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We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.
WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 317 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 8th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.
Why we're hiring:
WPP's Business Integrity team is seeking a Paralegal to join them. Based in our enviable offices on London's Southbank, this role will focus on WPP's business integrity programme.
This programme is integral to ensuring that WPP's policies, procedures and control environment are understood and adhered to across all geographies and markets. It is produced by mapping resources, systems and processes against WPP's risk appetite, governance requirements and regulator expectations, and then crafting actions from the results.
Actions for the business integrity team focus on tackling root causes of risk, and include:
- in respect of resources, championing and enhancing messages and examples from global, regional and local leadership with communications, training sessions, workshops, townhalls and practical guidance, knowhow and resources for our people and providing "on the ground" support for day-to-day queries from our networks;
- in respect of systems, advising on the implementation of WPP's policies, procedures and controls and providing a compliance lens for the design and structure of our enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment; and
- in terms of processes, conducting an annual assessment of business integrity risk, monitoring dynamic data feeds, pro-active management of self-certifications and disclosures from our people, reviewing and investigating concerns raised including by whistleblowers and tracking remediation efforts.
What you'll do:
Reporting into Legal Counsel, your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting WPP Business Integrity in ensuring that WPP's resources, systems and processes are aligned with WPP's business integrity programme and the WPP Policy Book including WPP's Code of Business Conduct.
- Supporting WPP Business Integrity in ensuring that WPP's risk appetite, governance requirements and applicable regulator expectations are understood by WPP employees.
- Researching, preparing information, gathering information and drafting responses in respect of day to day legal & regulatory queries and requests, and supporting the Business Integrity function to implement remediation actions.
- Devising, drafting and updating training programmes for WPP employees on a range of business integrity topics including compliance, ethics, respect in the workplace, anti-bribery & corruption and gifts & hospitality.
- Supporting WPP Business Integrity in developing and maintaining precedents, best practices and data sets.
- Assisting with design and updates of the Business Integrity intranet page, build and maintenance of platforms and other technology vehicles to house and support the work of WPP Business Integrity and related communications.
- Assisting with WPP Business Integrity's internal risk assessments including the process, data management and analysis and conversion of data into results and drafting reports.
- Collaborating and communicating with colleagues within WPP Corporate / HQ and within WPP's agency networks in pursuit of the objectives of the role.
What you'll need:
The specific role has global coverage and would suit a person with an interest in business integrity, compliance, ethics and legal & regulatory risks, keen to build a career within the corporate world. Additional desirable qualities will include.
- A problem solver – able to work without pre-determined programme to identify and solve issues
- Enthusiastic about learning from others but equally able to think about appropriate solutions independently
- Ability to deliver results in a commercial environment through written and verbal presentation skills
- Ability to work in an environment handling sensitive and confidential material
- Ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload to achieve results
Who you are:
You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with confidence: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we deliver extraordinary every day.
What we'll give you:
Passionate, driven people – We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?
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