Organization: Corporate Functions/Legal
Location: USA (Mid-West or North-East Preferred)
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Legal and Commercial Services professionals deliver and coordinate legal, contract and commercial advice and counsel in support of Accenture's or our clients' business, working to manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies.

Job Description
Global Industry Sector Legal Lead for the Financial Cluster
The Global Services Legal team is seeking to appoint a senior counsel to act as Global Industry Sector Legal Lead for the Financial Cluster, supporting Accenture’s Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance Industry Sector Leadership Teams. In-house and private practice candidates will all be considered, but experience of working with international teams in support of a global business is a pre-requisite, and candidates with deep industry experience will be strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities
You will act as a trusted adviser to the Global Industry Sector Leadership Teams, working to help manage and mitigate risks, collaborating with senior stakeholders across the Business, Legal and other Corporate Functions to:
- Take the lead in undertaking risk analysis and developing mitigation strategy of new, strategic priority & higher risk offerings and services in the Financial Industry Cluster in collaboration with all relevant parts of Accenture, including for example Government Relations, Regulatory & Compliance, Responsible Business, Litigation (as needed) to create global guidance/guardrails to support the sustainable growth of the Industry Cluster and the sales of their services;
- Assess both existing and new products and services offerings and guide them to market in a legally compliant manner with appropriate risk mitigations (contractual, operational, technical);
- Collaborate with other teams in initiatives to create frameworks related to cutting edge, cross-industry topics that address technology, ethics, human rights, legal and societal issues;
- Support the Financial Industry Cluster Leadership Teams with the development of Thought Leadership;
- Provide strategic legal advice to Business Leadership to support their growth agenda and bring in the relevant parts of Legal to support the Financial Industry Cluster Leadership Teams; and
- Help evaluate prospective acquisition targets on behalf of the Financial Global Industry Sector Leadership Teams, and work with them to support post-merger integration strategies.