Ethics & Compliance (Anticorruption) Role Summary – To support the Anticorruption Team in driving various Business Intermediary (BI) or sub-contractor approval processes like conducting due diligence and drafting & review of reports. To handle responsibilities related to people and process management as required for the team.

Management Level Description:

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.

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

Impact or Decision Impact: Decisions often impact the team in which they reside.

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

Key Responsibilities:

Generic Responsibilities:

• Understand the CORE areas, relevant company policies.
• Develop subject-matter knowledge and proficiency in concerned support area and act as its POC.
• Directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues and build credible and effective relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team.
• Understand and suggest process improvements in the support area, support LTO/CIO in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones, assist team in drafting checklists and process documents, manage SharePoint and communication records.
• Support recruitment efforts for the team, supervise resources, and assist GLN Team Lead in people management, as required, provide team members with positive and developmental feedback.
• Identify and support any specific trainings for the team, provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team.
• Support implementation of new initiatives in CORE support area or within Legal/GLN, try to ‘give back’ to GLN/Legal.

Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role:

• Manage and supervise allocation of work and delegation of tasks to team, per bandwidth and requirement.
• Ensure timely implementation of Accenture policies and procedures.
• Ensure Business Sponsor and BI forms are completed correctly.
• Conduct due diligence and draft reports.
• Quality Check of BI reports prepared by team Members.
• Recognize issues and provide timely escalation to BI Team Lead, Anticorruption Counsels, or appropriate stakeholders/players.
• Communicate BI Process and issues clearly.
• Assist Team Lead in coordination activities, managing workload and planning organizational adjustments in the Team.
• Ensure compliance with Anticorruption covenants and internal policies.
• Manage low to high complexity BIs.
• Deliver regional training and help build key relationships with Business Sponsors and regional stakeholders.
• Help develop team members in higher complexity BIs by knowledge transfer and training.
• Ensure general understanding of BI process within/outside the team.
• Act as escalation point for issues related to BI and other similar processes.
• Provide effective assistance/training to Business Sponsors, to help them submit and obtain BI and other related approval.

Relationships:

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.

Qualification:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law

Certifications and Membership:

• Compliance related global professional certification considered a plus.

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 5 to 7 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.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Good experience at law firm and/or as in-house counsel in various Compliance areas; experience in anticorruption, preferred.
• Understand Accenture offerings and function specific services, general basic corporate business practices, contracting regulations, commercial agreements, legal and compliance fundamentals.
• Ability to recommend high quality and timely advice for risk mitigation by efficiently assessing business and legal implications.
• Ability to work under pressure, and effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations, build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments, and able to effectively influence senior management.
• Demonstrate promptness, accuracy, consistency with the activities supported, and drives tasks to closure.
• Able 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 skills.
• Comfortable with technology and has experience in tools & databases, with proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

Behavior and Attributes:

• Understand cross-cultures and open to work with team members across the globe.
• 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.
• Collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives.