The Europe Investigator will be a part of the Investigations and Monitoring team and work in a coordinated effort with ethical and regulatory team and other partners and stakeholders in delivering and managing a wide-range of special purpose and fact finding reviews of concerns reported to the ethics and compliance team.
The Role
Employed in the Integrity Investigations and Monitoring Team, the Integrity Investigator, under the authorization of the manager will plan and conduct investigations and special purpose reviews, which would include interview preparation, research, analysis, interviews of complainants, witnesses, victims and subjects, collection and forensic analysis of emails and other data, transaction analysis and review, report writing, and other duties as deemed appropriate by the company. Investigator undertakes thorough analysis of root causes of failures / errors and makes suggestions for recommended process and controls improvements and liaises with the relevant internal controls / HR or other functions to drive remediation efforts. The Investigator presents the findings to the relevant management and / or committees to determine appropriate level of discipline and corrective actions in conformity with local labor laws in various countries.
While the Investigator’s primary region of responsibility is Europe, the investigator may be assigned to work on cases and initiatives outside this region as and when necessary.
The Investigator provides a high level of experience, expertise, guidance, and leadership relative to company-wide, multi-jurisdictional, complex reviews, which may impact employees, business operations, and company reputation. An experienced Investigator is a self-starter and motivated individual to conduct and lead detailed investigations from start to finish. The Europe Investigator is also expected to work in a very collaborative environment, whether with internal or external stakeholders such as external advisors or consultants.
The Investigator conducts and manages special purpose / fact finding reviews into alleged violations of the business Code of Conduct and prepares high quality reports to assist in further disciplinary actions. These reviews may include, but are not limited to the following areas:
- Bribery and solicitation
- Accounting misrepresentations
- Conflict of interests and self-dealing
- T&E concerns
- Theft of Physical and Monetary Assets
- Anti-trust matters and misuse of commercially sensitive information
- Violation of health and safety standards
- Theft of Intellectual Property
- Unauthorized Proprietary Information Disclosures
- Regulatory investigations
- Trade compliance and sanctions violations
- Bachelors degree in business, accounting / audit. Big four experience is a plus.
- 10+ years of experience in handling ethics and integrity investigations / forensic reviews in a multinational corporation, reputed legal firms or consulting firms and / or experience in white collar crime law enforcement.
- Experience in handling FCPA matters.
- Dynamic work exposure in a multicultural environment and ability to multi-task with efficiency.
- Knowledge and experience of eDiscovery processes, data collection, analysis, results and reporting.
- Good understanding of IT tools and especially MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills, fluency in both written and verbal English is essential and a native Polish speaker is strongly preferred
- Good judgment and ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion.
- Flexibility to travel at short notices due to travel requirements