Global Economic Crime and Sanctions Counsel at Unilever[Bangalore]

About the Legal Job Opportunity

The Global Economic Crime and Sanctions Counsel provides legal advice and designs, deploys and enhances Unilever’s Economic Sanctions Programme. The person also provides additional leadership and legal advisory in other economic crime compliance and business integrity matters for the Unilever Group as required.

The Global 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, and external advisors, as well as to collaborate in the external reporting of the status of our programme.

The Global 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

Roles and Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Experience Requirements

• 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 roles in multinational corporation(s) or professional firms.
• Strong integrity reputation.
• Focus on internal customers’ needs, and ability to provide practical recommendations and solutions.
• Solid influencing and interpersonal skills in a matrix organization.
• Good problem-solving skills, resilience, logical thinking, and ability to evaluate and simplify complex issues.
• Ability to exercise good and independent judgment.
• Managerial courage – the ability to raise potentially sensitive and tense issues when needed to all levels of managers.
• Awareness of the current broader ethical agenda including sustainability, social responsibility, etc.
• Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communications skills, and ability to communicate to all levels in the company.

Education Requirements

How to Apply?

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