Manager-GDN Legal Counsel

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Description

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Experience

The Global Delivery Network (GDN) Legal Team India provides legal support to the India Delivery Center by ensuring business operations are carried out in a legally compliant and seamless manner. The team supports and advises India Delivery Center (IDC) clients for Technology, Operations and Corporate Functions.  The incumbent should render legal support to the India Delivery Center covering operational and management issues to enable efficient and compliant services delivery, regulatory compliance including operational risk and compliance, assist onshore legal teams and other global teams from regulatory perspective on services delivery, risk assessment, data privacy, disputes and litigation management.

Require 10 to 12 years of experience in:

• Working in IT & ITES organization in reviewing and rendering legal advice on Client Agreements from India law and compliance perspective;

• Managing and monitoring compliances covering entities, workplace, employment laws, payroll, telecom, data privacy, information security, STPI/SEZ and other routine compliance issues and responding to notices from regulatory authorities;

• Proactive compliance and risk assessments to guide deal teams to evaluate compliance and reporting requirements under local laws. Providing compliance plans, legal advice and guidance to business to mitigate such risks;

• Creation of state/country specific compliance check list, keeping the checklist up to date and managing periodical review of the same;

• Coordination with internal teams to manage filings and reporting;

• Reviewing litigation matters, notices and drafting response and co-ordinate with external counsels;

• Collaborating with management, business and other departments (Controllership, Human Resources, Global Tax Team, Information Security Team, Global Asset Team, Logistics etc.) on compliance and other routine issues.

Candidate would require to: -

• Coordinate with multiple compliance stake holders internally.
• Interpretation and formulation of policies

• Assist onshore legal teams, project teams and other global teams (i.e. Alliances, Offerings, Contracting) from regulatory perspective on service delivery requirements in GDN Locations;

• Work with the Solution Architects in deal solution designing from legal perspective. Highlight the risks/concerns, if any, based on the interpretation of the court, past precedents etc.

• Provide legal support such as due diligence, review of agreements and advisory support to global Mergers and Acquisition team and as well as interacting with onshore legal counsels, local business teams and external counsels;

• Work closely with the Business Continuity Management (BCM) / CM (Contract Management) team to provide necessary support during FM situation;

• This position would require the candidate to provide legal support various Corporate Functions teams such as Finance, Controllership, Taxation, Forex, HR, Recruitment, Business Continuity Management (BCM), Real Estate, Global Asset Protection (GAP), Marketing and Communication (Marcom), Government Relations, etc.  

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Skill sets & Proficiencies

• Developing and periodically reviewing and updating Standards and Procedures to ensure continuing currency and relevance in providing guidance to management.
• Ability to work independently to ensure that contractual and compliance issues/concerns are being appropriately evaluated and resolved.
• Ability to provide advice to local project teams from Indian law perspective on various matters pertaining to delivery of services from India;
• Updating leadership on legal and regulatory changes and ability to provide legal advice and guidance to senior management for seeking decisions. Collaborate and work closely towards meeting common business objectives and milestones;
• Monitor existing processes and ability to create processes as part of best practices to ensure compliance to Accenture policies and risk mitigation;
• Ability to work closely with multiple stakeholders which will also include frequent interaction with the Management; 
• Excellent team player and collaboration within and outside the team;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to drive Accenture policies and practices;
• Ability to work independently to ensure that business and compliance issues/concerns are being appropriately evaluated and resolved;
• Decision making and implementation on legal and compliance matters;
• Solution oriented approach;

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Soft skills

• Ability to work within a team
• Adapt to change
• Handling multiple stake-holders
• Decision making and solution oriented approach
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong PowerPoint and Word skills

Education

• Required- LLB; Desirable-CS
• Experience: 10 to 12 years

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