Contracting Specialist

Accenture PLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Lawyer specializing in complex commercial transactions to review, draft, and negotiate master services, outsourcing, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing, SaaS, data transfer agreements, and cloud-related contracts in a fast-paced corporate environment.

You will collaborate with senior CLPs, educate executives on legal risk, and contribute to standardized templates and playbooks while staying current on industry developments impacting digital,

Qualifications

• Understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics.
• Ability to manage a large volume of transactions autonomously.
• Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements.
• Understanding of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management.
• Strong executive presence.
• Knowledge of contracting/risk issues including IP in digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Structure, negotiate, and close client transactions with autonomy and advise executives on legal risks.
• Strategize with senior CLPs and internal clients before negotiations.
• Stay updated on developments affecting the company and synthesize for transactional practices.
• Develop subject matter expertise in areas benefiting Legal and business.
• Help develop internal guidelines, toolkits, and knowledge capital on legal issues.
• Support and implement Legal Group initiatives; evolve contracting attributes.

Skills

Negotiation strategy

Autonomy in transactions

Drafting tech agreements

Finance & accounting basics

Executive presence

Contracting risk & IP

Oral and written communication

Education

Law Degree

Job description

Job Summary:

Review, draft, and negotiate several types of contractual agreements in a fast-paced corporate environment which may include: 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. Team with more senior CLPs in supporting more complex contracts and deal structures. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help to structure, negotiate and close client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective with autonomy and educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues
• Strategize with senior CLPs and internal business clients prior to client negotiations
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
• Develop subject matter experience 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 experience in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional

Relationships:

Reports to: Contracting Lead for the MU

Supervises: No direct supervisory responsibility
External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel

Qualifications:

• Law Degree
• Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
• Minimum 2 years of experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility, such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions with autonomy
• Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements
• Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management
• Strong executive presence
• Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Additional Desirable Criteria:

• 5-8 years of experience in legal services (for applicants in GLN)

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. [REMOVE IF REQUIRED PER LOCAL PROCESS]

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