Ethics and Compliance Counsel Specialist

Accenture in India; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in India is seeking a Compliance & Ethics Counsel Specialist for Data Privacy to conduct privacy reviews and support the implementation of the global data privacy program. This role requires regular communication and collaboration with internal stakeholders and external counsel.

While the position involves independent work, strong teamwork and communication skills are essential. You will lead privacy assessments, data subject rights support, regulatory inquiries, and prepare internal

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Analytical mindset for privacy research
• Project management and stakeholder coordination

Responsibilities

• Draft, design, and improve privacy processes and templates to implement data privacy laws
• Coordinate with stakeholders to collect requirements and advise on approaches
• Act as project manager for new initiatives and measure existing processes
• Conduct privacy assessments and DP impact assessments to ensure regulatory compliance
• Support due diligence and policy administration for ventures and acquisitions
• Draft and review data privacy schedules in contractual arrangements
• Monitor regulatory changes and prepare internal guidance and training materials
• Identify and respond to subject access requests in alignment with policies
• Develop training on data privacy processes for Legal and other functions
• Build credibility within the Legal team and understand CORE areas of compliance, operations, and regulatory ethics
• Support senior data privacy counsels in advisory matters and provide tier 1 data privacy inquiries support

Job description

The Compliance & Ethics Counsel Specialist for Data Privacy is responsible for conducting privacy reviews and supporting the implementation of the global data privacy program. This role requires regular communication and collaboration with internal stakeholders and external counsel. While the position involves considerable independent work, strong teamwork and communication skills are essential. Additionally, it contributes to process improvements, conducts privacy research, supports data subject rights and regulatory inquiries, and presents project updates to leadership and business teams.

Responsibilities Aligned To The Role

• Draft, design, align and improve compliance processes and templates to implement different data privacy laws and other requirements that come into effect.
• Coordinate with different stakeholders to understand and collect process requirements and advise on approaches.
• Act as a project manager for new initiatives and introduce measures for existing processes and ad-hoc initiatives.
• Conduct data privacy assessments, such as local country risk assessments, privacy reviews and/or DP Impact Assessments, to ensure compliance with data privacy program and regulations.
• Support ventures & acquisitions due diligence activities, and policy administration.
• Understand the contractual principles required to draft, review, and assist in negotiation data privacy schedules for contractual arrangements.
• Monitor legal developments, regulatory changes, and global trends related to data privacy, and analyze their impact on business operations and prepare internal guidance, communications, and training materials.
• Draft internal support documents.
• Identify and support subject access/individual rights request responses in alignment with internal policies and procedures.
• Understand relevant Accenture policies and their application to the data privacy area, and Accenture’s business operations, regulatory environment and potential data privacy risks in regulated areas.
• Develop training for team members, Legal and other Accenture functions on data privacy processes or regulatory requirements.
• Understand the different CORE (Compliance, Operations, Regulatory & Ethics) areas and the surrounding issues and statutory regulation. Build credibility and effective relationships internally within the Legal team.
• Support senior data privacy counsels in operational and advisory matters..
• Serve as tier 1 support to inquiries about data privacy and rescale issues appropriately.