Contracting Legal Professionals (CLP) in Accenture’s
Corporate Functions organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and
commercial counsel in support of Accenture's business. CLPs identify and help manage
and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and
company policies, while providing guidance and negotiating contracts leveraging
commercial and market relevant positions.
Job
Summary:
Review,
draft, and negotiate several types of contractual agreements in a fast-paced
corporate environment which may include: master services agreements,
outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing
agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals
and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems
integration and agile development. Team with more senior CLPs in supporting more complex contracts and deal
structures. Act, and continuously evolve as, a
knowledgeable and trusted advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with
transactions.
Key
Responsibilities:
- Independently, and help to, structure, negotiate and
close client transactions in short time frame to be most advantageous from
a legal and business perspective
- Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its
clients, and industries
- Educate and advise company executives with respect to
legal and risk management issues
based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a
business opportunity
- Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas
that benefit Legal and/or our business
- Participate in developing
internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various
legal and business issues
- Support, promote and implement Legal and/or Contracting
Group initiatives
- Embrace and evolve to gain
expertise in the 7 Contracting attributes: Pathfinder, Architect,
Business-Minded, Nonconformist, Inspired, Relevant and Tech Enabled.
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External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams;
Outside Counsel, TPS Strategize with internal business
clients prior to client negotiations
- Represent the company’s interests
and interface directly with client negotiating teams
Relationships:
Reports to: Market Unit Contracting Lead
Supervises: No
direct supervisory responsibility
