Manager-Assistant Director - Commercial Contracting

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Job Title

Assistant Director/Manager – Commercial Contracting

Service Line/Sub-Business Line

Legal

Qualification

LL. B (professional qualification)

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing team within EY. Part of the GDS GCO Enablement team in India, the role will involve working with legal/Global General Counsel’s Office (GCO) attorneys, and support EY’s business on vendor contracts. You will provide legal support to the business and become a trusted adviser of stakeholders (often at senior leadership level). You will be expected to assess and understand how risks can be best managed and mitigated. You will also be managing a team of legal professionals and would be expected to coach and guide the team members to enable them to efficiently deliver on their goals.

Your responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, finalising and advising on procurement contracts (for EY and its global network member firms) and shall include: • IT contracts for multiple EY divisions and variety of technologies (such as AI, robotics, analytics), including: • Software License contracts, Hosted software/hosted services agreements; External Data Agreement; IT Services agreements; Software support agreements; SLAs • Excellent knowledge of negotiating technology contracts plus hands-on experience in complex transactions, preferably from an in-house team of an IT company • Providing business and legal advice and guidance to stakeholders and end users regarding potential issues stemming from new and existing contracts. • Working with internal stakeholders to develop strategies to address issues identified. • Communicating progress, challenges, risks and benefits to appropriate management levels and affected user groups and other members of the GCO in the affected jurisdictions. • Understanding practice and business goals and how they impact the types of products and services procured. • Coordinating with cross functional teams (tax, data privacy, information security) as part of the contract finalisation process. • Ensuring that accurate and sufficient contractual documentation is developed to effectively document the commercial transactions and to protect EY’s interests. • Understanding the relevant EY policies the transactions and how contract drafting, negotiation and execution are impacted by those policies (Independence, Procurement, Data Privacy, etc.). • Ensuring that all contractual documents developed are compliant with EY policies. • Managing team’s workflow and propose process improvements, automations and efficiencies. • Maintaining an understanding of the impact of changes in EY policies, organizational structure, and procedures. • Mentoring junior team members • Assisting in allocation