Contracting Senior Analyst

Job Description

Skill required: Contract Management - Contract management Designation: Contracting Senior Analyst Qualifications: Any Graduation Years of Experience: 5 to 8 years About Accenture Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song all powered by the worlds largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 699,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. Visit us at www.accenture.com What would you do Draft, review and negotiate the buyside agreements and similar/related documentation with Accenture vendor, 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 vendor 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.Overall Generic ResponsibilitiesDevelop 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 recruitment efforts for the team, supervise resources, and assist the Team Lead or Group lead in people management, as and when required, provide team members with positive and developmental feedbackIdentify and support any specific trainings for the team, provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of 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. What are we looking for Education:Bachelors degree in Law.Work Experience:Minimum of 5 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing. Experience with drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreementsWork :Travel may be required. Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skillsKnowledge and Skill :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 implicationsBehaviors and Attributes:Understand cross-cultures and open to work with team members across the globeUnderstand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to AccentureDemonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexualityCollaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives.Relationship and Reporting:Reports:Team Lead or Group Lead Supervises:Team members providing services on a process/project or account/portfolio of AccountsExternal Relationships:Accenture Counsels, client commercial, procurement, contract management, business executives, outside counsels, vendors, corporate function Roles and Responsibilities: 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 Accentures suppliers 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 Accentures suppliers contracting standards.Review the supplier templates and ensure that the deviations to the Accentures suppliers 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/ vendor negotiating teams with suppliers, third parties, subcontractors etc., to agree to contractual terms in accordance with Accentures suppliers 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.Conduct 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. Qualification Any Graduation