Job Summary:
Key Responsibilities
- Provide contract administration support for contract management processes on a specific project or account;
- Work with delivery and client counterparts to assist with day to day service delivery;
- Demonstrate the value of the contract management function with project or account teams;
- Drive process efficiency to current tasks and seeks innovative ways to improve performance of the team.
- Be a role model for contract management staff and demonstrate leadership qualities by participating in wider contract management activities
- May participate in the development and delivery of contract/commercial training modules for contract management staff on a specific project or account.
- Participate in the process to identify and solve commercial and contract risks and issues;
- Assist with reporting and documenting commercial and contract risks and issues in compliance with contract management processes and account delivery requirements;
- Escalate matters to Contract Management Lead in a timely and controlled fashion;
- Ensure compliance with contract management processes and project/account delivery requirements.
- Provide support for pre-award sales activities including supporting the development of responses to client RFPs or similar, working with business to draft contract schedules; and demonstrate basic knowledge of Accenture's service offerings and associated commercial considerations.
Leadership/Engagement:
- Provide contract administration support for contract management processes on a specific project or account;
- Work with delivery and client counterparts to assist with day to day service delivery;
- Demonstrate the value of the contract management function with project or account teams;
- Drive process efficiency to current tasks and seeks innovative ways to improve performance of the team.
- Be a role model for contract management staff and demonstrate leadership qualities by participating in wider contract management activities
Portfolio Support:
- May participate in the development and delivery of contract/commercial training modules for contract management staff on a specific project or account.
Risk & Issue Management:
- Participate in the process to identify and solve commercial and contract risks and issues;
- Assist with reporting and documenting commercial and contract risks and issues in compliance with contract management processes and account delivery requirements;
- Escalate matters to Contract Management Lead in a timely and controlled fashion;
- Ensure compliance with contract management processes and project/account delivery requirements.
Sales Support:
- Provide support for pre-award sales activities including supporting the development of responses to client RFPs or similar, working with business to draft contract schedules; and demonstrate basic knowledge of Accenture's service offerings and associated commercial considerations.
Contracting, Drafting and Negotiations:
- Assist with drafting and review of contractual documents (i.e., Statements of Work, Change Requests, Arrangement Letters, Subcontracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements (not exclusive, etc.) and collaborating with other internal organizations, working under the direction of a contract management lead where appropriate,
- Observe in negotiations.
Commercial and Contract Management Processes:
- Assist with implementing relevant contract management processes in a manner that is consistent with Accenture policies;
- Assist with identifying and applying relevant policies and procedures applicable to an account; and
- Work with delivery and finance leads to assist with identification and application of appropriate contract levers affecting revenue, cost and profit
Educational Requirement:
Must have:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree
Skills And Work Experience
Must Have:
- Commercial and Contract Management Knowledge and Experience
- Min 1-year post-graduation work experience in a professional capacity;
- Basic understanding of contract life cycle
- Understanding of commercial contracting principles and regulations
- Basic understanding of legal and compliance principles;
- Basic understanding of commercial agreements;
- Working knowledge of MS Tools (word, excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.).
- Legal and Contracting Knowledge:
- Basic understanding of general commercial contracting regulations and principles and subcontracting practices
- Basic knowledge and understanding of legal principles as they relate to commercial and contract management