Employment Law Senior Manager
Finance, Banking & Legal · Legal Services · Compliance & Regulatory
In short
Accenture seeks a Senior Manager for its Employment Law team in Abu Dhabi. This role involves providing strategic legal advice, managing litigation, and supporting transactional matters for key internal stakeholders. The position requires a qualified lawyer with significant post-qualification experience in employment law.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and pragmatic Employment Law advice on a wide range of advisory matters to key internal stakeholders – including Human Resources, Employee Relations, Inclusion and Diversity, Total Rewards, Mobility, Mobilization and Leadership.
- Oversee and provide support for litigation and pre-litigation matters, in conjunction with Employee Relations team and external counsel.
- Provide operational and strategic support for transactional matters: Outsourcing – negotiating and advising on contractual aspects of outsourcing deals including risk management and transition of staff into (and out from) Accenture.
- Ventures & Acquisitions – negotiating and advising on Mergers and Acquisition/joint venture deals, including due diligence, deal execution and post-merger integration support.
- Advise on industrial relations and collective bargaining issues, particularly collective consultation requirements.
- Contribute to development of internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on Employment Law and business issues for the region.
- Manage and oversee external counsel relationships with law firms as appropriate, including budget management.
- Stay abreast of legal developments impacting on Accenture, its clients, and industries and incorporate it into company practices.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with post-qualification experience within an Employment Law team, in private practice and/or – ideally – in an in-house environment.
- Minimum of around 10 years post qualification experience (applications from all levels of post qualification experience will be reviewed).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Able to present innovative, original solutions which understand our business, and to act as a strategic thinker.
- Leader as well as team player, collaborative, and persuasive; able to work well with a wide range of personnel, across many roles and levels.
- Strong time management, prioritization, and project management skills.
- Build trust-based relationships – through interpersonal skills and by delivering on commitments.
Desired Qualifications
- Preferably, some exposure to cross-border work or European projects.
- Enthusiasm for continuous learning.
- Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that unique styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to Accenture.
- Demonstrate respect for individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, or other personal characteristics.
Benefits
- Enjoy challenging and interesting work that requires innovation and creativity.
- Your entrepreneurial spirit and vision will be encouraged and rewarded, and your success will fuel opportunities for increased impact and rapid career advancement.
- Build the deep, valuable industry and functional expertise that will keep you relevant as you grow your career.
- Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
- Accenture sees well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health.
- Provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences.
- Proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.
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