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Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

AccentureToronto, ON
Il y a 27 jours
Type de contrat
  • Temps plein
Description de poste

Job Title : Contracting Counsel Senior Attorney

Career Level : 6-Senior Manager

Workforce : Corporate Functions

Talent Segment : Legal & Commercial

Specialty : Sales & Delivery - Contracting

ABOUT ACCENTURE :

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 742,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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Contracting Legal Professionals (CLP) in Accenture's Corporate Functions organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and commercial counsel in support of Accenture's business. CLPs identify and help manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies, while providing guidance and negotiating contracts leveraging commercial and market relevant positions.

JOB SUMMARY :

Lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment including : master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. Advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. Manage and advise junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing Accenture's market-facing strategies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

  • Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture's largest and most complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
  • Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs and, in some cases, other senior CLPs
  • Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company's transactional practices
  • Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues
  • Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Legal and / or our business
  • Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues
  • Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
  • Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional

RELATIONSHIPS :

Reports to : Contracting Lead

Supervises : No direct supervisory responsibility

External Relationships : Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel

WORK REQUIREMENTS :

  • Travel required.
  • Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

    • QUALIFICATIONS :

  • Juris Doctorate (or equivalent)
  • Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
  • Minimum 8 years transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and / or outsourcing areas in a law firm or a corporate legal / transaction group
  • English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

    • PREFERRED SKILL :

  • Minimum of 4 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred
  • Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions
  • Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently
  • Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements
  • Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management

    • PROFESSIONAL SKILLS :

  • Strong executive presence
  • Good understanding of contracting / risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions; and
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related investigations, employment investigations, and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks
  • In-depth knowledge of local ethical / conduct / compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws
  • Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations
  • Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
  • Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian

    • About Accenture

    Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

    Our Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity

    At Accenture, inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and embedded in our core values. We are committed to creating a workforce where our people can feel comfortable, be themselves and contribute. Like Canada itself, Accenture employees represent a tremendous variety of cultures, ethnicities, beliefs, backgrounds and languages. We offer an inclusive environment regardless of personal characteristics such as ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age or disability.

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