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Our
Enterprise
workforce is the engine that powers Accenture, enabling us to provide the capabilities and expertise that clients demand to help them become high-performance businesses. As our internal workforce, they continually build shareholder value by: efficiently managing and supporting all activities across our business, protecting the assets and reputation of Accenture, ensuring that we have the people and technology needed to execute our business strategy, developing and increasing awareness of our brand, and providing a range of skills to support our client teams, outsourcing units and other businesses.
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The
Legal
practice provides or manages all legal advice and support to Accenture. We provide objective, focused, practical advice and solutions, based on an understanding of the law and Accenture's business. We work closely with each engagement team to find ways to maximize revenues and manage risk.
Job Summary:
Review, draft and negotiate a large number of medium to complex client transactions within a corporate environment. Advise company leadership on legal risks associated with such transactions. Specifically this role will serve Accenture's services in the commercial and government clients in the health services and health insurance sectors.
Key Responsibilities
:
Strategize with company executives prior to client negotiations
Stay abreast of and provide counsel on laws and regulations and risks governing consulting, technology and outsourcing services provided to health insurance clients and healthcare provider clients
Structure client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
Counsel, advise, and consult company executives based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a business opportunity
Represent company's interests and interface directly with client counsel and negotiating teams
Educate company executives in regard to legal and risk management issues
Stay abreast of legal developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company's transactional practices
Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior transactional attorneys
Develop internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various legal and business issues
Develop subject matter expertise in one or more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business
Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
Stay abreast of and provide counsel on laws and regulations and risks governing consulting, technology and outsourcing services provided to health insurance clients and healthcare provider clients
Organization
: Enterprise/Legal
Location
: Toronto or Ottawa, ON
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications (Must-Have Skills/Experience): Work Experience:
3+ years of transactional experience in consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility, such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate legal/transaction group for a consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing services vendor
1+ years of experience serving clients in the health market sector; strong preference for direct experience at a health insurance company
Preferred Skill Requirements:
Experience negotiating complex legal and business issues
Experience in Government procurement (State/Local, Federal/Provincial)
Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions
Experience in independently managing and drafting transactional documents and correspondence
Understanding of Intellectual Property issues as they apply to consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions
Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management
Professional Requirements:
Able to present alternatives and proposed solutions
Responsive and follows through on commitments
Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
Ability to apply judgment to broaden influence
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficient in MS Office suite of products
Work Requirements
: Minimal Travel required (25% or less)
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Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with 257,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US $27.9 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2012. Its home page is
