Contract Analyst

Contract Management is part of our Legal and Commercial Services. Our professionals bring innovative ideas to commercial reality with a focus on maximizing value for all parties through a deep understanding of legal, business and commercial risks. We work alongside Accenture sales and delivery teams throughout the entire contract lifecycle to provide high quality advice and support for negotiation, drafting and ongoing management of client contracts. 

We apply commercial and contractual expertise to lead the delivery of legal & commercial outcomes for our priority engagements and portfolios, including: 

 · Sales growth: expanding the footprint of our agreements and supporting new business; 

 · Revenue protection: delivering on our contractual commitments; 

 · Margin improvement: effectively managing commercial levers, risks and issues; and 

 · Compliance with contract obligations and Accenture policy

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·       Support contract management teams across projects and accounts; work with account leadership, client commercial and business stakeholders to understand and support client needs and priorities; account strategy, objectives, and opportunities. 

·       Work with contract management staff across multiple projects, accounts, and geographies  

·       Support the identification, escalation and resolution of commercial and contract risks and issues working with CM and project leadership to ensure the best outcome for all parties. 

·       Support pre-award sales activities, engage in discussions with delivery team regarding potential deal shaping and contractual outcomes with sales teams and business leadership, including contract drafting support.  

·       The contract management function is client facing and has a key role in building trusted relationships with client counterparts 

 

RELATIONSHIPS:

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:

·       University degree required (business management or law preferred) 

Membership

·       Member of World Commerce and Contracting (previously International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)) or National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and/ or professional certification considered a plus 

 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

 

·       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

·       Min 2-year post-graduation work experience in a professional capacity 

·       Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with client executives at all levels of the organization 

·       Basic understanding of contract life cycle and commercial contracting principles and regulations 

 

BEHAVIOURS AND ATTRIBUTES:

 

·    Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout the Accenture global organization. 

·    Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to Accenture.   

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

·    Leader as well as team player, collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives 

 

WORK REQUIREMENTS:

 

·    Travel may be required 

 

ADDITIONAL DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

 

·    Not Applicable

 

 

PERMANENT TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS [For Internal Applicants]:

 

·    Not Applicable

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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