About This Role
This role is for a Contract Specialist to join the Legal and Commercial Services team, supporting contract management activities across various projects and accounts. The specialist will work with account leadership and client stakeholders, focusing on maximizing value and managing commercial risks throughout the contract lifecycle.
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
- Build trusted relationships with client counterparts
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience as a contract manager
- Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with client executives at all levels of the organization
- Basic understanding of commercial contracting regulations and principles, subcontracting practices, and commercial contracting terms and conditions
- 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
Nice to have:
- Membership of World Commerce and Contracting (previously International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)) or National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and/ or professional certification
Important Details
About the Company
Accenture puts innovation at the heart of everything it does, coupled with core values of client value creation, one global network, respect for the individual, best people, integrity and stewardship. Its Legal and Commercial Services team brings innovative ideas to commercial reality with a focus on maximizing value for all parties through a deep understanding of legal, business and commercial risks.
