Ethics Specialist @ McKinsey & Company

Your Growth

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you’ll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

When you join us, you will have:

Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your Impact

You will work with the Global Ethics Allegations Management team within Ethics & Compliance and be responsible for intake and triage of matters, collaborating with subject matter experts and investigators to synthesize information and manage cases, and identify relevant insights required to build out our world-class programs.

You will be able to leverage firm resources and external vendors to ensure our program stays evergreen. You will also be responsible for data analytics, developing reporting capabilities, and visually presenting information for key audiences.

Throughout the lifecycle of an allegation, you will work directly with multiple stakeholders across the firm on questions or requests related to the Allegations Management program.

This will include helping to identify key legal, regulatory & compliance matters and ensuring these are identified and triaged through the relevant teams. You will also be responsible for ongoing tracking and helping to synthesize open issues, matter monitoring, reviewing, or testing against internal/external standards, which will drive overall data management in systems for documentation, consistency, hygiene, reporting, and analysis purposes.

You will research and document best practices for information sharing with the team, our collaborators, and other functions on the handling of data and operations. You will be instrumental in providing input into keeping our technologies and systems up to date.

You will serve as a key contributor to refining Allegations Management procedures, triage guidance, and related documentation (e.g., updating Operating Procedures, case referral lists, and triage documentation).

In addition, you may lead individual workstreams or projects for the broader Ethics team including special priorities or initiatives (e.g., codifying knowledge or processes, developing playbooks, people initiatives, policies, cross-functional collaborations etc.).

Your qualifications and skills

University degree; Master's or JD degree preferred
5+ years professional experience in legal, regulatory, compliance environments
Experience within or working with allegations management and/or risk with 3+ years in issue triage or case / investigations management
Direct experience in evaluating and resolving personal conflicts of interest preferred
Strong Excel, tableau (or other data visualization technology), analytical and data management skills
Experience with Case Management technologies including Salesforce, Navex, OneTrust, ServiceNow preferred
Experience working in global, multi-disciplinary teams
Leverage knowledge/expertise to generate insights on trends and provide thoughtful recommendations
Exhibit highest levels of discretion and judgment in safeguarding confidential materials
Identify gaps, and develop sound recommendations that are clearly articulated to stakeholders
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, managing a variety of stakeholders across a broad range of seniority
Agile and comfortable dealing with ambiguity
Present an entrepreneurial, collaborative attitude, building rapport and trust-based relationships across their network
Maintain an ownership mentality and takes the initiative to contribute to broader efforts or special projects

Ethics Specialist

Allegations Management

McKinsey & Company

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