Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

Skill required: Contract Management - Contract management


Designation: Contracting Counsel Associate Manager


Qualifications:Any Graduation


Years of Experience:10 to 14 years


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.

Draft, review and negotiate high value and high complex 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.

Address complex contract queries and matters regarding contract negotiations, obligations and revisions. Identify risks and issues, suggest alternatives that lead to the best solutions. In this regard effectively manage the internal stakeholders such as deal teams, Solution Architects, Procurement, HR, Workplace, Finance, Marketing & Communications etc.,

Strategize with company executives prior to vendor negotiations and represent the company's interests and liaise directly with vendor negotiating teams for legal point on complex contract reviews with high stakes for the company.

Act as a point of contact from legal and 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 exposesWhat are we looking for?

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 & databasesBehaviours and Attributes:

Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout Accenture global organization

Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to Accenture

Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality

Leader as well as team player, collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives.Additional Desirable Criteria:?Not ApplicableWork Requirements:?Travel may be required

Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with very strong oral and written communication skills.Permanent Transfer Requirements:?Not Applicable Roles and 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 onesQualificationsAny Graduation