Corporate Investigations Counsel Manager

Overview

Lead, conduct and oversee Corporate Investigations arising from alleged misconduct raised through Accenture's CoBE reporting channels, and advise senior leadership on the associated legal risks.

What you'll do

• Actively assist and/or conduct investigations of corporate investigation and personnel-related allegations of misconduct registered through Accenture's reporting channels.
• Oversee and conduct legally privileged investigations at the direction of an attorney, including defining scope, reviewing documentation, developing the investigative plan, notifying appropriate personnel, conducting interviews, compiling status reports, recommending and implementing remedial measures, and concluding matters appropriately.
• Provide advice to organizational leadership on risk and appropriate remedial measures related to corporate investigation allegations.
• Collaborate with internal and external resources assembled to address and resolve allegations of misconduct or other improper processes and practices.
• Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support attorneys and other investigative personnel conducting corporate investigations.
• Draft and/or review analyses to address risks of corporate investigation-related misconduct.
• Consult with and advise HR leadership on the nature, risks, investigation and remediation of matters.
• Work with regional Corporate Investigators, Geographic Legal and HR Leads, Global and Regional Leads of internal functions, and other Global leadership on investigations.
• Stay abreast of legal developments affecting investigations, the rights of reporting individuals and accused persons, and compliance-related standards.
• Promptly identify and escalate corporate investigation matters to Regional Leads for oversight.
• Develop internal guidelines on corporate investigation-related issues.

What you'll need

• Bachelor of Law or higher degree.
• Demonstrable experience in conducting workplace/POSH and other investigations.
• For CL7: minimum 7 years' experience in conducting workplace/POSH and other investigations.
• For CL7: minimum 15 years' experience in a relevant legal function, with employment law, litigation or disputes experience.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related, employment, POSH and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks.
• In-depth knowledge of local ethical, conduct and compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations (including POSH, LGBTQIA+, PWD, HIV et al.), and related laws.
• Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, strategic business acumen, and confidence and capability in addressing sensitive and complicated ethical conduct, compliance and personnel-related matters.
• Ability to significantly influence senior executive management decisions and command respect of executives.
• Ability to present careful, balanced, objective, lawful and well-reasoned solutions.
• Excellent oral and written communication, strong time management, prioritization and organizational skills, and strong executive presence.
• Experienced in working in a multinational and culturally diverse environment; team oriented yet able to work independently.

Nice to have

• Employment law experience (preferred but not mandatory).
• Demonstrable experience and capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related, employment, POSH and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks.
• In-depth knowledge of local ethical, conduct and compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws, including but not limited to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 and Rules framed thereunder.
• Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.
• Reports to the Conduct & Ethics Regional Lead or another senior Conduct & Ethics Regional Leader; collaborates with local HR, ER and Legal professionals to effectuate investigations.