Job Description
Description
Organization: Accenture Commercial and Contract Management
Title: Contract Management Specialist
Location: Rosslyn, VA
If you join Accenture you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results.
With contracts becoming larger and more complex, expert commercial management practices take on an even greater prominence and Accenture's team of dedicated Commercial & Contract Management professionals is leading the way. Indeed, the group's mission is to provide superior, consistent delivery against Accenture's contract commitments, safeguarding revenues, profits and reputation.
On October 9, 2008 Accenture was named the second-most-admired company in contract management in a survey conducted by the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM), a non-profit foundation recognized as the international authority on the role of contracting management in the global networked economy.
You could join our international team of Commercial & Contract Management professionals, each of whom works in an exciting and fast-paced environment as part of an extended client team. Commercial & Contract Management professionals interact with any function or capability contributing to a client project, including Legal, Finance, Human Resources and Business Operations.
Because of this, Commercial & Contract Management professionals gain a "big picture" perspective and special insight into client projects giving them abundant opportunities to add value and contribute to the success of both Accenture and the client.
The Contract Management Specialist provides support to the Contract Management team to enable the administration of government, international and commercial contracts and subcontracts in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, and customer requirements. Responsible for tracking and monitoring contract changes, deliverables, correspondence and risks, and maintaining associated documentation. The Contract Management Specialist may assist more than one engagement or, alternatively, be full-time on a single engagement (depending on the size/complexity of the agreement).
Responsibilities:
• Participates in Contract Management teams to support contract and subcontract compliance
• Generates reports required to monitor contract compliance
• Identifies contract management issues and proposes solutions for approval
• Provides negotiation support as required
• Independently works at smaller engagements or works within team at a large, complex engagement
• Independently applies the contract management tools and techniques to assigned projects
• Supports training activities for Contract Management personnel
• May have direct interface with Client personnel
Job Requirements:
• Willing to travel as necessary (up to 50%)
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum 2 years experience in the contract management/procurement/legal field.
• Bachelor's Degree.
Professional Skill Qualifications:
• Understands basic contracting principles
• Detail-oriented, organized, flexible
• Able to set priorities and juggle multiple demands
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Able to apply sound business judgment
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to act as a temporary back-up for a project Contract Manager
• Specialized subject matter expertise
• Working knowledge of Accenture policy and Contract and Commercial Management Processes
• Professional certification (i.e., CFCM, CCCM, CPCM, IACM, etc.)
• Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) status and National Contract Management Association (NCMA) membership
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