Organization: Corporate Functions/Legal

Location: CAN Negotiable

Application Closed date: May 15, 2024

Followship Start date:  August 1, 2024

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 742,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. 

People in the Corporate Function contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.

Legal and Commercial Services professionals deliver and coordinate legal, contract and commercial advice and counsel in support of Accenture's or our clients' business, working to manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies.     

Key Responsibilities - Legal Senior Analyst "Chad Jerdee Fellowship

Accenture is offering a yearlong fellowship in its Legal Department to persons with disabilities and an interest in working in a corporate setting. Strong writing and communication skills are a must.

Chad Jerdee Fellows will rotate through two departments in Accenture Legal and will work under the supervision of Accenture Legal professionals.  There will be ample opportunity to interact with many legal departments during the fellowship.

Behaviors and Attributes

• Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout the 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-executive

Job Requirements:

• Travel may be required

• Cover letter must be submitted with application