Geographic Legal Counsel Specialist Data Privacy
Role Summary – To provide comprehensive legal support to internal teams, which includes support on Accenture policies and processes, compliance, legal research and legal judgements, using various tools and methodologies. Focus on compliance with Data Privacy laws and internal policies and risk mitigation.
Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role
- Act as local Data Privacy specialist for different geographies and/or teams, understanding local laws and global company policies to ensure compliance.
- Act as local Data Privacy legal advisor and point of contact for cross legal areas reviews related to internal data processing e.g. platforms, applications, tools and systems. Obtain a deep understanding of the program/project from a technical perspective to be able to provide relevant Data Privacy legal advice.
- Identify potential areas of legal/compliance vulnerability and risk, develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues and provide guidance on how to avoid or deal with such issues from a general legal perspective.
- Collaborate and consult with all legal areas (from a global and local perspective) to ensure key legal/ compliance issues are identified and sent to appropriate channels for investigation and review.
- Provide legal support to Accenture Corporate Functions and other areas on local & global legal matters. Provide legal advice and guidance and respond to inquiries made by various internal teams such as Workplace Solutions, Marketing & Communication, HR, Corporate Citizenship, CIO, IT and business teams, among others, on their daily operation.
- Provide Legal advice and support various areas of Accenture in the Compliance area, supporting with local Ethics & Compliance matters, Anticorruption, Competition Law, Regulatory, Data Privacy, Accenture’s policies, Intellectual Property, conflicts of interests and reviews of Codes of Conduct, among others.
- Support the provision of training to Accenture teams on matters related to the support to the Corporate Functions.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Law
Work Experience: Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience at law firms or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing.
Language: Fluency in English
Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
- Holds law degree and experience in legal compliance matters in relevant area of law;
- Expertise in Data Privacy laws and practices, including but not limited to risk identification and mitigation, compliances, contracts and legal research.
- Demonstrate sound judgment, ability to make decisions and an elevated level of common sense.
- Strong legal advice and drafting skills.
- Able to recommend high quality and timely advice for risk mitigation by efficiently assessing business and legal implications
- Demonstrate promptness, accuracy, consistency, and drives tasks to closure
- 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, tools & databases, including Microsoft Office applications
Behaviors 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.
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