Duties & Responsibilities

Contracting & Legal Advisor - Senior Manager
 

About Deloitte

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Every day, approximately 220,000 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to a single vision: to be the standard of excellence, while working towards one purpose – to make an impact that matters.

In South Africa, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services organisations, specialising in providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Corporate Finance services. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, to consumer business, energy, mining and manufacturing, tourism and the public sector, and we provide powerful business solutions to some of the world's most well-known and respected companies, including more than 80 percent of the Fortune 100.

Main Purpose of Job

Join the Contract & Legal section of the Consulting Africa Quality & Risk Management (QRM) team, with responsibility for overseeing the activities aimed at establishing agreements with clients and business partners of Consulting, as well as assistance in the management of these agreements over their lifecycle from sale to delivery. Note this role requires:

- Someone who has dealt with a large variety of stakeholders, both internal and external 

- Global Experience

- IT Contracting experience 

- A candidate who is professional, with Corporate Strategy and Business Imperatives 
 

Qualifications & Experience required

Minimum Qualifications

• Qualified Attorney with LLB or B.Com Law (majoring in Commercial & Contracts Law)

• Experience as a legal adviser in a professional services environment

• 6-8 years’ experience in commercial contract management, preferably in a professional services environment
 

Desired Qualifications

• Admitted Attorney or Advocate, with at least 6 years post-admission experience

• Preferably previous experience with in an in-house legal advisor role for one of the large professional services firms
 

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters. In addition to living our purpose, Managers across our organization:

• Develop high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities

• Deliver exceptional client service; maximize results and drive high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders

• Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people

• Understand key objectives for clients and Deloitte; align people to objectives and set priorities and direction

Key Performance areas
 

1. Strategic Impact

• Support the Consulting business in the establishment and management of contracts with clients and business partners

• Providing support to the business from the sales cycle to supporting project teams

• Interact with internal clients (senior individuals) to:

o Determine client requirements and understand their needs

o Negotiate criticality, deadlines and turnaround times

o Assess and discuss the risk impacts of specific terms and requirements

o Negotiate the merits of specific clauses and changes to the agreements

o Provide feedback on agreements

• Establish agreements with clients and business partners, including contract negotiations with external party legal representatives

• Guide business in complex deal structuring involving multiple parties and different types of contractual agreements

• Perform ad hoc contract analysis, in the context of Deloitte contracting policies and standard terms

• Assist in the management of contractual and legal disputes

• Provide ongoing Contract Management support and activities for Consulting, including ongoing maintenance and management of individual agreements, and contract compliance reviews

• Provide ad hoc, well considered and relevant legal guidance and support to the Consulting business

• Ability to conduct legal research and document and present findings to a diverse audience

• Assist in the ongoing maintenance of standard legal agreements for use in Consulting

• Ability to multi-task by driving and supporting on dozens of open matters at any given time with the ability to prioritise and manage deadlines and commitments with internal and external clients

• Ability to consider the commercial implications of contracts, over and above legal terms and conditions; also an ability to consider legal terms relevant to the specific services and products for which the contracts are being concluded

• Ability to flow contractual obligations through multiple agreements between different parties, incl. upstream to clients and downstream to business partners and other Deloitte entities

• Ability to work independently but also work effectively in a team construct, where multiple team members are involved on the same set of contracts

• Assist with the development, maintenance and roll out of various contracting terms & conditions templates for contracting with clients and business partners

• Drive the development, maintenance and roll-out of contracting polices and guidance documents

• Ability to develop contracting and legal training material and drive training activities within the consulting environment, including the development of continuous learning material for the legal team and from time to time for the broader risk community

• Drive contracting activities withing the overall risk mitigation strategy of Deloitte

• Assist in determining new and improved ways of providing legal contracting support and contract management, including through the use of technology

• Contribute toward the achievement of Deloitte global standards
 

2. Knows the business and industry - Knows how the member firm business works and keeps up-to-date on industry activities, marketplace trends and leading practices
 

3. Manages to results - Takes responsibility for assigned areas and contributes to the successful realization of common goals
 

4. Manages and executes projects - Prepares and manages work plans to ensure efficient and timely completion of work
 

5. Solves problems - Identifies and solves problems objectively using analysis, experience and judgment
 

6. Manages quality and risk - Understands and applies quality assurance and risk management procedures in all areas of work performed

7. Manages change and ambiguity - Is adaptive and flexible in the face of change and ambiguity
 

Key Competencies required:
 

Leadership / Behavioural Capabilities

• Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make

• Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people

• Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders

• Strategic direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction

• Talent development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities
 

Technical Capabilities

• Ability to prioritise matters and accommodate relevant turnaround times

• A clear understanding of today’s professional services environment and an understanding of the regulatory environment governing the provision of non-audit services in a large audit client base environment

• Delivery and action focused, and persistence and perseverance in driving issues to resolution.

• Lateral thinker capable of strategic and analytical thinking, with pragmatic approach to problem solving and an ability to grasp abstract concepts/complex situations.
 

How you’ll grow

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Contracting and Legal, Group Legal Advisor, Admitted Attorney, IT Legal, Commercial Law, Contract Law