Contract Senior Analyst

Description

Contract Management is part of our Legal and Commercial Services.Our professionals bring innovative ideas to commercial reality with a focus on maximizing value for all parties through a deep understanding of legal, business and commercial risks. We work alongside Accenture sales and delivery teams throughout the entire contract lifecycle to provide high quality advice and support for negotiation, drafting and ongoing management of client contracts.

We apply commercial and contractual expertise to lead the delivery of legal & commercial outcomes for our priority engagements and portfolios, including:

• Sales growth: expanding the footprint of our agreements and supporting new business;
• Revenue protection: delivering on our contractual commitments;
• Margin improvement: effectively managing commercial levers, risks and issues; and
• Compliance with contract obligations and Accenture policy.

As a Contract Analyst at Accenture, you will play a pivotal role in managing and overseeing contract-related activities to ensure compliance, by driving compliance with related corporate policies, by creating awareness to the business team and also by defining procedures and mechanisms to address contract obligations.

You will be the focal point to the business team regarding contract related queries and you will serve as subject matter expert of the contract. Your expertise will contribute to driving operational excellence and fostering strong client relationships.

You will also be a problem solving agent, by liaising and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Finance, legal, procurement, and business stakeholders, to understand and debate impacts of contractual obligations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Focal Point for delivery teams for queries regarding contract scope and other relevant information for delivery obligations. Understand business language to look towards contract and be able to convert contract language to several target audiences, mainly delivery/operational teams;
• Engage with project teams to gather concerns, doubts, common difficulties and gaps & lessons learned from the service model in place;
• Check the contracts for relevant delivery obligations and raise awareness to the project teams;
• Help project teams to define and implement mechanisms and procedures to comply with contract delivery obligations;
• Enable AI for contract management;
• Seek advisory and knowledge expertise from contract management staff across multiple projects, accounts, and geographies;
• The contract management function is client facing and has a key role in building trusted relationships with client counterparts.

Requirements

• University degree required (business management or law preferred);
• Experience in Technology / SI projects, functional skills;
• Knowledge of Application maintenance and development concepts and lifecycle;
• Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with delivery teams;
• Client facing skills;
• Advanced user experience in MS word and Excel;
• Fluent in Portuguese and English;
• 3 to 5 year post-graduation work experience in a professional capacity.

Locations

Lisbon

Additional Information

Accenture is governed by the principles of meritocracy and equal opportunity, not discriminating or tolerating any discrimination based on ancestry, ethnic origin, race, color, sex, marital status, territory of origin, level of education, social position, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs and/or political or ideological options, economic or social situation, or for any other factor considered discriminatory and prohibited by law.

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