Senior Manager, Internal Investigations

Bridgestone Americas • Nashville, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries. Bridgestone is hiring a Senior Ethics & Integrity Investigations Lead to oversee complex and high-stakes investigations across the Americas and EMEA (Bridgestone West). This role acts as a subject matter expert focused on high-level financial risks, including fraud and accounting irregularities, to safeguard the company’s reputation and ethical culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; 10+ years of relevant experience including 3-5 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience.
• Or master’s degree; 8+ years of relevant experience including 2-4 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience.
• Experience serving as the subject matter expert in fraud investigations and the proven ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and judgement in sensitive, high-risk matters.
• Experience advising senior leadership and influencing compliance and investigation strategies.
• Ability to manage and oversee outside counsel.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, and managing fraud programs, including experience with global operations, data analysis tools, fraud detection software, and machine learning techniques applicable to fraud detection.
• Extensive experience leading and conducting complex internal investigations across diverse cultures and geographies, including strong interviewing, analytical, and report-writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a deep understanding of the different businesses and developing strong cross functional relationships.
• Ability to manage complex matters with diligence and adaptability, including navigating ambiguity with support from team resources with diligence and measure, organize and maintain a significant number of investigation matters, require minimal supervision, and maintain confidentiality.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, writing, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with leveraging data analytics, AI, or machine learning to detect patterns and support investigations.
• Ability to engage diverse audiences and translate complex fraud and investigation concepts into simple and understandable guidance and training.
• Willingness and ability to periodically travel throughout the Americas as needed to conduct investigations, including potential travel on short notice.

Nice To Haves

• CFE Certification
• Bi-lingual - Spanish, Portuguese and/or French

Responsibilities

• Independently lead complex investigations and determine investigative strategy, in accordance with internal protocols and local legal requirements, regarding allegations of accounting irregularities, credential sharing, embezzlement, theft, falsification of records, fraud, and improper dissemination of confidential information, and other violations of company policy or law.
• Conduct fact-finding interviews, gather and analyze evidence, and prepare detailed investigative reports.
• Present investigation findings to senior leaders and key stakeholders.
• Conduct root cause analysis, analyze data relating to investigations, monitor trends, and proactively identify risk areas across the region.
• Identify useful insights that can be shared with stakeholders to improve processes, build business solutions, and mitigate risks.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with other key stakeholders, including members of the Bridgestone West Ethics and Compliance Team, other members of the Law Department, Internal Audit, Human Resources, Finance, Security, and Enterprise Risk Management to ensure a cohesive and integrated approach to compliance and risk management.
• Support the continued build out of the internal investigations program across Bridgestone West, including our use of the BridgeLine platform, internal investigations guidelines, and training and resources for investigators.
• Provide training and resources to teammates on how to speak up and to leaders for supporting those who do speak up.
• Shape and enhance investigative standards and practices across Bridgestone West.
• Serve as an advisor for other internal investigators and ensure that other functional groups conduct investigations timely, appropriately, and in line with internal protocols.
• Leverage the use of AI and data analytics to support investigations and ensure relevant insights are shared with and acted on by stakeholders.
• Monitor and analyze evolving industry trends, emerging fraud tactics, and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance and enhance investigative techniques.
• Conducting compliance assessments for different functions and business units or assessments to test the effectiveness of the compliance program in practice.
• Collaborating with other members of the Bridgestone West Ethics and Compliance Team, as well as the global, BSJ, and BSAPIC compliance teams.

Benefits

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.
• Competitive compensation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees