Investigations Manager

Investigations Manager

About us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function:
We're legal experts, understanding the complex laws that surround our business and our much-loved brands. Our Legal team are responsible for a range of legal challenges, from Corporate and Intellectual Property to Merger & Acquisitions and Compliance.

We're always seeking new and creative ways to take on the evolving challenges that today's commercial world presents. Our talented colleagues around the world are not just outstanding lawyers but also brilliant communicators and advisors. Whatever your skill as a lawyer, your distinct and valuable perspective will be celebrated and nurtured in our inclusive culture.

About the team:
The Investigations Team works very closely with Business Integrity and other partners throughout the business to uphold Diageo's Breach Management Standard, and ensure all allegations of wrongdoing are investigated promptly, thoroughly, fairly, and effectively. The role will be based in the UK and has a global remit.

About the role:
This role will play a key part in ensuring we do our business the right way 'from grain to glass' across our global operations, through ensuring that our Code of Conduct and Breach Management Standard are effectively upheld, and by acting as our lead for investigations in the region.

They will act as a subject matter expert on investigation, digital forensics and eDiscovery matters. They will oversee delivery of pro-active and fit for purpose investigations management via a network of investigators in market, particularly via the provision of forensic technology support, as well as providing advice, support, and training, to develop investigations capability.

Role responsibilities:
The Investigations Manager will lead on Digital Forensic and eDiscovery capability for Diageo Global Investigations, acting as the subject matter expert for all investigations requiring digital data collection and analysis. Provide high quality analytical support to global investigators to enhance capability to conduct investigations at pace while maintaining the breach management standards of fairness, integrity, confidentiality, and agility.

Personally responsible for the conduct of more sensitive/complex internal investigations that arise, working to a high standard, ensuring alignment with regulatory and legal requirements, and working closely with other functions including Business Integrity, Global Audit and Risk, Global Business Operations, Digital & Technology, HR, Brand Protection. Making clear recommendations in concise written outputs and presenting conclusions to senior partners in an effective manner.

Oversee conduct of investigations, through analysing available data and dip sampling, review investigations performance, identify trends, gaps, educational needs etc. Proactively address via tailored training and support. Provide mentorship to investigators. Support the development of our investigations capability to enhance our ability to conduct timely and effective investigations.

Proactively identify patterns and themes arising from investigations, identify remedial actions/controls, and engage senior stakeholders to drive awareness. Identify controls failures/gaps and recommend appropriate corrective measures to prevent reoccurrence to the relevant business partners.

Experience / skills required:

• The candidate will be an investigations and forensic technology professional, with at least 10 years relevant experience.
• Qualifications and practical experience in digital forensic collection and analysis, and eDiscovery processing and hosting.
• Experience in conducting and leading sensitive investigations.
• Strong analytical capability; proven ability to determine compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and other relevant standards.
• Ability to produce and present effective written/oral reports on complex investigations to senior executives and/or other senior stakeholders, ensuring that legal privilege is protected where necessary.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills. Builds effective relationships with partners.
• High levels of integrity and professionalism - the role requires strong ethical values.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed organisation and to manage projects through and with geographically dispersed colleagues, and ability to lead through strong influence and interpersonal skills with a high level of cultural awareness, empathy and sensitivity.
• Ability to deal with delicate situations and potentially conflicting priorities, while maintaining a diplomatic balance.
• The role-holder must be able to travel internationally in the course of investigations.

Working with Us:
Flexibility is key to success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and we'll work together so that you're supported from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• On site gym or subsidised gym membership
• Contributary pension scheme
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family
• On site nursery or vouchers
• Annual bonus
• Share options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

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