Geographic Legal Counsel Associate Manager

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Geographic Legal Counsel Associate Manager | Geographic Legal Counsel Manager | Senior Level | Full time | Amsterdam

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.

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.