Contract Associate Manager

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At Accenture we put innovation at the heart of everything we do and coupled with our core values of client value creation, one global network, respect for the individual, best people, integrity and stewardship, we offer careers that provide unparalleled opportunities for career growth and job satisfaction.

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.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead/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 and accounts providing input into performance management activities.

• Review agreements which include but are not limited to providing inputs to the commercial and legal sections of the agreement, identify statements in the agreements that could create unnecessary risks, draft contractual clauses and commercial levers to protect Accenture interests

• Support or lead negotiations with the client for agreements at various stages and collaborate with all the internal stakeholders to receive the appropriate inputs and required approvals prior to agreement with the client

• 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.

• Build strong relationships with all the key stakeholders of the client account(s) assigned

• Ability to operate autonomously with basic guidance

• Engage in pre-award sales activities, engage in discussions with the delivery teams and any other stakeholders, as required, regarding potential deal shaping and contractual outcomes with sales teams and business leadership, including contract drafting support, reviewing proposals.

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