Job
Description
Skill required: Contract Management - Contract management
Designation: Contracting Counsel Senior Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:5 to 8 years
What would you do? Draft, review and negotiate the buyside agreements and similar/related documentation with Accenture supplier, to procure various goods and services including but not limited to Contractors, Human Resources Support, IT & Telecom, Marketing & Communications, Workplace Support (Facilities & Services), Software as a Service etc. in accordance with Accenture s supplier s contracting standards, applicable laws, and business requirements to ensure contractual risks are clearly identified and addressed in compliance with Accenture s policies and standards. Leverage analytics to speed contract review process and calibrate contract risk.
What are we looking for? Education:
Bachelor's degree in Law.Work Experience:Minimum of 3 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing. Experience with drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreementsWork Requirements:Travel may be required. Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skillsKnowledge and Skill Requirements:Demonstrate promptness, accuracy, consistency, and drives tasks to closureAble to work with internal and external teams to assist with day to day support and to understand delivery requirements Demonstrate adaptability, positive & collaborative attitude, good interpersonal skills, strong time management and prioritization skills, attention to detail, sound judgement, and organization skillsDemonstrates keenness to learn and train on new processes and areas, able to assist with day-to-day support and to understand delivery requirementsAble to recommend high quality and timely advice for risk mitigation by efficiently assessing business and legal implicationsConduct gap analysis and create legal risk assessment by identifying and flagging potential risks to Accenture and/or clauses which are non-negotiable. Provide recommendations to Business and other related stakeholders to sensitize them on the extent of risk Accenture exposes itself in context of the services and to minimize or mitigate such risks effectively.Structure the legal transactions to be most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective and escalate accordingly to the SME/leadership on the deal etc.Complexity:Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex problems. May create new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures.Requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals.Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor. May interact with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture.
Roles and Responsibilities: Develop subject-matter knowledge and increase proficiency in the concerned support area and act as its POCDirectly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues and build credible and effective relationships with the internal stakeholders as well as within the teamSupport implementation of new initiatives in Legal Buyside Contracting support area or within Legal/GLN, try to give back' to GLN/Legal.Manage SharePoint and communication records.Draft, review and negotiate the supplier/buyside agreements and similar/related documentation with Accenture suppliers, to procure various goods and services including but not limited to Contactors, Human Resources Support, IT & Telecom, Marketing & Communications, Workplace Support (Facilities & Services), Software as a Service etc. in accordance with Accenture's supplier's contracting standards, applicable laws, and business requirements.Customize the existing templates in exceptional cases to suit the business requirements thereby ensuring compliance to applicable local laws and Accenture's supplier's contracting standards.Review the supplier templates and ensure that the deviations to the Accenture's supplier's contracting standards are timely identified and highlighted to the business whenever they pose as risks to Accenture operations.Participate in negotiations by representing company' s interests and interface directly with client/ supplier negotiating teams with suppliers, third parties, subcontractors etc., to agree to contractual terms in accordance with Accenture's supplier's contracting standards, applicable laws, and stakeholder requirements.Liaise and effectively collaborate with internal stakeholders such as deal teams, Solution Architects, Procurement, HR, Workplace, Finance, Marketing & Communications etc., as well as with external parties such as suppliers, external counsel etc. to ensure contractual risks are clearly identified and addressed in compliance with Accenture s policies and standards.Work closely with the stakeholders to help them understand the contractual clauses in terms of interpretation and its applicability in the contract basis the business opportunity.Advise the Business from legal perspective to address the potential contractual risks that may pose as risks to Accenture business operations.
Qualifications
Any Graduation
