how to implement and maintain an effective control environment in practice.
- Strong understanding of key Finance processes such as Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting and Treasury processes.
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with stakeholders of different seniority and geographical locations and deliver key messages to all audiences.
- Ability to manage a SOX program within a global financial services firm.

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