Compliance and Ethics Counsel Specialist

Accenture; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Compliance Monitoring professional in Bengaluru to join the Ethics & Compliance team. The role involves executing monitoring activities across anti-corruption, data privacy, and other programs, using analytics to spot potential risks and prepare workpapers and scorecards.

You will help with remediation and escalation as needed. The candidate should have strong data analytics skills, excellent communication, and a detail-oriented approach to ensure accurate reporting and

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Excel with formulas, pivot tables, and macros.
• Experience with Power BI for data visualization.
• Ability to follow monitoring procedures and document work clearly.
• Experience in data analytics and identifying trends and risks.

Responsibilities

• Execute assigned compliance monitoring activities within defined scope.
• Prepare supporting workpapers and draft scorecard inputs.
• Summarize results and propose improvements; support remediation.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Written & verbal communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Main Responsibilities

This role will serve as a member of the Legal Compliance Monitoring team in Operations. Working with limited supervision and following defined procedures, the job holder will execute assigned compliance monitoring activities within the agreed scope for Accenture’s Ethics & Compliance programs, including Anticorruption, Anti-Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing, Competition Law, Confidentiality, Data Privacy, Data and AI, Government Compliance, and Trade Compliance. The role will use continuous auditing and analytics to identify potentially non-compliant transactions, data inconsistencies, trends, anomalies, and potential risks; prepare accurate and complete supporting workpapers and draft scorecard inputs; summarize results and opportunities for improvement; support remediation and action planning; and promptly elevate questions or significant issues. The role may also support pilot activities for new or expanded monitoring by performing testing, data analysis, and documentation and providing structured feedback under the guidance of the Associate Manager or Program Lead.

Type of Experience

Experience in Compliance Monitoring, Ethics & Compliance, Audit, Internal Controls, Risk Management, Governance, or a related assurance function is preferred. Relevant experience in data analytics is also valued, including sourcing, organizing, and analyzing data; identifying facts, findings, trends, and anomalies; documenting work accurately; and drafting clear, evidence-based conclusions for review.

Technical and Personal Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, International Relations, Law, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field. Equivalent relevant professional experience may also be considered.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas and pivot tables; experience with macros and data visualization tools, preferably Power BI, is desirable
• Ability to follow defined monitoring procedures, apply compliance, audit, controls, or risk concepts, and clearly document the work performed
• Experience preparing complete and accurate workpapers, supporting evidence, and draft reporting or scorecard inputs
• Familiarity with continuous monitoring, continuous auditing, controls testing, or compliance testing methodologies is desirable
• Ability to contribute improvement ideas based on execution experience and support approved updates to procedures and job aids
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to coordinate assigned activities and meet agreed deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain assigned analyses and results to stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, including the ability to identify data inconsistencies, trends, anomalies, and potential risks and elevate them appropriately
• Ability to work effectively in situations involving ambiguity, seeking guidance and escalating questions when appropriate
• Professional proficiency in English

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 approximately 791,000 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

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