Risk and Compliance Associate

Global Legal Network (GLN) is a group of professionals operating globally from 10 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services - focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across Accenture to build efficiencies and centres of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility and speed in our services, aligned to Accenture’s relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness. CORE and Global Services (CGS) is a group of legal professionals working and supporting different legal areas such as Compliance, Regulatory Offerings, Ethics, Procurement, Corporate Matters and the Services Areas aligned with the new offerings and technologies such as Strategy & Consulting, Interactive, Technology, Security and Operations. Procurement, NDA and Colocation & Software License Management- Support DCN Legal team within CGS functional area in India: Procurement, NDA and Colocation Role Summary- Performing the due diligence, documenting and reviewing terms and conditions and negotiating through procurement contracts/sub-contracts, proposals, agreements, statements of work, NDAs and other documents relating to various operating groups; and assist in performing due diligence to ensure process compliance and risk mitigation in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, and customer requirements. License Management Role Summary – To support the Legal Services team in reviewing the End User License Agreement/License terms of various commercial and non-commercial software requested for installation within India Delivery Centre and to review, evaluate and recommend whether Accenture has right to reuse/redistribute assets such as software, tools, applications developed by Accenture, based on related third-party licenses and associated IP rights, and to define the scope and limits of Accenture's use and reuse of such assets. Management Level Description Complexity: ·       Requires solving of routine problems, largely through precedent and referral to general guidelines. ·       Interaction is within own team and direct supervisor. Authority: Requires detailed to moderate level of instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instruction on new assignments.   Impact or Decision Impact : Decisions impact own work.   Scope: Individual contributor as a part of a team, with a predetermined, focused scope of work.

Generic Responsibilities Understand the CORE areas Understand relevant company policies Understand company's service offerings in context of the support area Understand company's approval processes and ensures that all stakeholders are timely engaged and informed on the relevant process Assist team in drafting checklists, process documents and generic tracking reports Directly liaising with internal stakeholders on various issues Recognize issues and provide timely escalation to Team Lead or appropriate stakeholders Understand and suggest process improvements in the support area Provide on the job training and support to the new joiners of the team Support implementation of new initiatives in the support area or within Legal/GLN Build credible and effective relationships within GLN team Support tech team in development of new tech tool or enhancement of existing ones Manage SharePoint and communication records.   Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role Demonstrate review skills with minimal dependency on supervisor inputs. Reviewing of contracts/sub - contracts, proposals, agreements and other documents relevant to CORE functional area strictly on need basis for process compliance; Provide assistance in negotiating the access related documentation and other contracts in collaboration with the account CM or legal counsel, ensuring proper risk mitigation before permitting colocation arrangement for Accenture