Geographic Legal Counsel Associate Manager

Accenture PLC; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a senior legal/compliance professional to act as the Netherlands local legal advisor within the GCC NLN team. You will support the board, advise on regulatory changes, and coordinate with global legal functions on complex compliance matters.

The role requires a Master’s in Dutch Law, 5+ years in law either at a firm or in-house, native Dutch and fluent English, with cross-border collaboration experience and a strong focus on risk and compliance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Dutch Law.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience at a law firm or as in-house counsel.
• Native Dutch speaker and fluency in English.
• Skills in any Nordic language is a plus.
• Experience in generic legal in-house matters including risk, compliance and legal research.

Responsibilities

• Act as local legal advisor across compliance and corporate domains.
• Act as local legal advisor and point of contact for cross-legal-area reviews related to internal data processing.
• Understand and apply Accenture policies to ensure compliance as the Netherlands’ local legal generalist.
• Provide legal/compliance advice to leadership and business teams in NL and NLN region.
• Follow and advise on local regulatory guidelines and changes in law.
• Identify potential legal/compliance vulnerabilities and develop corrective action plans.
• Collaborate with regional and global legal teams to address issues.
• Supervise management of SharePoint, Teams sites, and training materials.

Skills

Dutch Law

English fluency

Compliance

Legal research

Cross-cultural

Team leadership

Education

Master’s in Dutch Law

Job description

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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As a team:

The Geographic Compliance and Corporate (“GCC”) Team are the local business enablers. We overseeeach country’s legal and regulatory compliancestrategiesas the platform for Accenture’s sustainable growth and in so doing we work with a global network of GCC lawyers.

The Netherlands GCC Team continually adapts to support the business, primarily in the Netherlands - but also in the broader Netherlands & Nordics (“NLN”) region - to address new legal challenges as the business continues to innovate.

We advise on compliance and corporate matters, and we are first point of contact for the most senior leadership and for corporate functions in the Netherlands (Finance, Tax, HR, Workplace, Marketing and IT). We advise on corporate citizenship initiatives that engage with our community and wider society.

On the Complianceside we enableour businesses to operate legally and responsibly inthe local context. We assist in the implementation of both global and local compliance programs in the areas of anti-corruption, data privacy and AI, government compliance, ethics, CSR/Environment and competition law. We monitor regulatory developments to ensure compliance with all applicable legislation.

We collaborate seamlessly with other legal experts across the global Accenture legal team.

On the Corporate side we support and advise the board of our operating companies on its responsibilities and work with our Ventures and Acquisition team to integrate acquired businesses post-acquisition.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture thatthrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunitiesthat candrive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

You will report directly to the GCC Lead for the NLN region, who is also based in the Netherlands.

Specific Responsibilities aligned to the Role

• Act as local legal advisor across various legal areas within the compliance and corporate domains.

• Act specifically as local legal advisor and point of contact for cross legal area reviews related to Accenture internal data processing e.g. platforms, applications, tools and systems.

• Understand and apply Accenture policies to ensure compliance and act as local legal generalist for the Netherlands.

• Provide legal / compliance advice to Accenture Corporate Functions, to leadership and business teams in the Netherlands and the broader NLN region.

• Actively follow and advise on local regulatory guidelines and changes in law.

• Identify potential areas of legal/compliance vulnerability and risk, develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution and provide guidance on how to avoid or deal with such issues from a local legal perspective.

• Collaborate and consult with other legal functions, both on a regional and global level, to ensure key legal/compliance issues are identified and sent to appropriate channels for review (e.g. Employment Legal).

• Supervise management of SharePoint, Teams sites and communication records, ensure regular updates of training materials or other process documents for the region.

• Identify and implement new initiatives in the GCC area, direct liaison with internal stakeholders.

Qualifications and language skills:

• Master’s degree in Dutch Law.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience at a law firm or as in-house counsel.

• Native Dutch speaker and fluency in English.

• Skills in any Nordic language is a plus.

Knowledge and skill requirements:

• Experience in generic legal in-house matters, including but not limited to risk identification and mitigation, compliance, legal research.

• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills, promptness, accuracy and consistency, drive tasks to closure, detail-oriented, with sound judgement, adaptable, with strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.

• Able to work with internal and external teams, and understands delivery requirements, takes end-to-end responsibility of projects/audits on function specific processes.

• Good understanding of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed, of commercial agreements, legal and compliance fundamentals, of corporate business practices and contracting regulations.

• Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments, ability to work under pressure, with exposure to senior management.

• Effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations.

• Comfortable with technology and experienced in the use of AI tools.

Behavior and Attributes

• Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout Accenture’s globalorganization.

• Open to learning and exploring new fields of expertise, also cross-border within the NLN region.

• Hands on approach towards utilizing new AI technologies.

• Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring toAccenture.

• Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/orsexuality.

• Able to work independently and take decisions.

• Team player, collaborative and persuasive.