Risk and compliance Senior manager

Job Description

Job Title:  Procurement Risk Senior Manager

Management Level: 6- Senior Manager

Must have skills:

• Experience of risk or compliance, or related functions within a global organization.
• Strong understanding of third-party risk (data privacy, information security, and/or other key regulatory risk frameworks), and/or procurement operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional programmes and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with risk analytics, policy governance, and audit processes.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft tools (PPT, Excel, Word).

You May Also Need:

• V&A procurement risks experience
• Ariba, Fieldglass and ProcessUnity.

Job Summary:

• As a Senior Manager in the Global Procurement Risk and Compliance strategic team, you will lead the design, implementation, and governance of regional and global risk management processes across Procurement Plus (P+). You will work cross-functionally to ensure that procurement activities align with Accenture’s risk appetite, regulatory obligations, and ethical standards. This role requires strategic foresight, project management expertise, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across the enterprise.

In your role you will be expected to:

• Drive global risk management projects
  • Drive global strategic procurement risk management projects supporting enterprise risk priorities and regulatory requirements, such as category risk management, policy redesign, supplier due diligence, V&A procurement risks, fraud management, audit readiness.
  • Collaborate with Global Process Owners and Risk Domain Owners to integrate new controls into the global and regional procurement processes, and to respond to emerging threats. Run checks to ensure requirements are met and controls are correctly embedded in procurement tools and processes.
  • Support implementation of risk management tools and AI technology for the procurement function.
• Serve as the regional strategic risk lead for the APAC region
  • Monitor and assess regional risk trends, emerging threats, and compliance gaps, and translate them into actionable mitigation strategies.
  • Build relationships with, and collaborate with,  regional procurement leads and local legal and information security teams, to tailor global policies to local contexts without compromising enterprise integrity.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for regional procurement risk escalations, audit findings, and fraud cases involving suppliers or procurement spend.
  • Oversee the implementation of  Procurement Plus policies and of various initiatives supporting compliance to other Accenture risk management Policies.
  • Lead regional training and awareness campaigns to embed a culture of risk ownership and risk management.
• Drive and manage stakeholder engagement
  • Act as a trusted advisor to Senior Procurement Leadership, Regional and MU Procurement Leads, Procurement Category Leads, Legal, Information Security, and Business stakeholders.
  • Represent Procurement Risk in cross-functional forums and crisis response teams to address urgent escalations and regulatory changes.
  • Work with the P+ Ops Risk and Compliance management team based in Bangalore.

Team Leadership

• Provide guidance and oversight to project managers and other resources supporting risk initiatives

Additional Information:

• This role requires the ability to work with resources based in Europe and in the USA on a regular basis. This may lead to late evening calls.

What We Are Looking For:

• Experienced procurement risk management leader, who can act as a trusted advisor to Senior Procurement Leadership, and who can drive innovative global and local risk management projects for the procurement function

About Our Company | Accenture

Experience Proven experience-

• Procurement risk management, operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional programmes and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with risk analytics, policy governance, and audit processes stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft tools (PPT, Excel, Word).

Educational Qualification:

• Master degree

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