Global Legal Network (GLN) is a group of professionals operating globally from 11 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services - focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across Accenture to build efficiencies and centres of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility and speed in our services, aligned to Accenture's relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness.
CORE and Global Services (CGS) is a group of legal professionals working and supporting different legal areas such as Compliance, Regulatory Offerings, Ethics, Procurement, Corporate Matters and the Services Areas aligned with the new offerings and technologies such as Strategy & Consulting, Interactive, Technology, Security and Operations.
Entity Matters Role Summary – To support the management of our Accenture entities to ensure compliance with local and regulatory requirements. To facilitate and lead entity matters strategies across multiple complex jurisdictions including entity structural changes and working in complex countries. To manage entity maintenance activities through GEMS to ensure quality and accuracy of entity related data and reporting.
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What Challenges Await You:
· Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates solutions in situations in which analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
· Requires adherence to strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals.
· Interaction is with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture, involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach.
Very good understanding of Legal/GLN, and CORE area needs, goals, strategy, and opportunities, with very good understanding of relevant company policies
· Enhance subject-matter knowledge and proficiency in the concerned support area, act as a POC and escalation point for support area, understand, suggest, and encourage process improvements in the support area, build credible and effective relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team
· Supervise the management of SharePoint and communication records, ensure creation of checklists and other process documents
· Identify and implement new initiatives in CORE support area or within Legal/GLN, ability to represent GLN, directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues, identify and drive trainings for the team for upskilling and professional development
· Drive recruitment efforts for the team, provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team, effective management of direct reports and team; quick conflict resolution, provide feedback to team members and drive talent discussions for the team
· Collaborate with tech team in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones
· Commit to 'give back' to GLN/Legal
· Assisting, advising, and performing legal due diligences for geographic expansions and for work in countries considered "high risk" under AP55/68.
· Manage AP67 coordination process and training.
· Developing and maintaining trusted working relationships with key personnel and SME's regionally e.g., Treasury, Tax, Controllership, GAP, Local Legal Groups, and External Counsel from all countries.
· Draft and implement corporate documentation for entities within region (Articles of Associations and By-Laws; Minutes of Board and Shareholders Meetings; Powers of Attorney and Proxies; Recapitalization documentation).
· Manage corporate secretarial matters, including documentation necessary to appoint/dismiss Directors and other Corporate Officers.
· Maintenance of "Entity Matters" information for responsible countries.
· Instruct External Counsel resources on specific projects.
· Support the team with matters relating to ensuring Policy compliance, research, and advisory matters.
· Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on various legal and commercial issues.
· Experienced in building credible and effective relationships within Legal team and with business and/or external Clients (as applicable);
· Escalate appropriately where needed and coordinate matters with internal and external stakeholders to find solutions.
· Coordinate and undertake legal assessments on regional/global projects, policies, and compliance initiatives.
· Identify process improvements in Entity Matters or Corporate Functions domains and drive team in developing/drafting of guidelines, handbooks, know how material, checklists, and process/tools associated documents (global/regional and local) for standardizing the process.
· Supervision of junior team members and responsible for quality of data in GEMS.
· Effective management of escalations and presentations to senior management on entity matters strategies and projects.
Qualifications: What will make you successful:
Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related investigations, employment investigations, and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks.
· In-depth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws
· Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations
· Minimum of 10 to 13 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing
· Good experience at law firm and/or as in-house counsel in generic/legal research and reporting, contracts, ethics, and compliance area; experience in entity matters and controllership, preferred
· Experience in managing end-to-end projects and teams on function specific processes and/or areas, worked with internal and external teams, and understands delivery requirements
· Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, is detail-oriented, has sound judgement, is adaptable, demonstrate promptness, accuracy, and consistency with the activities supported, take complete ownership, and drive tasks to closure, has strong time management, prioritization, organizational skills
· Good understanding of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed, very good understanding of commercial agreements, legal and compliance fundamentals, corporate business practices, and contracting regulations
· Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments, ability to work under pressure, with exposure to senior management and effectively manage stakeholder expectations
· Comfortable with technology and has experience in the use of tools & databases
· Able to effectively influence senior management.
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