<p>You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.</p> <p>In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.</p> <p>When you join us, you will have:</p> <ul> <li>Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey. </li><li>A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You'll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes. </li><li>Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm's diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences. </li><li>Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family. </li></ul> <p>As an Ethics Specialist, you will play a critical role in supporting McKinsey's Ethics and Compliance (E&C) team by designing, executing, and tracking the firm's processes for addressing allegations of misconduct and infractions. Through your work, you will help ensure disciplinary actions across the firm are unbiased and consistent, while also identifying and implementing remedial actions to strengthen our ethical standards.</p> <p>You will leverage firm resources and external vendors to ensure our program stays evergreen. Working closely with stakeholders across various functions, you will develop and refine procedures that ensure violations of the Firm's Code of Conduct, policies, or the law are enforced consistently and fairly across the Firm. Additionally, this role involves designing procedures to perform root cause analyses following incidents of misconduct and creating remediation plans to address underlying issues.</p> <p>You will also develop and leverage data analytics and reporting capabilities to generate actionable insights, identify trends, and provide recommendations that enhance the effectiveness of the ethics program. By creating visually compelling presentations, you will communicate key insights and progress to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.</p> <p>In addition to executing day-to-day responsibilities, you will proactively identify opportunities to enhance the firm's ethics and compliance framework, driving strategic initiatives to strengthen the program's effectiveness and alignment with emerging trends and best practices. There will also be opportunities to lead or contribute to cross-functional initiatives, such as codifying knowledge, developing playbooks, driving people-focused projects, or supporting the development of policies and standards.</p> <p>Finally, you will play a critical role in sustaining and evolving our E&C program and upholding our commitment to integrity and lawful practices.</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree(s) and/ or applicable professional certifications preferred (e.g., Juris Doctor or CPA) </li><li>5+ years of combined professional experience in ethics, compliance, and/or risk in a large corporate or professional services environment </li><li>3+ years of experience working with or leading teams to analyze data and leverage analytics to generate insights that inform and drive decision-making </li><li>2+ years of experience developing, driving and implementing holistic ethics programs for example, issue management, root cause analysis, system implementation2+ years of experience developing, driving and implementing holistic ethics programs including issue management, r root cause analysis, or system implementation </li><li>Strong Excel, PowerBI, Tableau (or other data visualization technology), analytical and data management skills </li><li>Experience in program building or transformation initiatives </li><li>Excellent organization capabilities, including the ability to initiate tasks independently in a complex and largely autonomous work environment </li><li>Identify gaps, and develop sound recommendations that are clearly articulated to stakeholders </li><li>Experience working in global, multi-disciplinary teams </li><li>Exhibit highest levels of discretion and judgment in safeguarding confidential materials </li><li>Exceptional verbal and written English communication skills, managing a variety of stakeholders across a broad range of seniority </li></ul>