Business Development Executive – Dubai, UAE
About the Company:
Corporate Research and Investigations Limited “CRI Group” (www.crigroup.com), the global leader in Anti-Corruption, Compliance and Risk Management, and investigative research services looking for a seasoned and high-energy professional to fulfil requirements of a key strategic business development role to accelerate the company’s growth strategy, the subject position will be more suitable for an individual who knows how to reach out to diverse markets like ours in innovative and strategic ways.
ABAC Centre of Excellence Limited “ABAC Certification” (www.ABACGroup.com a wholly-owned independent certification body of CRI Group) is an Accredited Conformity Assessment Body in issuing ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management System Certification. ABAC Certification was created to educate, equip, and support the world’s leading business organisations with the latest in best-practice due diligence processes and procedures, providing world-class anti-bribery and Anti-Corruption, compliance and risk management solutions to organisations seeking to validate or expand their existing compliance frameworks to maintain a competitive edge in the world marketplace.
About the Job:
The core objective of this position is to develop business; acquire new customers and sell our products or services to existing ones and to new clients. The Business Development Executive will be responsible for identifying market opportunities and developing new and existing client relationships across the UAE and capabilities to meet the financial goals of the company. He will report to Regional Business Development Manager. He/She will bring an enthusiastic customer-focused methodology that will be a big part of CRI Group’s values. Furthermore, we are expecting a wealth of experience to create and manage successful go-to-market representations and approaches those cross numerous disciplines which will make an instantaneous impact on our capability to reach out and capture new business in UAE market.
Responsibilities:
- Identify opportunities/market leads across public and private sector organizations.
- Responsible for the entire sales cycle starting from finding the lead to closing the deal
- Develop and manage minimum number of effective meetings on monthly basis
- Prepare quarterly sales report showing sales volume, potential sales, and areas of proposed client base expansion
- To continuous update the centralized database (a CRM system specifically HubSpot) with key decision makers’ contact details
- Identify and nurture partnership opportunities with public and private sector organizations including but not limited to regulatory bodies, chambers & international missions
- To ensure high visibility within market by developing a good rapport with trade group association including but not limited to events, trade shows, board positions elections
- Develop relationships with those contacts through social media, e-alerts and proposed meetings either at their locations or via trade events.
- Represent the company at events, trade association meetings, public forums, seminars to promote services.
- To keep he abreast of events happening in the region relevant to our industry and target audience.
- Act as lead contact for assigned Requests for Proposals (RFPs)/Requests for Information (RFIs)
- Ensure that pricing for all opportunities is appropriate
- Work with our Customer Onboarding team to ensure that new business contracts are implemented seamlessly • Achieve targets as set out in the sales quota plan by actively seeking opportunities to increase revenue growth
- Build relationships with prospective clients
- Maintain consistent contact with existing clients
- Manage sales pipeline
- Analyze market and establish competitive advantages
- Track metrics to ensure targets are hit
About You:
- 3 years of experience as a business development or sales
- Must be from the industry of anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Risk Management and Compliance Management, Investigative Research Services
- Must know strategic sales planning principles and best practices
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong organisational and time-management abilities
- BBA/MBA in business administration or relevant discipline
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage time effectively
- Be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Proactive, creative and problem solver
- High accountable & responsible
- Must have relationship building skills
- Must have networking skills
Why CRI Group:
- CRI Group will help you in shaping your journey through enriching global experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role.
- We offer diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary every day.
- The opportunity to work somewhere with pride and to be able to honestly say, “My work is contributing to Eradicate Corrupt Practices in Businesses.”
- A work culture that emphasizes the individual, offering flexible working solutions, work-life balance principles, and competitive compensation.
Location: UAE
Marketing Executive – Pakistan, Islamabad
Since 1990, Corporate Research and Investigations Limited (CRI Group) has protected businesses from fraud, bribery and corruption. Globally, we are a leading Risk, Compliance and Background Investigations company – incorporated, licensed, and insured with the most significant operational capabilities in the world’s respected financial regulatory authorities, specifically Dubai International Financial Centre-DIFC and Qatar Financial Centre-QFC.
CRI Group protects businesses by establishing the legal compliance, financial viability, and integrity levels of outside partners, suppliers and customers seeking to affiliate with your business. Based in London, United Kingdom, CRI Group is a global company with experts and resources located in key regional marketplaces across the Asia Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North and South America; with further well-establish and well-connected network of operatives, local agents and researchers to undertake clients investigative research, public record research and human resources inquiries across the regions.
We are looking for a dynamic marketing professional with practical experience who isn’t just used to sending campaign briefs to agencies but knows how to develop them in-house (from start to end). We need a proactive professional with a hands-on attitude who is not afraid of any small or big task.
The main purpose of this job:
The main objective of this position is to develop and implement local marketing campaigns across multiple channels to grow CRI Group (and sister brand ABAC) brand awareness, achieve targets, and engage with local stakeholders to ensure an effective marketing strategy is achieving lead generation objective and support the local sales/BD team.
Responsibilities, skills and experience required as our Marketing Executive:
- Partnership marketing: Assist the CMO in working with our many partners, ambassadors and sponsors to maximise co-branded opportunities by fully utilising the rights that our relationships afford.
- Supporting the CMO and global marketing team with project organisation; assisting the teams in tailoring brand positioning and brand recall strategy in all regions and thus implementing the same.
- Manage external relationships that facilitate local marketing initiatives, including selection, coordinating and working with local vendors for printing, public relations, and publishing.
- Support the Marketing team in managing the two websites and two microsites (blogs)
- 360-degree marketing understanding: works as part of the team to develop seamless and extensive marketing campaigns (organic and SEM)
- Draft and update local marketing collateral targeting a range of audiences and work with the business development department to position new and existing products and services
- Optimise content following search engine optimisation (SEO) principles; support the team in ensuring that all we do is SEO friendly and identify suitable sources to build links.
- Support all lead generation activities, including hitting MQL targets, driving lead engagement and increasing demand generation
- HubSpot knowledge is a must; we do everything through HubSpot between email marketing campaigns, landing pages, social media, CTAs and forms.
- Practical experience in targeted email marketing campaigns writing and distributing e-newsletters to the database (understands the difference between types of drip campaigns; top-of-mind vs welcome drip vs re-engagement drips vs onboarding Drip)
- Uses timelines and scheduled content to create a consistent stream of new content for audience interaction while analysing, managing, and altering schedules where necessary to optimise visits; copywriting solid skills needed.
- Support the creation, and development of live webinars, trade events and seminars
- Keep abreast of new social media sites, web technologies, and digital marketing trends; implement these new technologies in developing and updating local campaigns to include further information.
- Practical experience in implementing online marketing analytics for all digital activities – working with the wider team to monitor the effectiveness of marketing activity and ensure that all activity is tracked and demonstrates ROI
- Support the global marketing team in composing, posting and managing the company’s social media channels, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and other relevant platforms (all done in-house)
- Monitor industry trends and draft timely, targeted copy for local marketing collateral and campaigns.
- Utilise analytics to evaluate and improve local marketing initiatives and present monthly reports to the management.
- Conduct market research and analysis to evaluate trends, brand awareness and competition ventures
What we value:
- Ability to assume responsibility for a task as directed and readiness to work as part of a team
- Motivation, enthusiasm, and passion
- Ability to work self-sufficiently and as part of a team; willing to work in a small team and multi-task when required.
- Highly organised, flexible and adaptable to work effectively in a high-pressure environment
- Expansive thinking, transparency, honesty, and results
- An eye for good design
- Strong editorial skills
Our people are chosen for their skills, knowledge, enthusiasm, and attitude but, above all, their belief that anything can be achieved. If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Marketing Executive, please click ‘apply’ today.
- Job Type: Full-time, permanent
- Salary: Competitive depending on experience
- Job Location: Pakistan, Islamabad
- Industry: Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Risk Management and Compliance Management, Investigative Research Services
About You:
- 2-3 years of experience as a marketing executive or similar role
- Excellent understanding of market research techniques, data analysis and statistics methods
- Must know strategic planning principles and marketing best practices
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong organisational and time-management abilities
- BBA/MBA in marketing, business administration or relevant discipline
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage time effectively
- Be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Proactive, creative and problem solver
- High accountable & responsible
- Must have networking skills
Why CRI Group:
- CRI Group will help you in shaping your journey through enriching global experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role.
- We offer diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary every day.
- The opportunity to work somewhere with pride and to be able to honestly say, “My work is contributing to Eradicate Corrupt Practices in Businesses.”
- A work culture that emphasises the individual, offering flexible working solutions, work-life balance principles, and competitive compensation.
Marketing /Executive – UAE
Since 1990, Corporate Research and Investigations Limited (CRI Group) has protected businesses from fraud, bribery and corruption. Globally, we are a leading Risk, Compliance and Background Investigations company – incorporated, licensed, and insured with the most significant operational capabilities in the world’s respected financial regulatory authorities, specifically Dubai International Financial Centre-DIFC and Qatar Financial Centre-QFC.
CRI Group protects businesses by establishing the legal compliance, financial viability, and integrity levels of outside partners, suppliers and customers seeking to affiliate with your business. Based in London, United Kingdom, CRI Group is a global company with experts and resources located in key regional marketplaces across the Asia Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North and South America; with further well-establish and well-connected network of operatives, local agents and researchers to undertake clients investigative research, public record research and human resources inquiries across the regions.
We are looking for a dynamic marketing professional with practical experience who isn’t just used to sending campaign briefs to agencies but knows how to develop them in-house (from start to end). We need a proactive professional with a hands-on attitude who is not afraid of any small or big task.
The main purpose of this job:
The main objective of this position is to develop and implement local marketing campaigns across multiple channels to grow CRI Group (and sister brand ABAC) brand awareness, achieve targets, and engage with local stakeholders to ensure an effective marketing strategy is achieving lead generation objective and support the local sales/BD team.
Responsibilities, skills and experience required as our Marketing Executive:
- Partnership marketing: Assist the CMO in working with our many partners, ambassadors and sponsors to maximise co-branded opportunities by fully utilising the rights that our relationships afford.
- Supporting the CMO and global marketing team with project organisation; assisting the teams in tailoring brand positioning and brand recall strategy in all regions and thus implementing the same.
- Manage external relationships that facilitate local marketing initiatives, including selection, coordinating and working with local vendors for printing, public relations, and publishing.
- Support the Marketing team in managing the two websites and two microsites (blogs)
- 360-degree marketing understanding: works as part of the team to develop seamless and extensive marketing campaigns (organic and SEM)
- Draft and update local marketing collateral targeting a range of audiences and work with the business development department to position new and existing products and services
- Optimise content following search engine optimisation (SEO) principles; support the team in ensuring that all we do is SEO friendly and identify suitable sources to build links.
- Support all lead generation activities, including hitting MQL targets, driving lead engagement and increasing demand generation
- HubSpot knowledge is a must; we do everything through HubSpot between email marketing campaigns, landing pages, social media, CTAs and forms.
- Practical experience in targeted email marketing campaigns writing and distributing e-newsletters to the database (understands the difference between types of drip campaigns; top-of-mind vs welcome drip vs re-engagement drips vs onboarding Drip)
- Uses timelines and scheduled content to create a consistent stream of new content for audience interaction while analysing, managing, and altering schedules where necessary to optimise visits; copywriting solid skills needed.
- Support the creation, and development of live webinars, trade events and seminars
- Keep abreast of new social media sites, web technologies, and digital marketing trends; implement these new technologies in developing and updating local campaigns to include further information.
- Practical experience in implementing online marketing analytics for all digital activities – working with the wider team to monitor the effectiveness of marketing activity and ensure that all activity is tracked and demonstrates ROI
- Support the global marketing team in composing, posting and managing the company’s social media channels, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and other relevant platforms (all done in-house)
- Monitor industry trends and draft timely, targeted copy for local marketing collateral and campaigns.
- Utilise analytics to evaluate and improve local marketing initiatives and present monthly reports to the management.
- Conduct market research and analysis to evaluate trends, brand awareness and competition ventures
What we value:
- Ability to assume responsibility for a task as directed and readiness to work as part of a team
- Motivation, enthusiasm, and passion
- Ability to work self-sufficiently and as part of a team; willing to work in a small team and multi-task when required.
- Highly organised, flexible and adaptable to work effectively in a high-pressure environment
- Expansive thinking, transparency, honesty, and results
- An eye for good design
- Strong editorial skills
Our people are chosen for their skills, knowledge, enthusiasm, and attitude but, above all, their belief that anything can be achieved. If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Marketing Executive, please click ‘apply’ today.
- Job Type: Full-time, permanent
- Salary: Competitive depending on experience
- Job Location: UAE Dubai
- Industry: Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Risk Management and Compliance Management, Investigative Research Services
About You:
- 2-3 years of experience as a marketing executive or similar role
- Excellent understanding of market research techniques, data analysis and statistics methods
- Must know strategic planning principles and marketing best practices
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong organisational and time-management abilities
- BBA/MBA in marketing, business administration or relevant discipline
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage time effectively
- Be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Proactive, creative and problem solver
- High accountable & responsible
- Must have networking skills
Why CRI Group:
- CRI Group will help you in shaping your journey through enriching global experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role.
- We offer diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary every day.
- The opportunity to work somewhere with pride and to be able to honestly say, “My work is contributing to Eradicate Corrupt Practices in Businesses.”
- A work culture that emphasises the individual, offering flexible working solutions, work-life balance principles, and competitive compensation.
Summer Internship Pakistan 2022 in Finance, Investigations, Compliance
Summer Internship Pakistan
Do you want to be in the room with a global leader in Risk, Compliance and Background Investigations? Are you interested in helping to shape strategy and have a meaningful impact? Would you like to help drive the conversation and thinking that leads to tangible, real-world change for clients, industries, and societies? We are offering paid Internship (2-3 months) opportunities in Operations, and Investigations with a chance at a permanent position.
We are looking for 5 or 6 interns to do work that matters in roles in Finance, Investigations, and Compliance. CRI Group comprises a diverse mix of talented people from varied backgrounds and expertise who marshal creative thinking and analytical rigour. Our inclusive, collaborative, flat-structure culture allows new thinking to surface quickly. This makes CRI Group the ideal place for exceptional people to realize their potential. The best idea wins, and everybody is encouraged to contribute. Are you ready?
Why Join Us?
Come aboard if you are excited by challenges and at ease working across cultures. You’ll find interesting people who speak their minds and measure success not by how many hours are worked but by what gets accomplished.
Immediate impact, continuous challenge
- Internships at CRI Group provide a true taste of life in finance, investigations, compliance and unique preparation for a full-time role.
- During your internship, you’ll work on 1-2 challenging projects that significantly impact clients, industries, and societies.
- You’ll be a full team member responsible for a distinct piece of work that will help the team deliver breakthrough impact.
- You will be based in the Pakistan office (Preferable City Islamabad; Place of Work: ISE Tower)
- We’ll ask you to challenge the norm and strive to build something new to shape our firm and the world around us.
Chart your course; we support the journey.
- We will demonstrate our commitment to your growth and development throughout your internship.
- You’ll learn on the job via our apprenticeship model. Much of your focus will be on research and analysis, and you may also have opportunities to begin developing your communication, presentation, and client-management skills.
- We care about you succeeding, and you’ll be supported every step. You will be mentored and coached by numerous colleagues.
We hire you to be you.
- Our open, inclusive, and down-to-earth culture will enable you to bring your authentic self to work.
- Many of your colleagues will become life-long friends. There’s no corporate mould to fit, and hierarchy doesn’t get in the way.
What you’ll need
Our Pakistan intern program is open to students in their penultimate year of study who are due to complete their studies in 2023. This will be running between July-Sep 2022. We do not offer any internships outside of these times. We look for people who display initiative, intuition, and creativity with a strong problem-solving and analytical mindset. We will be looking for interns from academic backgrounds in ACCA, Mass com, Business Administration and LLB.
If you would like to learn more about CRI Group before applying, visit our company’s website, www.crigroup.com.
Senior Business Development Manager – Qatar
Job Title: Senior Business Development Manager
Job Location: Doha, Qatar
About the job:
Corporate Research and Investigations Limited “CRI® Group” is looking to engage a highly motivated and successful individual, with a proven track record in sales and business development, specializing in strategic governance and compliance assignments and solutions, Corporate Governance and Compliance Advisory, Due Diligence, and Third-Party risk management consulting. Direct, manage and develop all aspects of the CRI® Group capabilities in the EMENA regions with the further regional team. Focusing on fortune 500 companies with presence/exposure to the regions of CRI® Group business interests, Plans and implements sales, marketing and services development programs, both short and long-range, targeted toward existing and new markets by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates
Key responsibilities:
- Manage and develop all aspects of the business strategies in the EMENA region. Concentrating on fortune 500 companies with presence/exposure to the EMENA region.
- Conduct market analysis in order to implement strategic sales and marketing plan in the Middle East specifically being based clientele and EMENA region.
- Liaise with sponsorship partners such as Corporate Compliance professionals, HR professionals to conduct seminars specific to FCPA anti-corruption and compliance issues, Third-Party Risk Management solutions.
- Generate new business avenues via the seminars and various media applications.
- Manage key accounts in the region developing and maintaining business relationships whilst, ensuring client satisfaction.
- Working closely with the technology and advisory team to deliver high-end innovative solutions relevant and customized to the client’s requirements.
- Overseeing the implementation of products whilst working alongside the client to ensure successful delivery.
- React to all enquiries from potential clients, also approach potential clients cold, to introduce the company its services and explain our presence in the Region.
- Responding to tenders. Researching formulating compiling the necessary information required in order pitching for the business
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities in targeted markets and establish strategic relations with key decision makers
- Work closely with the client to understand operational requirements budget timescale, helping the client to attain budget approval via board of directors. Often holding roundtables within the client’s offices to present the solution and close out the deal.
- Working closely with the client to ensure policies procedures training and communications are delivered effectively and within a timely manner.
- Working alongside the Board of directors in most cases to monitor maintain and audit the solutions once engaged to ensure maximum results and ROI
- Thus, building excellent relationships and leveraging on these by expanding the business based upon referrals.
- Attending various marketing event in the EMENA regions to promote the business in the way of seminars / roundtables.
- Analyze industry information and formulate effective strategies to coincide with marketing, to achieve company growth objectives
- Liaising very closely with the various internal departments to ensure all client requirements are met and exceeded where possible.
- Responsible for managing and reporting sales activity through our online CRM system.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Excellent skills in presentation, response to RFPs
- Skilled in developing strategy, tactics, sales plans, and profit targets,
- Capable maximizing new business development opportunities
- Leadership qualities in motivating and leading a sales team
- Demonstrated in-depth sales and marketing techniques and financial principles. Effective ability to communicate orally or in written form effectively with co-management, internal and external customers.
- Master’s Degree in Sales, Marketing or Business preferred with a minimum of 3-4 years related experience with progressive managerial responsibilities in the Investigative or Legal field.
Job Opening Date: 17 March 2022
Job Closing Date: 25 March 2022
Compliance Officer – Pakistan
Compliance Officer – Pakistan
About the role of Compliance Officer
Compliance Officer based in Pakistan will be working with Management and other departmental heads to improve Cultural Transformation of the Legal Sector and aspects of the CRI Group. The position holder shall keep abreast of regional and international privacy laws including GDPR.
Becoming a Driving Force for Innovation in the Company, Driving Efficiency of the Group Legal Department with the Latest Legal Technology, knowledge, drafting, reviewing all contracts, agreements, NDAs, legal memos and communications of the CRI Group. Communication and dealing with local and regional regulatory institutions as the need may be.
Compliance Officer will undertake certain regulatory compliance matters, to create regional and global compliance structure in line with CRI Group services capabilities and compliance needs, most specifically data protection and data privacy matter. CO will be involved to work with our present Compliance professionals while actively involved to conduct frequent internal audits to ascertain that we are operating as per regulatory requirements, provide necessary training and to create and implement relevant policies and procedures.
Responsibilities:
The position holder will be responsible for:
- Act as an independent review and evaluation body to ensure that compliance issues/concerns are being appropriately and timely evaluated, investigated and resolved. This may include, assisting in investigating or supporting efforts to investigate reports of alleged non-compliance with laws or company
- Develop the organizational capability to support and sustain a strong compliance culture on a day-to-day basis.
- Develop, deploy and maintain a robust data analytics program to provide for advanced and continuous monitoring of compliance risks and controls
- Support, coordinate and contribute to the periodic alignment and updating of corporate policies and procedures across functions and business units for sharing best practices, identifying gaps, and ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Supervising & scheduling Audits, conducting and monitoring Internal Audits, Preparing and communicating audit reports along with Nonconformity reports to senior management.
- To schedule, surprise audits with mutual consent of senior management.
- To review audit reports, MR Minutes and a record of Corrective preventive actions.
- Collaborating with other departments (e.g., Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing and Business Development, Investigations etc.) to identify and resolve compliance issues.
- Responding to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards of conduct by evaluating or recommending the initiation of investigative procedures. Develops and oversees a system for uniform handling of such violations.
- Ensuring the compliance of all the functions including the review, implementation, monitoring and reporting of all policies and procedures as per the ISO standards
- Conduct periodic risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk.
- Keep abreast of the regulatory environment by conducting compliance research and analysis of new/pending laws, regulations, interpretive rulings, and regulatory agency directives.
- To handle legal matters of the group.
- Assist with implementation of regulatory changes into business operations in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- To support the team in drafting, reviewing all contracts, agreements, NDAs, legal memos and communications of the CRI Group.
- Mentor/train peers within the business unit and provide compliance risk expertise to projects and initiatives.
- Respond to department inquiries about compliance issues, utilising appropriate sources for accurate research.
- Respond to ethics and policy questions, provide training, implement and monitor compliance systems.
- Develops action plans by determining corporate positions; conducting research; developing strategies for complaints, investigations, and administrative proceedings.
- Complies with legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising the executive management team on needed actions.
- Recommend corporate policies and strategies that promote the company’s goals while complying with regulations
- Represent the company in the event of administrative or law enforcement audits, investigations or litigation
- Prepare for the possibility of audits and investigations by developing strategies, maintaining records and designing procedures.
- As and when required to be part of ISO 37001 ABMS audit, so he/she can also look after ABAC Group’s audit assignments for local, regional and international regulatory compliance requirements
- To develop, review and improve ABAC Certification Bribery Risk Assessment Framework for each industry sector within the scope of ABAC Certification accreditation across the globe.
- To draft and develop risk assessment structure and checklists within the framework of local and international anti-bribery and regulatory laws.
- Conduct awareness sessions regarding GDPR and ensure relevant departments are complying with it.
- Supervising & Monitoring subordinates’ performance and activity, if applicable.
- Responsibilities and duties of the position holder can be modified according to the needs and requirements of the Company and work.
- Following current and prospective ISO Standards, policies and procedures.
- Carrying out any other task and assignment given by the management.
Essential Qualification & Experience
Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor/master’s Degree preferable in risk management; OR
- LLB/LLM
- ICA International Diploma in Compliance and/or CCEP- I will be an added advantage.
Work Experience:
- 4-6 years of experience in practicing law, specifically regulatory compliance.
- Experience in a large law firm or a combination of law firm and corporation required.
- Experience providing strategic advice and counsel to company leaders.
- Knowledge of UK Bribery Act, Data Protection and Privacy laws like GDPR
- Legal and compliance working experience in any and/or all the industry sectors specifically Banking and Finance, Real estate, property, legal business services, Power Generation and Transmission, Mining, Oils, Gases/Utilities, and Pharmaceutical & Healthcare.
Skills:
- Be an enthusiastic and committed team player.
- Commitment to excellence in a fast-paced, high growth, aggressive business environment.
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to successfully interact at all company levels are also important.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work well with people in various departments
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills in the English language are essential.
- Be able to work under pressure.
- Be computer literate
Work Environment:
- The job is performed indoors in a traditional office setting.
- Extended periods of sitting while using a computer or other devices are common.
- Some travel (±30%) may be required.
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Hours Per Day: 8.5 hour
You’ll work around 42.5 hours a week, usually Monday to Friday, within our standard working hours. However, due to the nature of the role, you may need to work before or after standard hours and even at weekends. The role requires flexibility in this respect.
You will be primarily office-based, but there will be a requirement, on occasions, to travel to meetings, including at other organisations, but this will be a rare aspect of the role. Occasionally, there might be a requirement to travel or work overseas, although this is likely to be only for short periods.
Benefits: A great employee benefits package is offered
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
Remuneration: Competitive, dependent on experience
Job Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Industry: Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Risk and Compliance Management, Investigative Research Services
Who we are?
We’re a global leader in Risk, Compliance and Anti-Bribery Management System Certification and Training. Our mission is simple: To safeguard the corporate world by detecting and exposing those elements that can cause irreparable harm to a business.
We provide solutions to our clients and have a strong and proven range of services under core service pillars including background screening, due diligence, third-party risk management and implementation and training of anti-bribery and anti-corruption management systems. Evolving for over 29 years we’re built on a reputation to continue to drive forward with our mission and we continue to guide a path for others to follow.
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Investigative Analyst – Turkey
Investigative Analyst – Turkey
Investigative Analyst – Turkey. We are looking for a professional to join our global Investigation team in Istanbul, Turkey. Working within the Investigative Team of our Operations department this role is key to our business services as an organisation by comprehensively analysing the information gathered through multiple sources and producing reports and results whilst making well-judged assessments and tracking case progression.
Responsibilities:
- Gather intelligence information by field observation, confidential information sources, or public records
- Collect, assimilate, analyse and evaluate extensively results of research and investigations
- Identify red flags in reports such as court cases, politically exposed persons, sanctions lists, adverse media, etc.
- Write well-structured, logical and objective reports regarding assessments on the status, legitimacy, general background, and overall reputation of a company and its principals, or subject individuals
- Manage multiple due diligence, background screening and insurance claim investigations cases through completion
- Track progress and ensure timely completion of cases
- Produce accurate, high quality written reports
- Ensure necessary follow-up actions to external stakeholders
- Assist in document management that supports analyses performed
- Coordinate with international team members and vendors to complete the required scopes of work
- Demonstrate excellent judgment and be driven by professional excellence and a commitment to the organisation’s vision
Desired Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree major in Economics, Political Science, International Relations/Affairs, Journalism, Finance or other related areas of study preferred
- Prior work experience in the research, legal, or risk management industry desired
- Fresh with LLB, Mass Com. Media, Sociology, Criminology
Skills Required:
- Strong decision making and objective judgment
- Excellent customer-service orientation with a dedication to quality
- Excellent qualitative research
- Ability to handle sensitive information
- Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds
- Ability to prioritise several multiple projects while meeting tight deadlines
- Extremely strong reading and writing skills in English and another foreign language
- Ability to summarise information quickly and effectively from multiple sources into a concise analytical assessment
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment
- Interest and understanding of current events, international affairs, economics and/or finance is desired
Personal Attributes:
- Strong personal integrity and self-motivation
- Strong work ethic
- Determination and persistence
- Eager and willing to add to their knowledge base and skills
- Reliable
- Perceptive
Language skills:
English, Turkish will be a plus
Working hours, patterns and environment:
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Hours Per Day: 9 hours
You’ll work around 45 hours a week, usually Sunday to Thursday within our standard working hours. However, due to the nature of the role, at times you may need to work before or after standard hours, and even possibly at weekends. The role requires flexibility in this respect.
You will be primarily office based, but there will be a requirement, on occasions, to travel to meetings, including at other organisations, but this will be a rare aspect of the role.
Occasionally, there might be a requirement to travel or work overseas, although this is likely to be only for short periods.
Benefits:
- Monthly team building lunches and other regular company staff events
- Great working office environment and collegial supportive work atmosphere
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
Salary: Competitive depending on experience
Job Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Industry: Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Risk and Compliance Management, Investigative Research Services
Please apply below or share your resume at careers@crigroup.com
Investigations Manager – Pakistan
Investigations Manager – Pakistan
Investigations Manager based in Islamabad, Pakistan. In Corporate Research and Investigations Limited (CRI Group), we are on an incredible journey as the world’s leading company with a 100% single-minded focus on Anti-Corruption, Compliance and Third-Party Risk Management. We are doing this at a time when the work we do has never mattered more.
With the COVID pandemic, businesses are increasingly looking to manage their business risks and comply with specific regulatory frameworks to safeguard their organisations. This is where we come in. With Industry-Specific Knowledge and Global Resources. At CRI Group, we know the business and the threats that can ruin it. CRI Group specialises in Third-Party Risk Management and Consulting, Corporate Investigations, Investigative Due Diligence, Fraud Risk Investigations, Insurance Fraud Investigations, Corporate Security Consulting & Investigations, Business intelligence & Investigations, Employee Background Screening & Investigations, Forensic Accounting & Investigations, Intellectual Property Investigations. This is an opportunity to be part of something special.
Manager of Investigations role will oversee the operational delivery of ethical, lawful and efficient investigations, ensuring the continuous improvement of how investigations are being delivered in line with technical and legal changes, managing a global team of investigators and working closely with other departments involved in investigations, ensuring technologies in place support the delivery of efficient investigations and partner with the business and Compliance to ensure investigations effectively support our client’s risk management framework. Critical priorities for this position include maintaining responsibility for setting up and managing the local and international investigation framework in CRI Group.
In addition, the role will be responsible for directing, managing, and conducting comprehensive and objective investigations of alleged fraud, corporate corruption, misconduct, Pre-Employment Background Screening, including instances of reported unethical or illegal practices, violation of company policies or breach of legal and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU with the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, and these responsibilities include some of the following
- Define and deliver the CRI Group’s Investigations & 3PRM™ Services strategy, in partnership with senior stakeholders, with Internal Compliance, Legal, HR and Tech partners, and support the company’s objectives.
- Establish, manage, and continuously update and improve the Investigations & 3PRM™ Services.
- Conduct Webinars and participate in certain investigative and Anti-Corruption events, seminars, and conferences worldwide to represent Investigations & 3PRM™ Services.
- Lead the Corporate Investigations and Pre-Employment Background Screening services team and manage 3rd party suppliers and local agents to ensure efficient, compliant, and added-value services are delivered to the clients.
- Build, maintain and strategically influence relationships across the organisation and with counterparts in the Investigative industry.
- Identify trends, emerging risks, and insights regarding local and international investigations, and communicate these effectively across the CRI Group to ensure a proactive risk mitigation approach to clients.
- Serve as the central triage and allocation point for centrally reported investigations and partner with Compliance, Legal, HR and Tech to ensure tactical oversight of investigations and related systems.
- Maintain current knowledge and awareness of investigative techniques, fraud schemes, privacy laws, and applicable industry regulations, and coach other investigators and high-performance building teams.
- Direct, manage, and conduct objective, impartial, and fact-finding investigations by following practical investigative steps following all relevant policies, procedures, and guidance.
- Oversee the identification, implementation, deployment and use of efficient tools, including case management system, speak-up lines and reporting mechanisms and data analytics tools, in partnership with the client’s Compliance, Legal and HR stakeholders.
- Perform other job-related duties as requested, including deputising for the Investigations & 3PRM™ Services when required.
Basic Qualifications
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Degree plus postgraduate/ professional qualification or experience in law enforcement or Corporate Investigations environment (depending on the individual’s seniority in the team and their development potential);
- Proficiency in leading and managing investigations and teams and related processes.
Experience in performing investigations and/or audits under the direction of internal and/or external legal counsel, - Compliance and Risk Management professionals.
- Established understanding of fraud and abuse, anti-kickback, anti-bribery and anti-corruption and other rules and regulations applicable to different industry sectors.
- Experience leading and managing teams (both directly and through influence) to conduct investigations timely, with a proven record of team building across functions.
- Demonstrated decision-making and project management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with all levels of the organisation effectively and to engage with Senior Leaders on highly complex and sensitive matters.
Preferred Qualifications
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Forensic accounting qualifications (e.g., CFE, CPA, CIA) and/or MBA Degree plus postgraduate professional qualification or experience in law enforcement or Corporate Investigations environment (depending on the individual’s seniority in the team and their development potential), with a desire to work towards professional qualifications in the short term
- Ability to interpret and conceptualise rules, guidelines, policies, procedures, and controls.
- Sound and independent judgement in complex and sensitive investigative cases.
- Ability to assess/analyse complex business information and develop appropriate conclusions.
- Strong interpersonal skills with excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong leadership and influencing skills.
- Proficient in English, other languages an asset.
- Critical and strategic thinker.
- Ability to operate under pressure.
- Quickly adapt to changes.
- Highly and effectively organised.
Working hours, patterns and environment:
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Hours Per Day: 8.5 hour
You’ll work around 42.5 hours a week, usually Monday to Friday, within our standard working hours. However, due to the nature of the role, you may need to work before or after standard hours and even at weekends. The role requires flexibility in this respect.
You will be primarily office-based, but there will be a requirement, on occasions, to travel to meetings, including at other organisations, but this will be a rare aspect of the role. Occasionally, there might be a requirement to travel or work overseas, although this is likely to be only for short periods.
Benefits:
- Monthly team building lunches and other regular company staff events
- Great working office environment and collegial, supportive work atmosphere
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
Salary: Competitive depending on experience
Job Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Industry: Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Risk and Compliance Management, Investigative Research Services
Customer/Client Support Executive – Islamabad
Hiring now: Customer/Client Support Executive in Islamabad
Position: Customer/Client Support Executive
Salary: Rs45,000-Rs50,000
Skills Required: Excellent spoken and listening skills
Education:
Preferably Masters from a reputable institution
Personal Attributes:
- Strong personal integrity and self-motivation
- Strong work ethic
- Determination and persistence
- Reliable
- Perceptive
Language skills:
English
Working hours, patterns and environment:
- Working Days: Monday to Friday
- Hours Per Day: 9 hours
Benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Company maintained Sim
- Umrah Raffle
- Monthly team building lunches and other regular company staff events
- Great working office environment and collegial, supportive work atmosphere
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
Job Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Industry: Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Risk and Compliance Management, Investigative Research Services
Interested candidates are required to apply with the position title as the Subject and share their resume on careers@crigroup.com well before April 19, 2022.
About CRI® Group:
Since 1990, Corporate Research and Investigations Limited (CRI® Group) has been safeguarding businesses from fraud, bribery and corruption. Globally, we are a leading Compliance and Risk Management company licensed and incorporated entity of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) and Qatar Financial Center (QFC). CRI Group protects businesses by establishing the legal compliance, financial viability, and integrity levels of outside partners, suppliers and customers seeking to affiliate with your business. Based in London, United Kingdom, CRI® Group is a global company with experts and resources located in key regional marketplaces across the Asia Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North and South America.
Our mission and vision:
- CRI® Group’s mission is to safeguard the corporate world by detecting and exposing those elements that can cause irreparable harm to a business
- Stand up against the outside forces that, through corruption, collusion, coercion and fraud, can cause financial, organisational, reputational and legal harm to our global clients.
- Stand out as the preeminent provider of specialised investigative services that enable our clients to exhibit the highest standards of business integrity, ethics and behaviour.
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