Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

8-8 yrs required

Full-time

No

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Job Summary:

The Contracting Counsel Senior Manager role at Accenture is a highly experienced and senior level position, responsible for leading, structuring, and negotiating complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment. This role requires a minimum of 8 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in a law firm or a corporate legal/transaction group. The successful candidate will be an accomplished negotiator with a deep understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics, as well as experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements. This role also involves managing and advising junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters, staying abreast of developments affecting the company and its clients, and educating and advising company executives on legal and risk management issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong executive presence, excellent communication skills, and a deep understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture’s largest and most complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
- Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs and, in some cases, other senior CLPs
- Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
- Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues
- Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business
- Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues
- Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
- Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional

Qualifications:

- Juris Doctorate (or equivalent)
- Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
- Minimum 8 years transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in a law firm or a corporate legal/transaction group
- Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions
- Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently
- Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements
- Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management

Professional Skills:

- Strong executive presence
- Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions; and
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related investigations, employment investigations, and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks
- In-depth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws
- Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations
- Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian

Compensation:

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York or Washington as set forth below.

- California: $131,100 to $336,900
- Colorado: $131,100 to $291,100
- New York: $121,400 to $336,900
- Washington: $139,600 to $309,900

Benefits:

Accenture offers a comprehensive benefits package to its employees. This includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as retirement and savings plans. More information on benefits can be found on the company's website.

What We Believe:

At Accenture, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values. We believe that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization, and we are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive environment. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation. All employment decisions at Accenture are made without regard to these factors. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, including veterans.

Requesting An Accommodation:

Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

Other Employment Statements:

- Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
- Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
- Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.
- The Company will not

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Negotiation, Risk Management, Legal Counseling, Contract Drafting, Transaction Management, Ethical and Compliance Guidance, Investigative Skills, Leadership, Teamwork, Diversity and Inclusion

Juris Doctorate (or equivalent)

Interested candidates can apply through the Accenture website

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctorate degree, Licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction

Legal