Contract Specialist

About the Role

Contract Management is part of Accenture's Legal and Commercial Services. Professionals in this area bring innovative ideas to commercial reality, focusing on maximizing value for all parties through a deep understanding of legal, business, and commercial risks. They work alongside Accenture sales and delivery teams throughout the entire contract lifecycle, providing high-quality advice and support for negotiation, drafting, and ongoing management of client contracts.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead contract management teams at all levels across large projects and accounts.
• Collaborate with account leadership, client commercial, and business stakeholders to understand client needs, priorities, account strategy, objectives, and opportunities.
• Develop contract management staff across multiple projects and accounts, supporting performance management activities.
• Take accountability for the identification, escalation, and resolution of commercial and contract risks and issues, working with leadership to ensure the best outcome for all parties.
• Engage in pre-award sales activities, assist with deal shaping, and negotiate commercial and contractual outcomes with sales teams and business leadership, including contract drafting support.
• Act as a client-facing role, building trusted relationships with client counterparts.

Focus Areas

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

Qualifications

• Client facing responsibilities.
• Building trusted relationships with client counterparts.