Lead Investigator

**Lead Investigator - PA**:
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The Lead Investigator, Process Automation (PA) will be a part of the PA Legal and Integrity (L&I) team and report to the Head of Integrity, PA. The Lead Investigator will work hand-in hand with the Head of Integrity, PA, and other partners and stakeholders to manage a wide range of investigations / fact finding reviews of concerns reported to ABB’s business ethics helpline. Also, to manage matters to successful conclusion, through to disciplinary actions and remediation, including tracking and closing matters in ABB’s case management system.

**This position reports to**:
Head Integrity Regulatory Affairs and DP

**Your responsibilities**:

- End to end accountability including leading investigation of various Integrity matters for PA globally, under authorization of Head of Integrity, PA, into areas such as conflict of interests, T&E concerns, misuse of commercially sensitive information, workplace harassment and improper behavior, unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary information
- Undertake thorough analysis of root causes of failures / errors and make suggestions for recommended process and controls improvements and liaise with the relevant internal controls / HR or other functions to drive remediation efforts
- Present 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
- Provide a high level of experience, expertise, guidance, and leadership relative to company-wide, multi-jurisdictional, often complex reviews, which may impact employees, business operations, and company reputation
- Use ABB case management system to track, manage and close matters, including remediation or follow up actions
- Provide guidance, support and expertise to HR colleagues conducting investigations into HR related topics

**Your background**:

- Preferably a Degree in law / accounting / audit such as LLB / CPA / CIA or equivalent
- 5+ years’ 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
- 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, additional languages a bonus
- Good judgment and ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion
- Strong work ethics
- Experience in conducting interviews with the highest sense of professionalism
- Be able to adapt approach depending on issue type, for example, investigating behavioral concerns as opposed to allegations of code of conduct violations
- Self-starter and motivated individual to operate with mínimal supervision in a dynamic and multicultural work environment and ability to multi-task with efficiency

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