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Contract Management is part of our Legal and Commercial Services. Our professionals bring innovative ideas to commercial reality with a focus on maximising value for all parties through a deep understanding of legal, business and commercial risks. We work alongside Accenture sales and delivery teams throughout the entire contract lifecycle to provide high quality advice and support for negotiation, drafting and ongoing management of client contracts.

We apply commercial and contractual expertise to lead the delivery of legal & commercial outcomes for our priority engagements and portfolios, including:

• Sales growth: expanding the footprint of our agreements and supporting new business;
• Revenue protection: delivering on our contractual commitments;
• Margin improvement: effectively managing commercial levers, risks and issues; and
• Compliance with contract obligations and Accenture policy.

Job Summary

Contract Senior Analysts must be capable of managing contracts, including subcontracts in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws and client business requirements.  Contract Senior Analysts are expected to work closely with Accenture business/client units and project teams and maintain a high level of visibility on the account as they perform their contract management responsibilities. 

Key Responsibilities

Engagement/Support:

• Provide contract administration support for contract management processes on a specific project or account;
• Work with delivery and client counterparts to assist with day to day service delivery;
• Demonstrate the value of the contract management function with project or account teams;
• Provide guidance to more junior contract management staff allocated to a specific project or account;

Risk & Issue Management:

• Participate in the process to identify and solve commercial and contract risks and issues;
• Assist with reporting and documenting commercial and contract risks and issues in compliance with contract management processes and account delivery requirements;

• Escalate matters to Contract Management Lead in a timely and controlled fashion;

Sales Support:

• Provide support for pre-award sales activities, support business with drafting contract schedules
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of Accenture's service offerings and associated commercial considerations.

Contracting, Drafting and Negotiation:

• Assist with drafting and review of contractual documents (i.e., Statements of Work, Change Requests, Arrangement Letters, Subcontracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements (not exclusive, etc.)) and collaborating with other internal organizations, working under the direction of a contract management lead where appropriate,
• support in negotiations (i.e. document preparation and consolidation, administration in the relevant tools).