Contracting Counsel Associate Manager
Accenture
Job Summary:
Reviews, drafts and negotiates a large number of client transactions of various levels of complexity within a corporate environment. Advises company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior contracting professionals.
- Stay abreast of contracting developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s contracting practices
- Educate company executives in regard to contracting and risk management issues
- Represent the company’s interests and interface directly with client negotiating teams
- Strategize with company executives prior to client negotiations
- Structure client transactions to be most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective
- Advise, and consult company executives based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a business opportunity
- Develop internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various contracting and business issues
- Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Contracting and/or our business
- Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
Relationships:
Reports to:
MU Contracting Lead
Supervises:
May supervise Associate Managers and/or Specialists, where required.
External Relationships:
Client Executives and negotiating teams.
Qualifications:
Education:
College degree required; advanced degree in law, business or contract management preferred.
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 6 years relevant industry experience including a minimum of 3 years of contracting experience in an appropriate fast-paced corporate environment is essential. Consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing experience is preferred.
- Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions
- Experience negotiating Intellectual Property issues
Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
- Independently manage drafting transactional documents and correspondence
- Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management
- Basic understanding of Intellectual Property issues as they apply to consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions
- Able to present alternatives and proposed solutions
- Responsive and follows through on commitments
- Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
- Ability to apply judgment to broaden influence
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in Spanish and English
- Proficient in MS Office suite of products
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Oportunidades Iguais de Emprego
Todas as decisões de recrutamento e contratação devem ser tomadas sem levar em consideração idade, raça, credo, cor, religião, sexo, nacionalidade, ascendência, status de invalidez, condição de veterano, orientação sexual, identidade ou expressão de gênero, informação genética, estado civil, status de cidadania ou qualquer outra base protegida por leis federais, estaduais ou locais.
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