Corporate Investigations Legal Counsel Associate Manager

Accenture Southeast Asia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Southeast Asia seeks a Senior Corporate Compliance Investigator to lead investigations into alleged misconduct reported through various channels. You will manage notification, documentation, and reporting, and liaise with senior leaders to assess legal risks.

Reporting to the C&E APAC Regional Lead - Corporate Investigator, you will oversee investigative plans, interviews, and remedial actions while coordinating with HR, Legal, and internal teams across the region.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, strategic thinking, and collaboration skills.
• Experience in conducting/supervising investigations and drafting confidential reports.
• Deep knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance risks and employee rights.

Responsibilities

• Actively assist/conduct CC investigations arising from misconduct reports.
• Oversee legally privileged investigations and define scope, plan, interviews, and reports.
• Advise leadership on risks and remedial measures related to CC allegations.
• Collaborate with HR, Legal, and external resources to resolve investigations.
• Mentor and guide investigative personnel and draft thorough analyses.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Investigation leadership

Legal risk awareness

Communication (oral & written)

Independence & initiative

Education

Higher Degree

Practicing solicitor and law degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

Lead, conduct, and oversee corporate compliance (“CC”) investigations arising out of alleged misconduct raised through Accenture’s various CoBE reporting channels. Reporting to Conduct & Ethics Regional Lead - Corporate Investigator, manage notification, recording and reporting process related to investigations, and work with senior company leadership to assess and address significant legal risks associated with such reports and investigations.

Key Responsibilities

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

Relationships

Reports to: C&E APAC Regional Lead - Corporate Investigator

Supervises: Collaborate with local HR/ER/Legal professionals to effectuate investigations

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills, strategic business acumen, confidence and capability in addressing sensitive and complicated ethical conduct/compliance and personnel-related matters
• Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related investigations, employment investigations, and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks
• In-depth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws
• Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations
• Team oriented, yet able to work independently
• Experienced to work in a multi-national and culturally diverse environment
• Ability to significantly influence senior executive management decisions; commands respect of executives
• Ability to present careful, balanced, objective, lawful and well-reasoned solutions
• Responsive and follows through on commitments
• Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Ability to influence, strong executive presence
• Excellent oral and written communications

Educational Level

Higher Degree

Educational Qualification

Must have: Practicing solicitor and law degree or equivalent

Nice to have:

Skills & Work Experience

Must have: At least 2 year’s experience conducting workplace investigations and/or 5 years + experience with either litigation or employment law.

Nice to have: Malay languages