Corporate Investigations and Insider Risk Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Lead investigations involving employee misconduct, ethics violations, conflicts of interest, fraud, policy violations, and other internal concerns.
• Conduct thorough fact-finding activities including interviews, document reviews, forensic analysis, and evidence collection.
• Partner with HR and Legal to investigate employee complaints, workplace misconduct, retaliation allegations, and code-of-conduct violations.
• Prepare detailed investigative reports, findings, and recommendations for executive leadership.
• Maintain proper documentation and chain-of-custody procedures for investigative materials.
• Develop and manage the company's Insider Risk Program.
• Monitor and investigate potential insider threats involving unauthorized access, data exfiltration, intellectual property theft, customer information misuse, and policy violations.
• Identify risk indicators associated with employee departures, disciplinary actions, and suspicious activity.
• Collaborate with Information Security to investigate cybersecurity incidents involving internal actors.
• Recommend and implement controls to mitigate insider risk exposure.
• Investigate allegations involving former employees who may have violated non-solicitation, confidentiality, or other contractual obligations.
• Assist Legal in matters involving customer poaching, trade secret protection, unfair competition, and intellectual property concerns.
• Support litigation and regulatory matters through investigative research and evidence collection.
• Monitor emerging threats that could impact company operations, reputation, or competitive position.
• Investigate allegations of mortgage fraud, employee fraud, wire fraud, document manipulation, and financial misconduct.
• Identify trends and root causes of internal fraud events.
• Recommend process improvements and control enhancements to reduce organizational risk.
• Work closely with Compliance, Risk Management, and Internal Audit teams on high-risk matters.
• Serve as the primary liaison between HR, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, Audit, and Operations regarding investigative matters.
• Provide guidance and training to leadership teams on insider risk awareness and misconduct reporting.
• Support executive leadership with risk assessments and investigative findings.
• Develop policies and procedures related to investigations, ethics, and insider risk management.

Location and Schedule

This is a full-time, office-based position in a modern, cozy environment in our Troy, MI office. Our standard working hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Finance, Risk Management, Information Security, or related field.
• 5+ years of investigative experience involving corporate investigations, fraud investigations, compliance investigations, law enforcement, financial services, or risk management.
• Experience conducting employee interviews and workplace investigations.
• Knowledge of investigative methodologies, evidence collection, and report writing.
• Experience handling sensitive and confidential matters with discretion.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Mortgage banking, mortgage servicing, financial services, banking, or fintech experience (preferred).
• Experience investigating mortgage fraud, servicing fraud, or financial crimes (preferred).
• Knowledge of insider threat programs and information security investigations (preferred).
• Professional certifications such as: Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Insider Threat Program Manager (CITPM) (preferred).