Ethics and Compliance Data Privacy Specialist

Accenture in India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in India seeks a data privacy professional to conduct reviews, support program implementation, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders. You will work independently yet collaborate with teams, manage processes, and respond to regulatory enquiries while presenting updates to leadership.

Responsibilities include drafting compliance templates, coordinating requirements, handling DP risk assessments, and supporting due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data privacy reviews and support program implementation.
• Communicate and liaise with internal/external stakeholders, including outside counsels.
• Work mostly independently but collaborate effectively in a group.
• Demonstrate strong process management and improvement skills.
• Research data privacy regulatory requirements and internal processes.
• Support rights requests and regulatory enquiries.
• Present project updates to leadership and business stakeholders.
• Draft and improve compliance templates to implement data privacy laws.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to gather process requirements and advise on approaches.
• Act as project manager for new initiatives and ad-hoc improvements.
• Conduct privacy assessments and DP risk reviews to ensure compliance.
• Support due diligence and policy administration for ventures/acquisitions.
• Draft/review data privacy schedules within contracts.
• Track legal changes and prepare internal communications.
• Draft internal support documents.
• Assist with subject access/rights responses per policies.
• Support senior data privacy counsels.
• Understand Accenture policies and regulatory context.
• Know CORE areas and build credibility within Legal.
• Develop training on data privacy processes for teams.
• Provide tier 1 support for data privacy inquiries.

Job description

• Conduct data privacy reviews and support program implementation.
• Communicate and liaise regularly with different internal and external stakeholders, including outside counsels.
• Work mostly independently but must have good collaborative skills to work in a group.
• Strong process management skills and process improvement.
• Conduct research on data privacy regulatory requirements, internal process and related matters.
• Support individual rights requests and regulatory enquiries.
• Regular presentations about project updates to leadership and business stakeholders.

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.
• Follow and keep track of legal changes, news and developments related to data privacy laws at global level, analyze them including their impact and prepare internal materials and communications.
• Draft internal support documents.
• Identify and support subject access/individual rights request responses in alignment with internal policies and procedures.
• Support senior data privacy counsels.
• 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.
• Understand the different CORE (Compliance, Operations, Regulatory & Ethics) areas and the surrounding issues and statutory regulation. Build credibility and effective relationships internally within Legal team.
• Develop training for team members, Legal and other Accenture functions on data privacy processes or regulatory requirements.
• Serve as tier 1 support to inquiries about data privacy.