Global general counsel - economic crime and sanctionsHindustan Unilever

Job Description
Job Title: Global General Counsel - Economic Crime and Sanctions
Business Function: Legal - Business Integrity
Location: London / Rotterdam / Barcelona / Mexico City / Bangalore
JOB PURPOSE
At Unilever, our commitment to Value with Values requires ongoing efforts to embed a culture of integrity across our entire operational footprint. This implies significant efforts to prevent, detect and if necessary, investigate potential concerns relating to our Code of Business Principles and Code Policies (the Code), and to hold individuals accountable where appropriate. Unilever sets similarly high standards in selecting suppliers and business partners.
The Global General Counsel - Economic Crime and Sanctions is the most senior expert in the management of these risks for the Unilever Group, providing leadership and legal advisory in economic sanctions, economic crime compliance and other business integrity matters as required.
The Global General Counsel must demonstrate the values, skills, judgment, drive and influence needed to deploy global economic crime compliance programmes and to provide legal advice in these matters in a truly international and highly matrixed organisation. The person is expected to liaise on a daily basis with other subject matter experts, business leaders, third parties, external advisors, as well as to collaborate in the external reporting of the status of our programme.
The Global General Counsel is an important member of the global Business Integrity function and of the global Legal team. The person will report to the Group's Chief Counsel - Ethics & Compliance who is based in London.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential roles and responsibilities include:
Lead, develop and deploy the strategy to continuously enhance Unilever's Economic Sanctions Programme.
Lead Unilever's economic sanctions risk assessment review.
Conceive, develop and review new practical written standards and additional resources to support the business compliance with economic sanctions legislation.
Develop and deploy training programmes for different audiences at risk.
Ensure the third-party compliance programmes at Unilever embed economic sanctions compliance and participate as subject matter expert in red flag resolutions.
Advise on legal matters related to Economic Sanctions including compliance with legislation, participation in transactions and contract negotiations, determination of ownership and control of third parties and business operations, including dual-usage compliance.
Advising on adequate reporting regarding the status of our compliance programmes to external bodies, including regulators, financial institutions and third parties.
Responding to specific questions on our sanctions compliance from stakeholders, including sanctions questionnaires from financial institutions.
Lead or support internal and external enquiries and investigations that require subject matter expertise on economic sanctions.
Represent Unilever in external economic sanctions groups, benchmarking and advocacy opportunities.
Provide leadership in other areas of economic crime compliance as required by Unilever.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Qualified legal professional
Post-graduate studies in a relevant area are desired
Experience advising on US or UK or EU sanction regimes, with significant experience that can include related areas of economic crime compliance (e.g. anti-corruption, anti-money laundering) or international trade or export/import control.
Demonstrated experience in similar role in multinational corporation(s) or professional firms.
Strong integrity reputation
Focus on internal customers needs, ability to provide practical recommendations and solutions
Solid influencing and interpersonal skills in matrix organization
Good problem-solving skills, resilience, and logical thinking, ability to evaluate and simplify complex issues
Ability to exercise good and independent judgment
Managerial courage - ability to raise potentially sensitive and tense issues when needed to all levels of managers
Awareness on the current broader ethical agenda including sustainability, social responsibility, etc.
Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communications skills, ability to communicate to all levels in the company.
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About Unilever
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry's, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.
Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That's why our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace
Location
In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London to house the employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars, Lever House in Kingston and Graze in Richmond. We are creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment, purposefully bringing us together in our own Unilever ecosystem. The campus is due to be completed in early 2025 and will consist of two interconnected buildings, as well as landscaped surrounding areas.
What We Offer
Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here .
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