Strategic Growth Initiatives Counsel Associate Manager

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Be part of the team that delivers 360º value to our people, clients, and communities.
More than working in a multidisciplinary team, your roles and responsibilities will include supporting the strategy, creation, and innovation of personalized deliveries.
All Corporate Functions professionals receive dedicated training to broaden their business vision and develop technical skills.
Over $900 million is invested in the training and development of our people.
Note: For this position, it is necessary to attach your resume in English.

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is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
Accenture will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Accenture encourages applicants of all ages.

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 GLN 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 and the Services Areas aligned with the new offerings and technologies.

Job Summary:

Strategic Growth Initiatives, Role Summary – Global Services Legal (GSL)

Includes delivering subject matter guidance, support, and solutions to legal and business teams, covering the services and/or areas such as the following: Technology Innovation, Assets & Solutions, Security, Cloud, Song, Metaverse, Sustainability Industry X, Strategy & Consulting, and Operations.
Candidates may apply to the concerned above-mentioned areas.

Talent Segment:

Accenture's businesses are powered by gathering, using and managing data, particularly in an era of expansion of AI.
This requires data strategy, governance and sourcing – as well as risk and compliance frameworks for responsible use of data and AI.

This Counsel supports that strategy, acquisition, use and governance of data for all of Accenture's businesses.

Management Level Description

Complexity:

Requires analysis and solving of complex problems.
Typically creates new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures.

Requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals.

Interaction is with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture, involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach.

Authority:

Some latitude in decision-making.
Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.

Impact or Decision Impact:

Decisions have a major day-to-day impact on area of responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

Generic Responsibilities:

Excellent understanding of Legal/GLN, and GSL area needs, goals, strategy, and opportunities, with very good understanding of relevant company policies.

Enhance subject-matter knowledge and proficiency in the concerned support area, act as a point of contact and escalation point for support area, understand, suggest, and encourage process improvements in the support area, build credible and effective relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team.

Supervise the management of SharePoint and communication records, ensure creation of checklists and other process documents.

Identify and implement new initiatives in GSL support area or within Legal/GLN, ability to represent GLN, directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues, identify and drive trainings for the team for upskilling and professional development.

Provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team, effective management of direct reports and team; quick conflict resolution, provide feedback to team members and drive talent discussions for the team.

Collaborate with tech team in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones, supervise implementation of new initiatives in CGS support area or within Legal/GLN, and commit to 'give back' to GLN/Legal.

Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role:

Offerings & Solutions:

Collaborate with GSL teams to support the approach to service and product offering reviews related to Data, by conducting assessments and providing recommendations and tools that mitigate risks while enabling desired outcomes for the business.

Business Risk:

Provide risk assessments and recommendations to the applicable business team, including on implementation of risk management practices.

Regulatory Compliance:

Collaborate with enabling regulatory compliance.
Create and enable best practice standards, frameworks and processes for Data related offering development reviews.

Client Opportunity:

Enable Accenture's Sales & Delivery Legal team to efficiently handle day-to-day contracting, including developing contracting templates and guidance and providing SME support to deal teams.

Ventures & Acquisitions (V&A):

Supporting Accenture's V&A legal and business teams in evaluation of Data issues for acquisition targets.

Strategic Alliance & Partnerships:

Interact with Resale and/or Strategic Partnering teams to help shape new strategic alliances and partnerships.

Responsible Business:

Work with other teams and participate in initiatives to create frameworks related to cutting edge, cross-industry topics that address technology, ethics, human rights, legal and societal issues.

Business Operations Projects:

Provide legal support to business-owned enterprise initiatives/programs.

Other responsibilities may include:

(a) providing legal advice to Accenture business teams and to deal facing professionals, (b) independently drafting, analyzing, reviewing and/or negotiating agreements, (c) performing legal research of laws and regulations, (d) assisting with contract benchmarking, (e) helping produce and/or deliver trainings, (f) leading specific ad-hoc projects.

External Relationships:

Accenture legal counsels, client commercial, procurement, contract management, business executives, outside counsels, vendors, corporate function.

Qualifications:

Education:

Graduate Law degree (JD) and admission in good standing with applicable bar association(s).

Work Experience:

Minimum of 6 years of experience at law firms or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

Experience at a law firm and/or as in-house counsel or in legal outsourcing, with special focus on product and offering counsel work.

Strong understanding of Intellectual Property (IP) concepts and experience in content review and clearances.

Experience in managing end-to-end projects and teams on function specific processes.

Demonstrate very good interpersonal skills, drive tasks to closure, is detail-oriented, with sound judgement, adaptable, with strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.

Good understanding of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed.

Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments.

Strong interest in learning about emerging technologies.

Proficient in the use of MS Office Suite of products, specially highly proficient in using MS PPT.

Have a proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.

Have negotiation skills, including internally within the company and with customers or suppliers.

Demonstrate good judgment, an ability to prioritize and make decisions.

Ability to design and shape presentations to executive leadership.

Specific Talent Segment Skills:

Data Strategy Legal:

Experience of relevant attorney work, including inbound technology transactional experience.

Behaviors and Attributes:

Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations.

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.

Team player, proactive, collaborative and persuasive.

Work Requirements:

Travel may be required.

Proficiency in English with strong oral and written communication skills.

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