Strat Growth Init Counsel Specialist

Posted:
9/4/2024, 12:39:36 AM

Location(s):
São Paulo, Brazil

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Legal & Compliance

A team that is part of the change

We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, employees, shareholders, partners, and communities. We rely on the world's largest network of advanced technology centers and intelligent operations.

Provoking change in the market

We work together globally to make a world of difference. Accenture is a global professional services company leading in solutions for digital, cloud, and security. By combining unparalleled expertise and specialized skills in over 40 sectors, we offer services in Strategy and Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Accenture Song.

As we work together, change becomes the most dynamic and powerful source of progress you have. We are more than 738,000 people present in over 120 countries, committed to making innovation every day and transforming the world into a better place for people.

Join us – Corporate Functions

Be part of the team that delivers 360º value to our people, clients, and communities. More than working in a multidisciplinary team, your roles and responsibilities will include supporting the strategy, creation, and innovation of personalized deliveries. All Corporate Functions professionals receive dedicated training to broaden their business vision and develop technical skills. Over $900 million is invested in the training and development of our people.

Note: For this position, it is necessary to attach your resume in English.

Generic Responsibilities:


•    Understand the Global Services Legal areas
•    Understand relevant company policies
•    Develop subject-matter expertise in the concerned support area 
•    Act as a point of contact for the support area
•    Understand and suggest process improvements in the support area
•    Support LTO/CIO in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones
•    Assist team in drafting checklists and process documents
•    Directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues
•    Manage SharePoint and communication records
•    Identify and support any specific trainings for the team
•    Support implementation of new initiatives in Global Services Legal support area or within Legal/GLN
•    Build credible and effective relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team
•    Support recruitment efforts for the team
•    Supervise resources, and assist GLN Team Lead in people management, as required 
•    Provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team
•    Provide individuals with positive and developmental feedback
•    Try to ‘give back’ to GLN/Legal.

Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role :


GLN resources partner with Legal teams across Accenture to align areas of work and drive efficiencies to ensure the best delivery of Legal services to our business clients. This is a product and/or offering legal counsel role within the applicable area of support in GSL. The GLN GSL resource may be asked to provide support in any of the following areas and over time will develop their skills to work on such projects independently:
•    Offerings & Solutions: Collaborate with GSL teams to support service and product offering reviews related to Data & AI, by providing assessments, recommendations and tools that mitigate risks while enabling desired outcomes for the business. This includes analysis of ad hoc licensing arrangements for tools and software used by the business, as well as Offering/Asset investigation and clearance in coordination with technical resources/teams to facilitate open-source software, data privacy, ECATT, vendor contract reviews;
•    Business Risk: Provide risk assessments and recommendations to the applicable business team, including on implementation of risk management practices. Recommend mitigation strategies and self-regulating governance strategies for handling AI and Data topics. Help shaping commercial models to manage legal and commercial risk; 
•    Regulatory Compliance: Collaborating with enabling regulatory compliance, best practice standards, and frameworks and processes for AI and Data related offering development reviews. Support Accenture’s Ethics & Compliance team in the design and implementation of Data & AI compliance programs. Help provide regulatory compliance reviews & advice to applicable geographies, including future-looking projections of any anticipated regulatory changes with potential impact on our business and on the strategic growth initiatives areas; 
•    Client Opportunity: Enable Accenture’s Sales & Delivery Legal team to efficiently handle day-to-day contracting, including developing contracting templates and guidance and providing SME support to deal teams; 
•    Ventures & Acquisitions (V&A): Supporting Accenture’s V&A legal and business teams in evaluation of Data & AI issues for acquisition targets, development and implementation of post-merger integration strategy;
•    Strategic Alliance & Partnerships: interact with Resale and/or Strategic Partnering teams to help shape new strategic alliances and partnerships, including capability sourcing via vendor and resale/agency transactions;
•    Responsible Business: Work with other teams and participating in initiatives to create frameworks related to cutting edge, cross-industry topics that address technology, ethics, human rights, legal and societal issues;
•    Business Operations Projects: Provide legal support to business-owned enterprise initiatives/programs, including adjusting Accenture policies and procedures to accommodate requirements of Accenture business, and; 
•    Other type of responsibilities may include: (a) providing legal advice to Accenture business teams and to deal facing professionals, (b) independently drafting, analyzing, reviewing low to high complexity agreements and documents, (c) performing legal research of laws and regulations or technical aspects applicable to assigned requests, (d) assisting with contract benchmarking, (e) helping produce and/or deliver trainings, (f) leading specific ad-hoc projects, (g) working with the business teams to evaluate inbound technology and data supply templates/agreements and outbound or client facing templates in different geographies, industries and regulatory environments, and (h) supporting clean teams (protocol audits, training / onboarding to new team members, exit / offboarding reviews).

Education:

  • Graduate Law degree (JD) and admission in good standing with applicable bar association(s) (or local equivalents). Knowledge or expertise (example, post graduate studies or work experience in connection with data science and AI) in the Talent Segment expertise is a plus.

Work Experience:

  • Minimum of 3 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing

Work Requirements:

  • Travel may be required
  • Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skills

Benefits:

Medical Assistance - 100% subsidized by the company (employee and dependents)
Dental Assistance

Meal or Food Voucher without discount

Life insurance

Private Pension Plan

Gympass

Option to purchase company stocks with a discount

Pharmacy Discount*

Daycare Assistance*

Partnership with language school*

Extended Maternity and Paternity Leave

PPR* (*According to current policy)

Job location: São Paulo - SP

We are looking for profiles aligned with the company's values, enthusiasts to work in a collaborative and dynamic environment, with excellence in delivery and innovation present in their daily lives. We value competencies regardless of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, creed, disability, and political conviction. The diversity of our people allows us to fulfill the promise of technology and human creativity. We recognize the unique characteristics of individuals, respect differences, and invest in an increasingly inclusive environment

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 742,000 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 Al with unmatched

industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to

deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across

Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities,

together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 3600 value, enable us

to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by

the 3600 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and

communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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Buscamos perfis que estejam alinhados aos valores da empresa, entusiastas em trabalhar em um ambiente colaborativo e dinâmico, com excelência na entrega e inovação presentes em seu dia a dia.
Valorizamos competências independentemente de raça, idade, gênero, orientação sexual, credo, deficiência e convicção política. A diversidade das nossas pessoas é o que nos permite cumprir a promessa da tecnologia e da criatividade humana. Reconhecemos as características únicas dos indivíduos, respeitamos as diferenças e investimos em um ambiente cada vez mais inclusivo.

Accenture

Website: https://accenture.com/

Headquarter Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1989

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

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