Associate Central Investigator

Mission

The Associate Central Investigator plays a critical role in ensuring thorough and effective investigations of Trust Line alerts, mainly those classified as medium to high in severity and complexity. These alerts pertain to potential business misconduct, including bribery and corruption, fraudulent reporting, asset misappropriation, and conflicts of interest.

The mission involves combating such fraud by investigating allegations raised by whistleblowers or by identifying anomalies through Artificial Intelligence. All investigations are conducted in alignment with the Trust Charter and in strict compliance with applicable laws and local regulations.

Organization structure

The position reports to the territory Central Investigator, part of the Fraud Examinations team in the Ethics and Compliance organization. This role works in cooperation with the regional compliance officer (RCO), HR managers, other central investigators and regional legal counsels.
Main responsibilities

• Conduct business misconduct investigation while ensuring compliance with local laws, in close collaboration with territory Central Investigator and Regional Compliance Officers.
• Contribute to the predication (confirmed concern/allegation) with the regional compliance officer's team
• Perform all required actions throughout the investigation process by collecting evidences and elements of information from open sources, by analyzing transactions and data in our information systems (ERP, CRM, CPQ, CONCUR, COUPA, etc…), by conducting interviews with witnesses, subject matter experts and suspects, by writing investigation reports including root cause analysis (and potential remediations/actions) and by presenting investigation outcomes to management (when required).
• Get a respectful behaviour with the reporter/whistleblower as a source of understanding and communication and keep anonymous level when is required by him/her.
• The main role of an investigator is to collect pieces of evidence as to confirm or refute allegations sent by whistle-blowers or anomalies detected by Artificial intelligence
• Contribute to anomalies detection activity by the development of anti-fraud algorithms based on artificial intelligence.
• Collaborate with local management to close the loop on alerts identified through anomalies detection algorithms.

Personal competencies

• Strong capacity to assess critical situation with neutrality, objectivity and without bias.
• Proven ability to manage sensitive and complex situations in a matrix organization.
• Demonstrates a high level of confidentiality, integrity, and ethical judgment.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to build and maintain effective working relations across functions and geographies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and professionally.
• Problem solving with analytic mindset including fact and systemic rationale.

Qualifications and experiences

• Experience within the investigation functions or other relevant functions like audit, internal control, compliance, legal, HR.
• (to be) Certified Fraud Examiner by ACFE.
• Data analytics skills (excel/pivot tables, Tableau) and basic knowledge of SAP transaction codes and table.
• Knowledge/understanding of some operational processes: Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Manufacturing, Warehousing & Logistics Management, etc.

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