Principal Investigator

at  RIO Tinto

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We are looking for a Principal Investigator to support the Investigations Manager Americas and to work in collaboration with the broader Business Conduct Office. To succeed in this role, you will be recognized as a specialist in investigations, within your areas of expertise. You will investigate and resolve complex allegations and take a new perspective using existing solutions. You will formally mentor and train more junior staff.
You will be interfacing with investigation participants and various stakeholder groups across all levels of the organization. You must be capable of managing conflicts, have good negotiation skills and the ability to navigate difficult discussions with participants and stakeholders. You must display exemplary and unquestionable personal integrity and be able to take a firm but fair stand, displaying enthusiastic persistence when solving complex issues.
This is a great opportunity for a values guided individual looking to conduct fair, people-centric investigations and to advance their career within the Corporate Investigations area.

Reporting to the Investigations Manager for the Americas, you will:

• Conduct trauma-informed and people-centric investigations into allegations of misconduct involving matters across South and North America
• Work closely with a variety of internal stakeholders within our business units, product groups and functions in the implementation of the investigative process and to assist them with managing the welfare of investigation participants
• Independently conduct interviews, collecting, reviewing and analyzing documentation and evidence and maintain comprehensive records
• Prepare comprehensive investigation reports and be able to demonstrate the fair and reasonable basis for all findings, either internally or in an external legal forum if required
• As required, contribute to post-investigation discussions to identify organizational and environmental factors relevant to findings and to assist the business with the Corrective and Preventative Action process, and as it relates to ongoing business integrity risk mitigation and process optimization strategies
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the investigation process
• Support the Investigations Manager in any other projects or tasks as required
• Act as an expert and mentor lower-level investigators
• Peer review investigation reports

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Degree level (or equivalent professional investigation accreditations), with preferably a professional accreditation such as CPA, Bar, or similar.
• Background in either law, forensic accounting, finance, auditing or human resources
• Deep experience in both general workplace/behavioral misconduct (bullying, harassment, discrimination) and integrity-based misconduct (theft, fraud, bribery) investigations
• Deep experience in resolving complex problems and cases
• Significant proven experience in interviewing and report writing
• Deep experience in forensic analysis of evidence
• Knowledge of internal control frameworks
• Ability to evaluate large volumes of data in an efficient and organized manner
• Excellent time management and record keeping and a good team ethic
• Ability to mentor and develop junior team members
• If you are applying for the role based in Montreal, Quebec, fluency in French and English, both written and spoken. Rio Tinto is a global company, and the duties of this position may require collaboration with colleagues, teams or partners based outside Quebec
• Speaking Spanish is an asse