Buyside Contracting Counsel Specialist

About the Role

Draft, review, and negotiate buyside agreements and related documentation for procuring various goods and services. Ensure contractual risks are identified and addressed in compliance with Accenture's policies and standards. Leverage analytics to speed contract review and calibrate risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate supplier/buyside agreements and related documentation with Accenture suppliers.
• Procure goods and services including, but not limited to: Contractors, Human Resources Support, IT & Telecom, Marketing & Communications, Workplace Support (Facilities & Services), Software as a Service.
• Customize existing templates to suit business requirements, ensuring compliance with applicable local laws and Accenture’s supplier’s contracting standards.
• Review supplier templates and highlight deviations to Accenture’s supplier’s contracting standards that pose risks to Accenture operations.
• Participate in negotiations, representing the company's interests and interfacing directly with negotiating teams from suppliers, third parties, subcontractors, etc.
• Liaise and collaborate with internal stakeholders such as deal teams, Solution Architects, Procurement, HR, Workplace, Finance, Marketing & Communications.
• Interface with external parties such as suppliers and external counsel.
• Help stakeholders understand contractual clauses in terms of interpretation and applicability.
• Advise the Business from a legal perspective to address potential contractual risks.
• Conduct gap analysis and create legal risk assessments by identifying and flagging potential risks and non-negotiable clauses.
• Provide recommendations to Business and stakeholders to minimize or mitigate risks.
• Structure legal transactions to be most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective.
• Escalate issues to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)/leadership.
• Develop subject-matter knowledge and proficiency in the support area, acting as a POC.
• Directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues, building credible and effective relationships.
• Support recruitment efforts for the team, supervise resources, and assist Team/Group leads in people management.
• Provide positive and developmental feedback to team members.
• Identify and support specific training for the team, providing coaching and mentoring to junior members.
• Support the implementation of new initiatives in Legal Buyside Contracting or within Legal/GLN.
• Manage SharePoint and communication records.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Accenture vendor's contracting standards
• Accenture's supplier’s contracting standards
• Accenture's policies and standards
• SharePoint

Qualifications

• Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex problems.
• May create new solutions, leveraging and adapting existing methods and procedures.
• Requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management.
• Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor.
• May interact with peers and/or management levels within Accenture.
• Manages small teams and/or work efforts.