Job Summary:
Legal Buyside Contracting Role Summary – To provide comprehensive legal support to Procurement and Business teams which includes drafting, reviewing, negotiation and execution of contracts, NDA’s and other documents relevant to procurement support in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws and customer requirements. Provide advisory support to procurement and business teams by driving the creation of templates, standardize the templates, maintain and continuously improve the standard contracts templates and procedures for complex buyside deals in accordance with changing laws and company policies. Develop specialized subject-matter expertise in support area to seamlessly address any potential risks or issues.
Management Level Description
Complexity :
· Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates solutions in situations in which analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
· Requires adherence to strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals.
· Interaction is with senior management of the team, internal stakeholders third party vendors, contractors subcontractors etc., involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach..
Authority : Some latitude in decision-making. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
Impact or Decision Impact : Decisions have a major day to day impact on area of responsibility.
Scope : Manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role).
Key Responsibilities:
Generic Responsibilities
Collaborate with other functional leads, sub leads to strategize and develop additional capabilities and create efficiencies within the team
Manage the team and performance related aspects of the team (not applicable to individuals working as an independent contributor) Supervise the management of SharePoint and communication records, ensure creation of checklists and other process documents
Effective management of team, including execution of performance management of direct reportees, sub leads, rewarding high performance and correcting deficiencies, demonstrate ability to manage conflict effectively and achieve required team utilization levels
Regularly conducts audit of the work done by the team members, provides reports to the leadership on the gaps observed. Responsible for ensuring such gaps are closed by the respective team members.
Understand company's approval processes in context of the services and ensure that all stakeholders are timely engaged and informed on the relevant process including understanding the Code of Business Ethics (COBE), Data Privacy &, Information Security Anti-Corruption Laws and related policies and apply the same to ensure compliance and manage the Accenture deals within the procurement or Corporate Functions domain.
Create and develop training materials for the team as well as to the internal stakeholders to ensure transactions are completed in accordance with applicable company policies, procedures and local laws.
Work with the leadership team closely to identify and implement new trainings for the team. Lead, support, promote and implement initiatives and trainings within the group.
Develop and implement internal best practices, lessons learnt, playbook and toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various vendor contracting and business issues.
Stay updated on the leadership vision and developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and orchestrate the information to incorporate it into company’s vendor contracting practices.
Provide Legal support in the review of local & global Data Privacy initiatives. Identify risks according to local law and Accenture policies and flag potential issues.
Identify process improvements and effectively lead the team in developing/drafting of guidelines, handbooks, know how material, checklists and…