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POSITION TITLE: Geographic Legal Counsel Assoc Manager
WORK SETUP: Return to Office
OVERALL PURPOSE:
Global Offerings Counsel Associate Manager Role Summary – To provide comprehensive support to
legal and business teams which includes support on Accenture policies and processes, legal research, legal
judgements, using various tools and methodologies focused on internal policy compliances
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role
GCC Legal & Compliance Support:
• Provide comprehensive legal counsel and support to Accenture Corporate Functions (GCC,
Workplace Solutions, Marketing & Communication, HR, Corporate Citizenship, CIO, IT, and
business teams) on a wide range of local and global legal and compliance matters, including
ethics, anti-corruption, competition law, regulatory compliance, data privacy, intellectual
property, and conflict of interest.
• Efficiently address legal inquiries from daily operations, offering practical solutions and
mitigating risks.
• Develop, implement, and maintain robust compliance programs, ensuring adherence to applicable
laws and Accenture policies.
• Proactively identify and mitigate potential compliance risks.
• Collaborate with other Accenture Legal teams (GCCs, Litigation, Employment Law, Taxes,
Acquisitions, Administrative Law, and Contract Management) to provide consistent and
comprehensive legal support across diverse regulatory areas.
• Review and ensure alignment of Codes of Conduct with evolving legal and ethical standards.
• Identify risks according to local law and Accenture policies and flag potential issues related to
telecommunication services.
Generic Responsibilities
• Understand the CORE areas, relevant company policies
• Develop subject-matter knowledge and proficiency in the concerned support area and act as its
POC
• Directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues and build credible and effective
relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team
• 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, manage SharePoint and communication records
• Support recruitment efforts for the team, supervise resources, and assist GLN Team Lead in people
management, as required, provide team members with positive and developmental feedback
• Identify and support any specific trainings for the team, provide coaching and mentoring to junior
members of the team
Management Level Description
Complexity:
• Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex problems. May create new solutions,
leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures.
• Requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team
goals.
• Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor. May interact with peers and/or management
levels at a client and/or within Accenture.
Authority: Requires guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments
Impact or Decision Impact: Decisions often impact the team in which they reside.
OTHERS:
Project Shift Schedule: Morning Shift
Project Rest Day: Weekends Off
Project/Team Location: Mandaluyong, Robinsons Cybergate Tower 1
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
• At least 7 years experience as at law firms or as in-house counsel and/or in legal
• At least 2-3 years experience in regulatory/risk and compliance, no specific practice area; preferably in the telco industry but not required
• Licensed lawyer
• Project should be open to getting non-lawyer/paralegal
• No supervisory experience requirement and this resource will directly report to you
• No specific tool requirement, but should be open to using AI
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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