Job Description

Imagine being part of team that helps transform leading organisations and communities around the world!

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 maximising 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.

Contract Senior Analysts must be capable of managing contracts, including subcontracts in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws and client business requirements. Contract Senior Analysts are expected to work closely with Accenture business/client units and project teams and maintain a high level of visibility on the account as they perform their contract management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Engagement/Support:

• Provide contract administration support for contract management processes on a specific project or account;
• Work with delivery and client counterparts to assist with day to day service delivery;
• Demonstrate the value of the contract management function with project or account teams;
• Provide guidance to more junior contract management staff allocated to a specific project or account;

Risk & Issue Management:

• Participate in the process to identify and solve commercial and contract risks and issues;
• Assist with reporting and documenting commercial and contract risks and issues in compliance with contract management processes and account delivery requirements;

• Escalate matters to Contract Management Lead in a timely and controlled fashion;

Sales Support:

• Provide support for pre-award sales activities, support business with drafting contract schedules
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of Accenture's service offerings and associated commercial considerations.

Contracting, Drafting and Negotiation:

• Assist with drafting and review of contractual documents (i.e., Statements of Work, Change Requests, Arrangement Letters, Subcontracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements (not exclusive, etc.)) and collaborating with other internal organizations, working under the direction of a contract management lead where appropriate,
• support in negotiations (i.e. document preparation and consolidation, administration in the relevant tools).

Knowledge Skills and Experience

Commercial and Contract Management Knowledge and Experience:

• Min 2-year post-graduation work experience in a professional capacity;
• Basic understanding of contract life cycle;
• Understanding of general commercial contracting principles and regulations, subcontracting practices;
• Basic understanding of legal and compliance principles is an advantage.
• Basic understanding of commercial agreements is an advantage;
• Working knowledge of MS Tools (word, excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.).

Languages:

• German, English

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

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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