30 Jul 2025
ZGth
Legal Counsel
Pune
6-8 Years
Compliance and Secretarial
Job Description
Role : Legal Counsel
Experience : 6 to 7 Years
Qualification : LLM
Location : Pune
Job Description :
Ethics and Compliance Advisory
- Acquire a good and precise understanding of ENGIE ethical documents, rules and policies.
- Provide day-to-day advice and support on ethical and compliance matters across business lines including Procurement, Business Development, HR, Operations, and Finance.
- Ensure implementation and operationalization of Group Ethics policies and procedures locally.
- Training and Awareness
- Conduct ethics and compliance induction for all new joiners.
- Deliver refresher training programs on the Code of Ethics, ENGIE ethics policies related to Conflicts of Interests, Gifts and Hospitality, Human Rights, Sanctions/Embargo compliance, Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Data Privacy among the others.
- Organize and carry out annual training for all new directors in accordance with the Groups Framework for Directors Guide.
- Promote a culture of integrity through regular engagement activities, workshops, newsletters, and campaigns.
- Design and launch new initiatives to embed ethics and human rights principles into day-to-day business operations.
- Ethical Risk Assessment and Monitoring
- Lead the Annual Risk Mapping Exercise on Ethics, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption, and Data Privacy for India operations.
- Monitor emerging risks related to sanctions, embargoes, human rights, and corruption.
- Prepare the Ethics assessment and memo during the development phase of projects (due diligence reports, partners checks, human rights reports for new countries etc.) and provide for AMEA HUB/Groups approval.
- Investigations
- Manage preliminary assessment and full investigations into allegations of misconduct, harassment, conflict of interest, and other breaches of ethics policies.
- Conduct interviews, collect evidence, draft Investigation Reports, file the investigation reports on the Common Ethics Tool (CET), and support disciplinary or corrective action recommendations.
- Due Diligence and Third-Party Reviews
- Review due diligence checks on business partners, suppliers, and consultants.
- Analyze red flags identified during checks, propose risk mitigation measures, and document decisions.
- Internal Audit and Internal Control Coordination
- Coordinate with Internal Audit teams on ethics-related audit findings and action plans.
- Actively participate in Internal Control exercises to assess compliance risks and mitigation measures.
- Sponsorships, Donations, and Charitable Contributions
- Review and advise on ethical aspects of all donations, sponsorships, and CSR activities.
- Ensure proper approvals and documentation in line with Group and local policies.
- Data Privacy and Protection
- Support Data Privacy compliance efforts, including awareness sessions, privacy notices, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and incident reporting.
- Ensure alignment with Group GDPR policies and Indias Data Protection regulations.
- Sanctions/Embargo Monitoring
- Ensure compliance with Group policies on Sanctions and Embargoes, conduct risk checks, and provide clearance advice for new markets, suppliers, or partners.
- Group Policy Implementation
- Ensure roll-out and local adaptation of new and existing Group policies related to ethics and compliance across Procurement, Business Development, HR, Legal, and Operations.
- Reporting and Documentation
- Use Group tools such as the Common Ethics Tool (CET) for reporting incidents and following up on corrective action plans.
- Prepare periodic reports for AMEA and Group headquarters on key ethics KPIs, cases, and risk management activities.
Experience : 6 to 7 Years
Qualification : LLM
Location : Pune
Job Description :
Ethics and Compliance Advisory
- Acquire a good and precise understanding of ENGIE ethical documents, rules and policies.
- Provide day-to-day advice and support on ethical and compliance matters across business lines including Procurement, Business Development, HR, Operations, and Finance.
- Ensure implementation and operationalization of Group Ethics policies and procedures locally.
- Training and Awareness
- Conduct ethics and compliance induction for all new joiners.
- Deliver refresher training programs on the Code of Ethics, ENGIE ethics policies related to Conflicts of Interests, Gifts and Hospitality, Human Rights, Sanctions/Embargo compliance, Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Data Privacy among the others.
- Organize and carry out annual training for all new directors in accordance with the Groups Framework for Directors Guide.
- Promote a culture of integrity through regular engagement activities, workshops, newsletters, and campaigns.
- Design and launch new initiatives to embed ethics and human rights principles into day-to-day business operations.
- Ethical Risk Assessment and Monitoring
- Lead the Annual Risk Mapping Exercise on Ethics, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption, and Data Privacy for India operations.
- Monitor emerging risks related to sanctions, embargoes, human rights, and corruption.
- Prepare the Ethics assessment and memo during the development phase of projects (due diligence reports, partners checks, human rights reports for new countries etc.) and provide for AMEA HUB/Groups approval.
- Investigations
- Manage preliminary assessment and full investigations into allegations of misconduct, harassment, conflict of interest, and other breaches of ethics policies.
- Conduct interviews, collect evidence, draft Investigation Reports, file the investigation reports on the Common Ethics Tool (CET), and support disciplinary or corrective action recommendations.
- Due Diligence and Third-Party Reviews
- Review due diligence checks on business partners, suppliers, and consultants.
- Analyze red flags identified during checks, propose risk mitigation measures, and document decisions.
- Internal Audit and Internal Control Coordination
- Coordinate with Internal Audit teams on ethics-related audit findings and action plans.
- Actively participate in Internal Control exercises to assess compliance risks and mitigation measures.
- Sponsorships, Donations, and Charitable Contributions
- Review and advise on ethical aspects of all donations, sponsorships, and CSR activities.
- Ensure proper approvals and documentation in line with Group and local policies.
- Data Privacy and Protection
- Support Data Privacy compliance efforts, including awareness sessions, privacy notices, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and incident reporting.
- Ensure alignment with Group GDPR policies and Indias Data Protection regulations.
- Sanctions/Embargo Monitoring
- Ensure compliance with Group policies on Sanctions and Embargoes, conduct risk checks, and provide clearance advice for new markets, suppliers, or partners.
- Group Policy Implementation
- Ensure roll-out and local adaptation of new and existing Group policies related to ethics and compliance across Procurement, Business Development, HR, Legal, and Operations.
- Reporting and Documentation
- Use Group tools such as the Common Ethics Tool (CET) for reporting incidents and following up on corrective action plans.
- Prepare periodic reports for AMEA and Group headquarters on key ethics KPIs, cases, and risk management activities.