Job Summary:

Responsible for providing legal advice and support on a broad range of corporate, securities, governance, finance, disclosure, and compliance matters for a publicly traded company. This position partners closely with executive leadership, finance, investor relations, treasury, human resources, internal audit, tax, compliance, and other business teams to ensure compliance with applicable securities laws, stock exchange requirements, and corporate governance standards. The role also supports strategic transactions, financing activities, and board of directors' matters.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Prepare board resolutions, presentations and other board materials relating to company transactions, annual meetings, share plan operations and related matters; and otherwise support the board and committee meeting material preparation and distribution process

• Provide legal support for preparation and review of SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, registration statements, and other securities filings

• Aid in the preparation of the company's annual proxy/information statements, manage directors' & officers' questionnaires and participate in the planning of and preparation for shareholder meetings

• Monitor developments in securities laws, SEC regulations, and stock exchange listing requirements

• Respond to internal inquiries related to disclosure obligations, materiality assessments, and reporting requirements

• Provide support on executive compensation disclosure requirements, including international equity filings, and employee share plan matters

• Support the global Treasury organization on banking operations, including global and local credit facilities, banking services agreements and FX hedging and related ISDA documentation

• Advise transactional teams on corporate structure and internal policies; and on support instruments such as corporate and bank guarantees, surety bonds and stand-by letters of credit

• Advise on other disclosure matters, including global sustainability reporting

• Provide support for other corporate and capital markets transactions, as needed

• Manage both in-house and outside legal resources

Relationships:  

• Reports to: Corporate Matters Counsel Senior Managers

• Supervises: Paralegals, legal assistants and other support staff

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Basic Qualifications:   

• J.D. from an accredited law school

• Minimum of 3 years of legal experience managing securities compliance, SEC reporting, corporate governance and public company matters in a law firm or fast-paced corporate legal department

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on international corporate and regulatory compliance issues

• Proven ability to efficiently manage and contribute to significant numbers of projects simultaneously 

• Executive compensation and share plan compliance experience

• Corporate finance experience supporting global finance, treasury, and banking operations

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with senior leadership

• Detail oriented, organized, reliable with a relentless focus on execution

• Independently manage drafting of documents and correspondence

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to explain complex securities, governance and finance matters clearly to senior leadership

• Strong business judgment and ability to provide practical legal advice

• Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian

• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 09/01/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $94,400 to $316,300
Cleveland $87,400 to $253,000
Colorado $94,400 to $273,200
District of Columbia $100,500 to $291,000
Illinois $87,400 to $273,200
Maine $80,400 to $232,800
Maryland $94,400 to $273,200
Massachusetts $94,400 to $291,000
Minnesota $94,400 to $273,200
New York $87,400 to $316,300
New Jersey $100,500 to $316,300
Virginia $87,400 to $291,000
Washington $100,500 to $291,000

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Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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