Risk and Compliance Associate

Overview

Support the DCN Legal team within the CORE and Global Services (CGS) function in India, covering Procurement, NDA and Colocation, and License Management, by reviewing contracts, licence terms and reuse rights, and assisting with compliance and risk mitigation.

What you'll do

• Review contracts, sub-contracts, proposals, agreements, statements of work and other documents relevant to the CORE functional area, on a need basis, for process compliance.
• Assist in negotiating access-related documentation and other contracts in collaboration with the account CM or legal counsel, ensuring proper risk mitigation before permitting colocation arrangements for Accenture clients and client third parties.
• Conduct end-to-end compliance and risk analysis for commercial software used in project solutions, for software, tools and applications developed by Accenture, and for reusable technical assets for global licensing.
• Review, evaluate and recommend whether Accenture has the right to reuse or redistribute software, tools and applications developed by Accenture, based on related third-party licenses and IP rights, and define the scope and limits of use and reuse.
• Review, evaluate and recommend the rights and restrictions in software licence and end user licence agreements for commercial and non-commercial software, and analyse the associated risks of using the software on Accenture-owned devices within the intended scope of use.
• Directly liaise with internal stakeholders and deal teams on legal and commercial software licensing aspects.
• Independently handle requestors, understand business requirements and advise on process compliance.
• Understand company policies and service offerings in the support area, and ensure approval processes are followed with stakeholders timely engaged and informed.
• Assist the team in drafting checklists, process documents and generic tracking reports, and suggest process improvements.
• Recognise issues and escalate timely to the Team Lead or appropriate stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders for process improvement, track requests, and generate quarterly and annual reports for senior management.
• Provide on-the-job training and support to new joiners, and support implementation of new initiatives in the support area or within Legal/GLN.
• Support the tech team in developing new tools or enhancing existing ones, and manage SharePoint and communication records.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Law.
• Minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience at a law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing.
• Fluency in English (and other languages depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Basic awareness of commercial agreements, legal and compliance principles, and general corporate business practices and contracting regulations.
• Basic awareness of Accenture offerings and function-specific services performed.
• Good at using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and comfortable with technology, tools and databases.
• Ability to work under pressure, effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations, and demonstrate promptness, accuracy and consistency.
• Detail-oriented, organised, flexible, with sound judgement, good time management and prioritisation skills.
• Team player who builds trust-based relationships, and open to working with team members across the globe.

Nice to have

• Compliance-related global professional certification.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Travel may be required.