Business Integrity Officer (UTT) Job at Uniliver

Promoting the Code and Reporting channels:

• Manage local Code and compliance engagements within the UTT through town halls, leadership team engagements.
• Ensure that all reporting options are clearly communicated.
• Ensure that the Business Integrity hotline is accessible (e.g. via freephone numbers).

Code compliance and (business) risk identification and assessment:

• Review and monitor UTT’s external issues and developments and report to the Senior Legal Counsel.
• Maintain local Code compliance control requirements and procedures.
• Engage with high-risk third parties.
• Engage with (local) procurement to ensure 3rd party compliance with relevant policies and standards.
• Manage the coordination of UTT’s Code Compliance Self-Assessment and remediation plans.

Code case handling and Investigations (breaches):

• End responsibility for all Code investigations in UTT, from preparing investigation plan to the sanctioning proposal and closing with the UTT Business Integrity Committee. Escalation to and support the Senior Counsel Compliance as and when necessary for cases handled by the Plantations Business Integrity Committee.
• Investigate and conclude all cases in conformance with defined global standards.
• Documenting control and process failures and escalating to functional owners for remediation.
• Reporting and tracking of process improvements.
• Ensure quality of data input into the Business Integrity reporting system.
• Reporting on Code case statistics to the Senior Legal Counsel – Plantations.
• Informing the Senior Legal Counsel – Plantations of any high-risk, reportable and/or WL2+ cases when these arise.

Additional Code Committee Support:

• Code Business Partner to the Country General Manager UTT and  Senior Legal Counsel – Plantations.
• Support the Business Integrity Committees in UTT with agendas, reports, minutes and follow-up.

• The candidate should have a degree in law with 2-3 years post qualification experience, out of which 1-2 years’ experience should involve compliance-related work.
• The candidate should have a good grasp of relevant underlying legal frameworks, compliance, risk and business integrity issues. Training and support will be provided to develop areas of expertise.
• The ability to influence key stakeholders and to be an agent for change are essential in this role as is the ability to manage potentially sensitive and complex investigations.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.

Application Deadline: 15th October 2021.