Senior Associate - Contract Administrator

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing team within GDS India. Based in the GCO Enablement team in GDS India, the role will support in-house lawyers and EY's business on various legal and risk management aspects. You will provide legal support to the business or EY teams and become a trusted adviser of stakeholders (often at senior level, including engagement partners). You will be expected to assess and understand how firm risks can be best managed and mitigated.

Your responsibilities:

• Provide contract lifecycle support and facilitation. Facilitate high quality contract document management by populating certain types of contracts/agreements using tool-based templates with GCO oversight and facilitating the contracts from automated drafting through signatures, keeping the document for retention purposes. Working on CLM portals like DocuSign.
• Facilitating review of flow down provisions in sub-contracting agreements.
• Expected to coordinate with various business teams and assist internal clients of a wide range of seniority in these matters and carry out best practice and other legal and risk responsibilities, where appropriate.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders, regular connects with the stakeholder on day-to-day transactions.
• Support junior members with day-to-day queries, provide training on new guidance, settling new joiners.
• Liaising with internal specialist functions including Independence, General Counsel's Office and Risk Management teams.
• Manage and update process documentation and ensure it is updated time to time.
• Manage legal/Risk Management aspects.
• Support the team in strategies developed to address issues identified.
• Managing own workflow and handhold junior team members with the same. Participate in driving process improvements and efficiencies.

Skills and attributes for success:

You will be provided with training and coaching on the job.

We are looking for someone who has the following attributes and skills:

• Good understanding generally of legal aspects related to risk and compliance and basic contracting.
• Broad awareness of quality and risk management topics and issues.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to be highly responsive, reactive and comprehending of a wide variety and volume of business and legal challenges.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong communication and English language (verbal and written) skills.
• Solutions-oriented with relentless focus on world class execution of projects and tasks.
• Proficiency in managing high workload volumes efficiently and strong multi-tasking, organizational and time management skills.
• Confidence, maturity and high degree of awareness in order to be able to work effectively with a broad base of senior-level internal stakeholders.
• Strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership for success of a given task.
• Eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented environment and ability to work cooperatively with other teams and country practices, demonstrating cultural sensitivity.
• Strong service-oriented personality, proficient at delivering the highest quality of work within deadlines.
• High levels of personal energy and appetite for work and success.

Experience and qualifications:

• LLB Graduate with 3 to 5 years of experience.
• Familiarity with CLM tools will be preferred.
• IT proficient - typing, Windows, Word, Basic Excel and PowerPoint familiarity.

What we look for:

• Someone who wants to grow into a new role at EY and develop new skills and attributes.
• A passion to contribute to the growth of the wider GCO and GDS team.