Senior Whistleblowing Case Specialist

🏗 We're Hiring: Senior Whistleblowing Case Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Level: Senior-Level

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

About Us

We are a UAE-based organization committed to promoting ethical business practices, corporate accountability, regulatory compliance, and transparent governance. We are seeking an experienced Senior Whistleblowing Case Specialist to manage whistleblowing reports, conduct preliminary assessments, coordinate sensitive investigations, and ensure concerns involving misconduct or policy violations are handled fairly, confidentially, and in accordance with applicable legal and organizational requirements.

The Role

The Senior Whistleblowing Case Specialist will oversee the intake, assessment, documentation, and coordination of reports submitted through whistleblowing channels. The successful candidate will work closely with compliance, legal, human resources, internal audit, and risk management teams to evaluate allegations, determine appropriate escalation pathways, protect confidentiality, and support impartial investigations while helping safeguard whistleblowers against retaliation.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the intake, registration, classification, and initial assessment of whistleblowing reports received through designated reporting channels.
• Evaluate allegations involving fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest, harassment, misconduct, regulatory breaches, and other potential violations.
• Conduct preliminary case assessments to determine credibility, urgency, potential impact, and appropriate investigative action.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and apply need-to-know access controls when handling sensitive case information.
• Coordinate investigations with authorized compliance, legal, human resources, internal audit, and other relevant functions.
• Develop case plans, define investigation objectives, identify evidence requirements, and establish appropriate timelines.
• Review supporting documents, communications, transaction records, and other relevant evidence in accordance with approved procedures.
• Conduct interviews or coordinate fact-finding discussions with relevant parties where authorized and appropriate.
• Maintain accurate case files, evidence logs, interview notes, decision records, and investigation audit trails.
• Identify potential conflicts of interest and ensure cases are assigned to independent and appropriately authorized reviewers.
• Monitor whistleblower protection measures and escalate concerns about retaliation, intimidation, or interference.
• Ensure cases are handled consistently with organizational policies, applicable UAE legal requirements, and relevant confidentiality obligations.
• Coordinate referrals to specialized investigators, legal advisers, regulators, or law enforcement where appropriate and authorized.
• Prepare objective investigation summaries, findings reports, and recommendations supported by documented evidence.
• Track case progress, outstanding actions, investigation milestones, and closure decisions.
• Communicate case updates to authorized stakeholders while protecting sensitive information and respecting procedural requirements.
• Analyze case trends, recurring misconduct patterns, and control weaknesses to identify opportunities for preventive action.
• Support the development and improvement of whistleblowing policies, case management procedures, investigation protocols, and escalation frameworks.
• Prepare management reports and anonymized trend analyses on case volumes, resolution timelines, allegation categories, and remediation outcomes.
• Provide training and guidance to employees and case handlers on reporting channels, confidentiality, ethical conduct, and whistleblower protections.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Criminology, Accounting, Finance, Compliance, or a related discipline.
• A master's degree or postgraduate qualification in Corporate Governance, Forensic Investigation, Risk Management, or Compliance is an advantage.
• At least 5–8 years of relevant experience in whistleblowing case management, corporate investigations, ethics and compliance, internal audit, or employee misconduct investigations.
• Strong understanding of whistleblowing frameworks, investigation principles, case triage, evidence management, and confidentiality requirements.
• Experience handling sensitive allegations involving fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest, misconduct, or regulatory noncompliance.
• Familiarity with relevant UAE legal requirements, employment considerations, data protection obligations, and corporate governance practices.
• Knowledge of investigation planning, interviewing techniques, evidence assessment, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience using whistleblowing platforms, investigation case management systems, and secure document repositories.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, report-writing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to remain objective, impartial, and discreet when dealing with confidential or contentious matters.
• Strong judgment and the ability to manage competing priorities and sensitive deadlines.
• Understanding of anti-retaliation principles and appropriate safeguards for reporting individuals.
• Relevant professional certifications, such as CFE, CCEP, or recognized investigation and compliance qualifications, are an advantage.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Timeliness of report intake, triage, and case assignment.
• Compliance with established investigation procedures and case handling standards.
• Completeness and quality of investigation documentation and evidence records.
• Timely resolution or escalation of cases according to risk and complexity.
• Effectiveness of confidentiality and access control measures.
• Compliance with applicable reporting, privacy, and record retention requirements.
• Timeliness of corrective action tracking and case closure documentation.
• Identification of recurring misconduct patterns and systemic control weaknesses.
• Effectiveness of whistleblower protection and anti-retaliation processes.
• Quality of management reporting and stakeholder communication.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation based on qualifications and professional experience.
• Fully remote working arrangement within the UAE employment framework.
• Opportunities to contribute to ethical governance and organizational accountability.
• Professional development and access to relevant compliance and investigation training.
• Collaboration with legal, compliance, audit, human resources, and risk management professionals.
• Career advancement opportunities in corporate investigations, ethics, and compliance leadership.
• A professional environment focused on fairness, integrity, confidentiality, and continuous improvement.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit an updated CV, a brief professional summary, and details of their experience in whistleblowing case management, corporate investigations, compliance, or ethics-related functions.

Please include “Senior Whistleblowing Case Specialist – UAE Remote” in the subject line of your application.

• We welcome applications from qualified professionals who demonstrate strong investigative judgment, discretion, impartiality, and a commitment to protecting reporting individuals while promoting ethical and accountable business practices.