Contract Associate - NRR 4542

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Requirements

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Travel may be required

Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skills.

Requires solving of routine problems, largely through precedent and referral to general guidelines.
Interaction is within own team and direct supervisor.

Responsibilities

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→Understand the CORE areas
→Understand relevant company policies
→Understand company's service offerings 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 liaising 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
→Support implementation of new initiatives in the support area or within Legal/GLN
→Build credible and effective relationships within GLN team
→Support tech team in development of new tech tool or enhancement of existing ones
→Manage SharePoint and communication records.

→Demonstrate review skills with minimal dependency on supervisor inputs.
→Reviewing of contracts/sub - contracts, proposals, agreements and other documents relevant to CORE functional area strictly on need basis for process compliance;
→Provide assistance in negotiating the access related documentation and other contracts in collaboration with the account CM or legal counsel, ensuring proper risk mitigation before permitting colocation arrangement for Accenture client and client’s third party
→End to end responsibility to conduct compliance and risk analysis - for commercial software used in project solutions; for usage of software, tools, applications developed by Accenture; for reusable technical assets (applications) for global licensing.
→Review, evaluate and recommend whether Accenture has right to reuse/redistribute software, tools, applications developed by Accenture, based on related third-party licenses and associated IP rights, and to define the scope and limits of Accenture's use and reuse of such assets.
→Review, evaluate and recommend, the rights and restrictions involved in a software license agreement, end user license agreement for both commercial and non-commercial software and analyze the associated risks in using the software on Accenture owned devices in accordance with the users intended scope of usage.
→Directly liaising with internal stakeholders and deal teams on various legal and commercial software licensing aspects.
→Understand process improvements in CORE support area and assist team in drafting checklists and process documents.
→Support implementation of new initiatives in License Management area or within Legal Services (in addition to allocated role).
→Understand company's service offerings in context of License Management area and ensure compliance with applicable company policies and procedure and regulatory environment.
→Independent handling of the requestors, understanding the business requirements and advising on the process compliance.
→Collaborating with internal stakeholders regularly for process improvement and tracking the requests and generating reports quarterly and annually for the senior management.
→Maintain process compliance in line with company policies and procedures and ensure issues are resolved and escalate to line manager with issues.

Bachelor’s degree in Law.

Compliance related global professional certification considered a plus.

Minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing.

Demonstrate promptness, accuracy and consistency with the activities supported
Able to assist with day-to-day support and to understand delivery requirements
Demonstrates ability to work under pressure, and effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations
Basic awareness of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed
Basic awareness of commercial agreements, legal and compliance principles
Awareness of general corporate business practices and contracting regulations
Detail-oriented, sound judgement, organized, and flexible
Demonstrates keenness to learn and train on new processes and areas
Good time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
Is a team player who looks to build trust-based relationships
Good at using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
Comfortable with technology and the use of tools & databases.

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.

Accenture Counsels, Client commercial, procurement, contract management, business executives, outside counsels, vendors, corporate function.

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