Geographic Legal Counsel Associate Manager

OVERVIEW:

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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.

CORE and Global Services (CGS) is a group of legal professionals working and supporting different legal areas such as Compliance, Regulatory Offerings, Ethics, Procurement, Corporate Matters and the Services Areas aligned with the new offerings and technologies such as Strategy & Consulting, Interactive, Technology, Security and Operations.

Procurement Role Summary – Support the DCN Legal Team within CGS independently in India in reviewing, redlining, drafting and negotiating, terms and conditions through Procurement contracts/sub - contracts, agreements and other documents relevant to Procurement domain; and negotiating NDAs, contracts, Statements of Work and other documents relating to various operating groups in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, and customer requirements.

Management Level Description

Complexity:

• Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex problems. Typically creates 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 or team leads. Generally interacts with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture.

Authority: Requires minimal guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments.

Impact or Decision Impact: Decisions often impact the team in which they reside and occasionally impact other teams.

Scope:  Manages medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Generic Responsibilities

• Understands CORE area needs and priorities, strategy, objectives, and opportunities
• Good understanding of relevant company policies
• Enhance subject-matter experience in the concerned support area
• Act as a POC and escalation point for support area
• Understand, suggest, and encourage process improvements in the support area
• Collaborate with tech teams in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones
• Create checklists and other process documents
• Represent GLN, directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues
• Supervise the management of SharePoint and communication records
• Identify and drive trainings for the team for upskilling and professional development
• Support implementation of new initiatives in CORE support area or within Legal/GLN
• Build credible and effective relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team
• Drive recruitment efforts for the team
• Effectively manage direct reports and any assigned team, quick conflict resolution
• Provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team
• Provide team members with positive and developmental feedback
• Drive Talent Discussions for the assigned team/team members
• Commit to ‘give back’ to GLN/Legal.

Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role

• Act as the first point of escalation for support area
• Establish strong credibility and relationship with Legal/Legal Services team and with business and/or external Clients
• Negotiating, drafting and reviewing of all procurement contracts/subcontracts, affiliate addendum, proposals, agreements, flow downs and other documents relevant to Procurement domains and performing specific research based on internal stakeholder’s requirements
• Maintain contract/subcontract compliance in line with company policies and procedures and ensure issues are timely escalated to line manager and resolved
• Identify process improvements in Procurement domain and lead team in drafting checklists and process documents
• Directly liaising with internal stakeholders and deal teams on various legal issues
• Provide training/on job training to the new joiners of the Procurement team

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law

Certifications and Membership:

• Compliance related global professional certification considered a plus

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 7 to 10 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing

Work Requirements:

• Travel may be required
• Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skills.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrate very good interpersonal skills
• Take ownership, and drive tasks to closure
• Demonstrate promptness, accuracy and consistency with the activities supported
• Detail-oriented, sound judgement, and flexible
• Strong time management, prioritization, organizational, skills
• Able to work with internal and external teams, and understands delivery requirements
• Able to take end to end ownership of projects and teams on function specific processes
• Good understanding of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed
• Good understanding of commercial agreements, legal and compliance fundamentals
• Good understanding of corporate business practices and contracting regulations
• Comfortable with technology and has experience in the use of tools & databases
• Ability to work under pressure, with exposure to senior management
• Effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations
• Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments.

BEHAVIOURS:

• 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.

RELATIONSHIP AND REPORTING:

Supervises:

• Team members providing services on a process/project or account/portfolio of accounts

External Relationships:

• Accenture Counsels, Client commercial, procurement, contract management, business executives, outside counsels, vendors, corporate function.

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