Overview
Specialism IFS - Internal Firm Services - Other
Job Description & Summary At PwC, our people in legal services offer comprehensive legal solutions and advice to internal stakeholders and clients, maintaining compliance with regulations and minimising legal risks. These individuals provide strategic guidance and support across various industries. Those in contracting at PwC will oversee, draft, and negotiate contracts to assist in compliance and mitigate risks for the organisation. Your work will involve strong analytical and communication skills to effectively manage contractual agreements.
Industry/Sector Not Applicable
Management Level Senior Manager
Travel Requirements Not Specified
Job Posting End Date
Responsibilities
- Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
- Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
- Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
- Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
- Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
- Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
- Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
- Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Additional Responsibilities
Contract Specialists negotiate risk, legal, and commercial terms in services contracts with PwC's clients (sell-side contracts, not procurement). They collaborate with R&I risk management and PwC business teams to evaluate contract and related performance risks, educate stakeholders and clients on contract provisions, redline/negotiate contracts with clients' procurement, legal and outside counsel, and develop internal controls to ensure contract compliance.
Job Requirements and Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum Degree Required (BQ): High School Diploma
- Minimum Year(s) of Experience (BQ): 6 year(s) with a minimum of 5 years of experience managing contract negotiations of increasing complexity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree Preferred: Juris Doctorate
Preferred Knowledge/Skills
Demonstrates in-depth level abilities and/or a proven record of success managing efforts with identifying and addressing client needs:
- Leading the substantive negotiation of complex commercial contracts
- Reviewing and redlining detailed risk, legal, and commercial contract terms
- Understanding of managed services offerings and related contract terms and conditions, performance metrics, and experience with finance managed services, technology managed services, cyber managed services, or risk & regulatory managed services is desired but not required
- Exercising an entrepreneurial, problem-solving mentality and autonomy in managing contract negotiations
- Explaining contract terms and positions in a collaborative manner to internal stakeholders and external contract parties
- Driving process improvement by analyzing contracting approaches and improving contracting efficiency and overall experience
- Respecting and maintaining confidentiality of client, staff, and firm information
- Navigating independence and other regulatory issues related to audit firms
- Identifying and addressing stakeholder needs
- Building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of relationships
- Creating an atmosphere of trust and seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation
- Anticipating and facilitating quick resolution of issues
- Communicating in a way that influences individuals at all levels to accomplish collective goals
- Building and maintaining trust-based relationships with stakeholders and clients
- Meeting critical deadlines and exercising flexibly on priorities as needed
- Proactively spotting issues and acting independently to drive workstreams and projects forward
Travel Not Specified
End Not Provided