Investigator/employment Law

We're Celonis, the global leader in Process Mining technology and one of the world's fastest-growing SaaS firms. We believe there is a massive opportunity to unlock productivity by placing data and intelligence at the core of business processes - and for that, we need you to join us.

**The Team**:
In addition, this individual will support the employment legal team at a global level, assisting with work such as litigation, learning about laws and requirements for certain countries, reviewing or drafting policies, harmonizing employment contracts, keeping up to speed about new law developments, and working on compliance-related projects with the People & Culture team.

As the company grows and develops, and this indivual develops professionally, there will also be opportunity for this role to grow.

**Primary Responsibilities**

Investigator (~50% of the time depending on caseload).
- **Conduct investigations**:Conduct prompt, thorough and fair investigations at all levels in the organization on a wide array of issues such as workplace harassment, discrimination, fraud, retaliation and conflicts of interest, as well as other violations of law, our Code of Conduct & Ethics, or related policies. This will include investigations in Europe, North America, and Asia.
- **Develop, follow, and improve Investigation Processes**: Regularly improve investigation process and materials. Process will include: reviewing relevant documentation, preparing investigation plans and interview questions, interviewing involved parties, taking accurate notes, assessing credibility, determining findings/results, and preparing concise, helpful investigation reports
- **Communicate with stakeholders**: Develop and follow communication processes to keep stakeholders informed in a timely manner. Investigations will often involve partnering with the People & Culture team, Employment Law attorneys, Ethics & Compliance team or other stakeholders.
- **Help manage investigation case management system**: configure system, determine and implement best practices for use of system to track each stage of investigations; help train users and follow up with them to confirm all relevant information is in system; help run reports.
- **Recommend and implement operational actions**:As a result of investigation findings,** **recommend and help implement operational actions and other improvements such as updates to policies and practices to support risk mitigation and ethical culture. This would also include analyzing data to identify, and mitigate any, concerning trends.
- **Investigation process**: Train and coach: help develop others to be able to assist with, or conduct, investigations.
- **Legal and regulatory developments**. Maintain an up-to-date understanding of legal and regulatory developments and best practices related to whistleblowing and investigations.

Support of Global Employment Law team (~50% of time) such as:

- **Legal research**: Conduct legal research on cases and trends.
- **Policies, processes**. Draft or review/revise policies and processes.
- **Legal templates and documents.** Harmonize and draft employment agreements or other legal templates in different jurisdictions.
- **Legal and regulatory developments**. Keep up to speed about new developments in employment law at a global level.
- **Government inquiries. **Assist with government inquiries, audits or investigations.
- **Guidelines and training materials.** Help develop guidelines and training materials on employment law topics.
- **Projects**: work on employment or miscellaneous projects at a global level.
- **Litigation**: support senior employment law attorneys with administrative claims and litigation

**Requirements and Skills**

Minimum requirements:

- **Degree**: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent;
- **Experience**: Minimum years of experience
- Minimum 4+ years of experience investigating employment-related matters including conducting interviews, collecting and analyzing information to make findings, and prepare written reports for stakeholders in English
- Experience working in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Compliance or Employment Law department in a company or law firm.
- **Languages**: Fluency in English (speaking, listening and in written communications as English is primary language at Celonis) plus fluency in Spanish or German
- **Travel**: Ability to travel required and dependent on business needs; occasionally with short notice

**Skills**:

- **Legal mindset**: demonstrate a logical, analytical, and creative way of solving problems and finding solutions taking into account applicable legal regulations (for example, EU and individual countries)
- **Flexibility**:able to adapt** **to a fast-growth, rapidly changing environment, and comfortable to work with ambiguity and risk.
- **Global mindset and curiosity**:experience with and strong interest in learning about laws and cultures of other countries.
- **Ability to work well under pressure**: manage