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Job Description
The future workforce is an equal one – we are setting the goal to achieve a gender balanced workforce by 2025. Find out more here.” https://www.accenture.com/my-en/about/inclusion-diversity/gender-equality.
Accenture is an equal opportunity employer. We have an unwavering commitment to equality for all. Together, we are acting, we are leading, and we will drive change across the globe.
About Accenture
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 738,000 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. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Global Legal Network (GLN) is a group of professionals operating globally from 10 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services - focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across Accenture to build efficiencies and centres of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility and speed in our services, aligned to Accenture’s relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness.
CORE and Global Services (CGS) is a group of legal professionals working and supporting different legal areas such as Compliance, Regulatory Offerings, Ethics, Procurement, Corporate Matters, Resale, Strategic Partnering and the Services Areas aligned with the new offerings and technologies such as Strategy & Consulting, Interactive, Technology, Security and Operations.
Technology: Resale Role Summary – Accenture has a Resale program under which it resells third party technology to Clients. Support Accenture’s business in performing resale transactions by providing guidance in deal-shaping and subject matter expertise on agency resale. The role requires drafting, review and negotiation of resale agreements/legal documents with Partners and Clients following Accenture’s internal policies, procedures and applicable laws.
Generic Responsibilities
Understand the Global Services areas
Understand relevant company policies
Proactively enhance knowledge in context of the support area
Understand company's approval processes and ensures that all stakeholders are timely engaged and informed on the relevant process
Assist team in drafting checklists, process documents and generic tracking reports
Directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues
Recognize issues and provide timely escalation to Team Lead or appropriate stakeholders
Understand and suggest process improvements in the support area
Provide on the job training and support to the new joiners of the team
Supervise resources, as required
Support implementation of new initiatives in the support area or within Legal/GLN
Build credible and effective relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team
Support tech team in development of new tech tool or enhancement of existing ones
Manage SharePoint and communication records
Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role
Independently draft and review and, with minimum supervision, negotiate low complexity agreements and documents to be signed with partners and clients, including but not limited Non-Disclosure agreements, Affiliate Addendums, resale agreements, Resale teaming agreements, renewals and amendments, among others.
Analyze and propose solutions to low/medium-complexity contract issues.
Be able to identify and escalate issues.
Independently handle the communication with internal clients, business teams and stakeholders on various legal matters.
Maintain contract compliance in line with company policies and procedures and ensure issues are identified and resolved;
Require approvals when needed - in particular, ensuring that all stakeholders are fully informed and engaged on a timely basis with the process and associated responsibilities.
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Law.
Work Experience:
Minimum of 3 to 5 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
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE:
Experience in agreement drafting and review, identifying risks.
Basic awareness of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed
Understands commercial agreements, legal and compliance principles
Understands general corporate business practices and contracting regulations
Demonstrates promptness, accuracy and consistency with the activities supported
Demonstrates ability to work under pressure, with exposure to leadership
Able to assist with day to day support and to understand delivery requirements
Detail-oriented, sound judgement, prioritization, organized, and adaptable
Good at using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
Comfortable with technology and has experience in the use of tools & databases
Effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations
Demonstrates keenness to learn and train on new processes and areas
Team player who looks to build trust-based relationships; proactively helps new members
BEHAVIOURS:
Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout 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
Collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives
RELATIONSHIP AND REPORTING:
Supervises:
N/A
External Relationships:
Accenture Counsels, Contract Management, Business executives, outside counsels, partners and clients.
All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.
Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
If you choose to apply for this role, please note the special circumstances relating to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data.
In addition to the “Consent and Acknowledgment – Personal Data” terms and conditions set out in Accenture’s Workday webpage, if you apply for this role, we will be sharing your personal data with our client. While Accenture is the hiring entity, all candidates hired for this role will be working on Accenture’s project with the client (“Project”). As the client is separately hiring for this Project, your personal data will be shared with the client for the recruitment purposes of either party. Accenture and the client remain separate entities and all recruitment decisions are made independently and separately.
Locations
Bengaluru, Kuala Lumpur, Mandaluyong City
