Compliance Specialist

We are excited to provide you with opportunities to grow.

Responsabilities:

• Regional lead – Compliance Audit Plan: define the annual plan, methodology, report templates and severity criteria; assign the cross-audit rotation; review the quality of all audit reports; consolidate metrics (plan progress, findings by severity, open/overdue action plans, closure time, recurrence) and whistleblower channel metrics, and support internal investigations as required and prepare reports for the Compliance Director and the Compliance Committee; coordinate with Internal Audit (once established) on the audit universe and calendar to avoid duplication.
• Execute the Compliance Monitoring Plan in Mexico and the Caribbean: control testing, sample reviews and follow-up of third parties.
• Act as cross-auditor in formal compliance audits (second line) of other platforms, according to the regional audit plan and rotation; never auditing their own platform or a process whose methodology they lead.
• Support audits of Mexico and the Caribbean performed by other analysts (local coordination, documentation and logistics).
• Follow up on action plans with local management in Mexico and the Caribbean until closure, recording findings and status in the regional tracker.
• Propose internal controls based on the results of audits and monitoring activities.
• Deliver the regional training in Mexico and the Caribbean with the support of local Legal, adapting it locally (language, examples, in-person sessions); own the follow-up on completion with local management; contribute subject-matter content to the regional plan.
• Manage third parties in Mexico and the Caribbean in accordance with the regional Due Diligence Policy and the supplier portal.
• Coordinate compliance initiatives in Mexico and the Caribbean and align methodology and reporting with the other platform analysts.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Auditing (CPA) or Law (required).

Additional Education:

Desirable: postgraduate studies in Compliance.

Required experience / Desireable

• Required: minimum 2–3 years of relevant experience in compliance or audit roles.
• Desirable: experience at a Big 4 firm and/or a multinational company.

Technical knowledge

• Elements of corporate compliance programs (anti-corruption, antitrust, code of conduct, whistleblower channel).
• Audit and monitoring methodologies, risk assessment and internal control design.
• Third-party due diligence processes.
• Internal audit standards and methodology (IIA).
• Mexican regulatory framework on anti-corruption, economic competition and personal data protection; Caribbean frameworks desirable.
• Advanced Excel; data analysis and reporting tools (Power BI desirable).

Other skills / behavioral Competences:

• Integrity and confidentiality.
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Clear written and oral communication, including training delivery.
• Autonomy and ability to coordinate with multicultural, multi-country teams.
• Results orientation and follow-through.

Languages:

• Spanish: native or advanced.
• English: intermediate (minimum).

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About Us

Emergent Cold Latin America is the largest provider of temperature-controlled food storage and logistics solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Founded in August 2021 to meet the need for modern cold chain solutions in the market and the growing demand from both local and global clients, the company has quickly established itself as a key player in the industry.

Emergent Cold LatAm is building a high-quality cold chain network to deliver end-to-end temperature-controlled food logistics solutions across the region.

The company currently operates 78 food warehouses in 11 countries in Latin America.