Line of Service
Advisory
Industry/Sector
GPS X-Sector
Specialism
Operations
Management Level
AssociateAt PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.Those in enterprise risk management at PwC will focus on identifying and mitigating potential risks that could impact an organisation's operations and objectives. You will be responsible for developing business strategies to effectively manage and navigate risks in a rapidly changing business environment.
At PwC, you will be part of a vibrant community of solvers that leads with trust and creates distinctive outcomes for our clients and communities. This purpose-led and values-driven work, powered by technology in an environment that drives innovation, will enable you to make a tangible impact in the real world. We reward your contributions, support your wellbeing, and offer inclusive benefits, flexibility programmes and mentorship that will help you thrive in work and life. Together, we grow, learn, care, collaborate, and create a future of infinite experiences for each other. Learn more about us.At PwC, we believe in providing equal employment opportunities, without any discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnic background, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, religion or other beliefs, perceived differences and status protected by law. We strive to create an environment where each one of our people can bring their true selves and contribute to their personal growth and the firm’s growth. To enable this, we have zero tolerance for any discrimination and harassment based on the above considerations. "Job Description & Summary: The successful candidate will join a high-performing, business-facing legal function that operates at the forefront of complex domestic and cross-border transactions that underpin PwC’s Deals and Forensics practices, including, buy-side and sell-side due diligence services, valuations, corporate investigations, and dispute advisory mandates, ensuring that every engagement is executed within a robust risk-management framework while preserving commercial agility and client service excellence.
Responsibilities
- Principal Accountabilities: Contract review and negotiations
- Identifying legal and commercial risks in client facing contracts, proposals, scope of work and tender documents.
- Act as a business enabler and work closely with business teams, leadership and other internal teams in identifying workable solutions to issues and suggesting risk mitigations.
- Assist business teams and leadership with credible insights to assist them taking informed decisions.
- Drafting and negotiating various client facing agreements like engagement letters, master services agreements, statements of work, framework agreements, subcontractor and vendor arrangements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, data protection addenda, technology licensing agreements, alliance agreements etc.
- Interface regularly with senior partners, engagement leaders, risk management, independence, procurement, finance, and also the global PwC network, aligning contract positions with firm policy while facilitating pragmatic commercial outcomes and maintaining transaction pace.
Mandatory skill sets:
- Candidate must have completed 5 years integrated law course from a reputed law college in India
- Candidate must have in depth knowledge of commercial laws, specifically contract laws
- Candidate must be up to date with current laws
- Candidate must have excellent drafting, communication and negotiation skills
Preferred skill sets:
- Experience with forensic practices and technologies and knowledge about buy-side and sell-side due diligence will be an added advantage
- Experience of working in law firms on corporate side will be an added advantage
Years of experience required: 2 -6 years
Education Qualifications-
Graduation or Post graduation in Law
Education
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Degrees/Field of Study required: Master Degree, Bachelor Degree
Degrees/Field Of Study Preferred
Certifications
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Required Skills
Risk Management
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Business Continuity, Business Process Improvement, Business Process Modeling, Business Risk, Business Risk Identification, Communication, Contract Negotiation, Contractual Risk Mitigation, Corporate Governance, Crisis Management, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Governance Risk Compliance (GRC), Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Mitigation Measures, Negotiation Coaching, Operational Risk Management, Optimism, Policy and Procedures {+ 17 more}
Desired Languages
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Travel Requirements
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Government Clearance Required?
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