Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

 About The Role  

Skill required: Contracting - Contract management

Designation: Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:10 to 14 years
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What would you do? Legal Buyside Contracting Role
Summary – To provide comprehensive legal support to Procurement and Business teams which includes drafting, reviewing, negotiation and execution of contracts, NDA’s and other documents relevant to procurement support in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws and customer requirements. Provide advisory support to procurement and business teams by driving the creation of templates, standardize the templates, maintain and continuously improve the standard contracts templates and procedures for complex buyside deals in accordance with changing laws and company policies. Develop specialized subject-matter expertise in support area to seamlessly address any potential risks or issues.Management Level DescriptionComplexity:

Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates solutions in situations in which analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

Requires adherence to strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals.

Interaction is with senior management of the team, internal stakeholders third party vendors, contractors subcontractors etc., involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach..Authority:Some latitude in decision-making. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.Impact or Decision Impact:Decisions have a major day to day impact on area of responsibility.Scope:Manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role).Global Legal Network (GLN) is a group of professionals operating globally from 10 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services - focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across Accenture to build efficiencies and centres of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility and speed in our services, aligned to Accenture’s relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness.

What are we looking for? Education:

Bachelor’s degree in LawCertifications and Membership:?Contract related global professional certification considered a plusWork Experience:?Minimum of 5 to 15 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcingKnowledge and Skill Requirements:

Expert level understanding of both commercial and legal contractual risks and displays ability to provide business-oriented legal advice

Fluent in English with strong oral and written skills

Experience in managing end-to-end projects and teams on function specific processes and/or areas, work with internal and external teams, and understands delivery requirements

Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, is detail-oriented, has sound judgement, is adaptable, demonstrate promptness, accuracy, and consistency with the activities supported, and drive tasks to closure, has strong time management, prioritization, organizational skills

Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments, ability to work under pressure, with exposure to senior management

Effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations

Able to effectively influence senior management.

Good understanding of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed, very good understanding of commercial agreements, legal and compliance fundamentals, corporate business practices, and contracting regulations

Comfortable with technology and has experience in the use of tools & databases

Roles and Responsibilities:

Generic Responsibilities

Collaborate with other functional leads, sub leads to strategize and develop additional capabilities and create efficiencies within the team

Manage the team and performance related aspects of the team (not applicable to individuals working as an independent contributor) Supervise the management of SharePoint and communication records, ensure creation of checklists and other process documents

Effective management of team, including execution of performance management of direct reportees, sub leads, rewarding high performance and correcting deficiencies, demonstrate ability to manage conflict effectively and achieve required team utilization levels

Regularly conducts audit of the work done by the team members, provides reports to the leadership on the gaps observed. Responsible for ensuring such gaps are closed by the respective team members.

Understand company s approval processes in context of the services and ensure that all stakeholders are timely engaged and informed on the relevant process including understanding the Code of Business Ethics (COBE), Data Privacy &, Information Security Anti-Corruption Laws and related policies and apply the same to ensure compliance and manage the Accenture deals within the procurement or Corporate Functions domain.

Create and develop training materials for the team as well as to the internal stakeholders to ensure transactions are completed in accordance with applicable company policies, procedures and local laws.

Work with the leadership team closely to identify and implement new trainings for the team. Lead, support, promote and implement initiatives and trainings within the group.

Develop and implement internal best practices, lessons learnt, playbook and toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various vendor contracting and business issues.

Stay updated on the leadership vision and developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and orchestrate the information to incorporate it into company’s vendor contracting practices.

Provide Legal support in the review of local & global Data Privacy initiatives. Identify risks according to local law and Accenture policies and flag potential issues.

Identify process improvements and effectively lead the team in developing/drafting of guidelines, handbooks, know how material, checklists and process/tools associated documents (global/regional and local) for standardizing the process.

Collaborate with tech teams in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones
 Qualification Any Graduation