Geographic Legal Counsel Associate Manager

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As a team:

The Geographic Compliance and Corporate (“GCC”) Team are the local business enablers. We oversee each country’s legal and regulatory compliance strategies as the platform for Accenture’s sustainable growth and in so doing we work with a global network of GCC lawyers.

The Netherlands GCC Team continually adapts to support the business, primarily in the Netherlands - but also in the broader Netherlands & Nordics (“NLN”) region - to address new legal challenges as the business continues to innovate.

We advise on compliance and corporate matters, and we are first point of contact for the most senior leadership and for corporate functions in the Netherlands (Finance, Tax, HR, Workplace, Marketing and IT). We advise on corporate citizenship initiatives that engage with our community and wider society. 

On the Compliance side we enable our businesses to operate legally and responsibly in the local context. We assist in the implementation of both global and local compliance programs in the areas of anti-corruption, data privacy and AI, government compliance, ethics, CSR/Environment and competition law. We monitor regulatory developments to ensure compliance with all applicable legislation.

We collaborate seamlessly with other legal experts across the global Accenture legal team.

On the Corporate side we support and advise the board of our operating companies on its responsibilities and work with our Ventures and Acquisition team to integrate acquired businesses post-acquisition.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. 

You will report directly to the GCC Lead for the NLN region, who is also based in the Netherlands.

 

Specific Responsibilities aligned to the Role

• Act as local legal advisor across various legal areas within the compliance and corporate domains.

• Act specifically as local legal advisor and point of contact for cross legal area reviews related to Accenture internal data processing e.g. platforms, applications, tools and systems.

• Understand and apply Accenture policies to ensure compliance and act as local legal generalist for the Netherlands.

• Provide legal / compliance advice to Accenture Corporate Functions, to leadership and business teams in the Netherlands and the broader NLN region.

• Actively follow and advise on local regulatory guidelines and changes in law.

• Identify potential areas of legal/compliance vulnerability and risk, develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution and provide guidance on how to avoid or deal with such issues from a local legal perspective.

• Collaborate and consult with other legal functions, both on a regional and global level, to ensure key legal/compliance issues are identified and sent to appropriate channels for review (e.g. Employment Legal).

• Supervise management of SharePoint, Teams sites and communication records, ensure regular updates of training materials or other process documents for the region.

• Identify and implement new initiatives in the GCC area, direct liaison with internal stakeholders.

Qualifications and language skills:

• Master’s degree in Dutch Law.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience at a law firm or as in-house counsel.

• Native Dutch speaker and fluency in English.

• Skills in any Nordic language is a plus.

Knowledge and skill requirements:

• Experience in generic legal in-house matters, including but not limited to risk identification and mitigation, compliance, legal research.

• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills, promptness, accuracy and consistency, drive tasks to closure, detail-oriented, with sound judgement, adaptable, with strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.

• Able to work with internal and external teams, and understands delivery requirements, takes end-to-end responsibility of projects/audits on function specific processes.

• Good understanding of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed, of commercial agreements, legal and compliance fundamentals, of corporate business practices and contracting regulations.

• Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments, ability to work under pressure, with exposure to senior management.

• Effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations.

• Comfortable with technology and experienced in the use of AI tools.

 

Behavior and Attributes:

• Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout Accenture’s global organization.

• Open to learning and exploring new fields of expertise, also cross-border within the NLN region.

• Hands on approach towards utilizing new AI technologies.

• 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.

• Able to work independently and take decisions.

• Team player, collaborative and persuasive.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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