Manager-Assistant Director - Commercial Contracting

EY; India; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in India invites you to join the GDS GCO Enablement team as Assistant Director/Manager Commercial Contracting. You will work with GCO attorneys, support EY's business on vendor contracts, and provide strategic legal guidance to senior leaders.

Responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, negotiating procurement contracts, coordinating with cross-functional teams (tax, data privacy, information security), mentoring junior team members, and ensuring EY policies are followed across

Qualifications

• LL.B is required.
• Experience drafting and negotiating procurement contracts, especially IT-related.
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders and provide strategic guidance.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate procurement contracts (EY and global network).
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (tax, data privacy, information security).
• Provide business and legal advice to stakeholders and end users.
• Mentor junior team members and help in allocation of work.
• Ensure contractual documentation complies with EY policies.

Skills

Leadership

Contract drafting

Vendor contracts

IT contracts

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Team mentoring

English communication

Education

LL.B.

Job description

At EY, youll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And were counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Job Title

Assistant Director/Manager Commercial Contracting

Qualification

LL. B (professional qualification)

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing team within EY. Part of the GDS GCO Enablement team in India, the role will involve working with legal/Global General Counsels Office (GCO) attorneys, and support EYs business on vendor contracts. You will provide legal support to the business and become a trusted adviser of stakeholders (often at senior leadership level).

You will be expected to assess and understand how risks can be best managed and mitigated. You will also be managing a team of legal professionals and would be expected to coach and guide the team members to enable them to efficiently deliver on their goals.

Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, finalising and advising on procurement contracts (for EY and its global network member firms) and shall include:

• IT contracts for multiple EY divisions and variety of technologies (such as AI, robotics, analytics), including: Software License contracts, Hosted software/hosted services agreements; External Data Agreement; IT Services agreements; Software support agreements; SLAs
• Excellent knowledge of negotiating technology contracts plus hands-on experience in complex transactions, preferably from an in-house team of an IT company
• Providing business and legal advice and guidance to stakeholders and end users regarding potential issues stemming from new and existing contracts.
• Working with internal stakeholders to develop strategies to address issues identified.
• Communicating progress, challenges, risks and benefits to appropriate management levels and affected user groups and other members of the GCO in the affected jurisdictions.
• Understanding practice and business goals and how they impact the types of products and services procured.
• Coordinating with cross functional teams (tax, data privacy, information security) as part of the contract finalisation process.
• Ensuring that accurate and sufficient contractual documentation is developed to effectively document the commercial transactions and to protect EYs interests.
• Understanding the relevant EY policies the transactions and how contract drafting, negotiation and execution are impacted by those policies (Independence, Procurement, Data Privacy, etc.).
• Ensuring that all contractual documents developed are compliant with EY policies.
• Managing teams workflow and propose process improvements, automations and efficiencies.
• Maintaining an understanding of the impact of changes in EY policies, organizational structure, and procedures.
• Mentoring junior team members
• Assisting in allocation

Skills and attributes for success:

• Demonstrate unquestionably high standard of ethics, integrity, and values
• Be able to manage stakeholder expectations in a high-pressure, changing environment while maintaining a calm, professional working style
• Possess excellent leadership skills including the ability to inspire and motivate others by recognizing outstanding performers
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, including creativity and innovative thinking
• Possess excellent communication skills (oral and written) in English, strong interpersonal and presentation skills interacting with senior stakeholders
• Be able to summarize complex, technical concepts into communications that can be understood by the team and other stakeholders
• Feel comfortable and confident in a challenging global environment (face-to-face and virtual), and be sensitive to cross-cultural differences and current international events
• Demonstrate flexible teaming skills (both face to face and in a virtual setting), e.g., be able to translate guidelines from leadership into well-structured, practical and clear instructions for others
• Bring innovation to improve processes and work products, can adapt quickly when required.
• Excellent negotiations skills - It would also be preferable if the candidates had at least some experience negotiating with the big box vendors (IBM, Microsoft, SAP, etc);
• Ability to assess size, scope and overall risk of contemplated transactions and .