Buyside Contracting Counsel Specialist

About the Role

This role involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating buyside agreements and related documentation for procuring various goods and services. The focus is on ensuring contractual risks are identified and addressed in compliance with Accenture's policies and standards, leveraging analytics to speed up the contract review process and calibrate risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate buyside agreements and related documentation with Accenture vendors.
• 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.
• Ensure compliance with Accenture's vendor contracting standards, applicable laws, and business requirements.
• Identify and address contractual risks in compliance with Accenture's policies and standards.
• Leverage analytics to speed up the contract review process and calibrate contract risk.
• Develop subject-matter knowledge and proficiency in the support area, acting as a POC.
• Liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues and build effective relationships.
• Support recruitment efforts, supervise resources, and assist with people management.
• Provide positive and developmental feedback to team members.
• Identify and support specific trainings for the team.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to junior team members.
• Support the implementation of new initiatives within Legal Buyside Contracting or GLN/Legal.
• Manage SharePoint and communication records.
• Customize existing templates to suit business requirements while ensuring compliance with local laws and Accenture's supplier contracting standards.
• Review supplier templates, identify deviations to Accenture's supplier contracting standards, and highlight risks to the business.
• Participate in negotiations, representing the company's interests and interfacing with vendor negotiating teams.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as deal teams, Solution Architects, Procurement, HR, Workplace, Finance, Marketing & Communications.
• Collaborate with external parties such as suppliers and external counsel.
• Help stakeholders understand contractual clauses, their interpretation, and applicability.
• Advise the Business from a legal perspective on contractual risks.
• Conduct gap analysis and create legal risk assessments by identifying and flagging potential risks and non-negotiable clauses.
• Provide recommendations to the Business and stakeholders to mitigate risks.
• Structure legal transactions to be advantageous from a contracting and business perspective.
• Escalate to SME/leadership on deals as needed.

Complexity

• 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 as it relates to team goals.
• Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor.
• May interact with peers and/or management levels within Accenture.

Scope

• Manages small teams and/or work efforts at a client or within Accenture.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• SharePoint
• Analytics tools (implied for leveraging analytics)

Qualifications

• None explicitly stated.