Geographic Legal Counsel Specialist

Designation: Geographic Legal Counsel Specialist

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Language: Fluency in English

• Holds law degree and experience in legal compliance matters in relevant area of law;
• Expertise in Data Privacy laws and practices, including but not limited to risk identification and mitigation, compliances, contracts and legal research.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, ability to make decisions and an elevated level of common sense.
• Strong legal advice and drafting skills.
• Able to recommend high quality and timely advice for risk mitigation by efficiently assessing business and legal implications
• Demonstrate promptness, accuracy, consistency, and drives tasks to closure
• Demonstrate adaptability, positive & collaborative attitude, good interpersonal skills, strong time management and prioritization skills, attention to detail, sound judgement, and organization skills
• Comfortable with technology, tools & databases, including Microsoft Office applications

• Understand cross-cultures and open to work with team members across the globe
• Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to Accenture
• Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality
• Collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives.

• Act as local Data Privacy specialist for different geographies and/or teams, understanding local laws and global company policies to ensure compliance.
• Act as local Data Privacy legal advisor and point of contact for cross legal areas reviews related to internal data processing e.g. platforms, applications, tools and systems. Obtain a deep understanding of the program/project from a technical perspective to be able to provide relevant Data Privacy legal advice.
• Identify potential areas of legal/compliance vulnerability and risk, develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues and provide guidance on how to avoid or deal with such issues from a general legal perspective.
• Collaborate and consult with all legal areas (from a global and local perspective) to ensure key legal/ compliance issues are identified and sent to appropriate channels for investigation and review.
• Provide legal support to Accenture Corporate Functions and other areas on local & global legal matters. Provide legal advice and guidance and respond to inquiries made by various internal teams such as Workplace Solutions, Marketing & Communication, HR, Corporate Citizenship, CIO, IT and business teams, among others, on their daily operation.
• Provide Legal advice and support various areas of Accenture in the Compliance area, supporting with local Ethics & Compliance matters, Anticorruption, Competition Law, Regulatory, Data Privacy, Accenture’s policies, Intellectual Property, conflicts of interests and reviews of Codes of Conduct, among others.
• Support the provision of training to Accenture teams on matters related to the support to the Corporate Functions.