Accenture

Contract Specialist

In short

This role manages the full contract lifecycle for a major global professional services and consulting firm, analyzing contractual terms, risks and commercial mechanisms, and using AI-enabled tools to support account teams and negotiations. It requires at least four years of experience in contract management or a related commercial function, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to work autonomously with legal, finance and delivery teams. The position is based in São Paulo and the resume must be submitted in English.

About Accenture
Accenture helps the world's leading companies reinvent themselves, building their digital core and unlocking the power of AI to generate value rapidly for organizations across all sectors. Its strategy is to be the preferred reinvention partner for its clients, lead the safe and broad adoption of AI, and be the most client-focused, AI-enabled company and a great place to work worldwide. Accenture brings together the talent of approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry knowledge, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable results at scale. Through its Reinvention Services, Accenture offers broad expertise in Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process and Technology. It serves approximately 9,000 clients and generated around US$74 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2026.
Visit Accenture at accenture.com.
What you'll do day to day
•Independently conduct routine contract lifecycle activities, using technology-enabled tools and processes.
•Analyze contractual terms, mechanisms and obligations, identifying opportunities to protect and expand business outcomes.
•Identify and report contractual and business risks, supporting the definition and implementation of mitigation actions.
•Transform information generated by AI-enabled tools into clear analyses for account teams and other stakeholders.
•Document the impacts of changes, operate commercial mechanisms, and identify scope or demand changes relative to the contractual baseline.
•Prepare and support internal and client-facing forums, presenting relevant topics related to contracts, risk, performance and commercial aspects.
•Contribute to structuring opportunities, drafting and reviewing documents, and supporting negotiations, working together with legal, finance and business areas.
What we're looking for
We are looking for someone with experience in contract management or related commercial roles, able to operate autonomously throughout the contract lifecycle. This person should combine knowledge of commercial and contractual principles with analytical ability to identify risks, support negotiations, and turn data into relevant business recommendations.
We also expect:
•Ability to build trusted relationships with clients, account teams, legal, finance and delivery areas.
•Clear communication, including the ability to present contractual and commercial topics to different executive levels.
•Collaborative attitude, willing to share knowledge and mentor early-career professionals.
•Initiative, agility to learn, and openness to using new technologies and ways of working.
•Commitment to accurate deliverables, meeting agreements, and transparent communication about activity progress.
Basic qualifications
•Minimum of four years of experience in contract management or a related commercial function, considering local market hiring practices.
•Completed higher education or equivalent professional experience.
•Knowledge of basic commercial contracting principles.
•Experience supporting negotiations, analyzing contractual documents, and identifying commercial risks.
•Familiarity with AI-enabled tools and solutions.
•Ability to use contractual data and information to support business decisions.
•Availability to travel when necessary.
Desirable knowledge
•Experience with account governance, contract reporting, or performance management in complex environments with multiple stakeholders.
•Experience in multicultural environments, with teams distributed across different time zones.
•Experience in commercial mechanisms, change management, and identifying scope variations.
•Continuous learning mindset and interest in adopting new technologies.
•Participation or professional membership in institutions such as World Commerce & Contracting (WorldCC) or the National Contract Management Association (NCMA).
Relationships
Supervision: no formal people management responsibility, but may guide and support more junior professionals.
External relationships: works with contract management, procurement and business professionals from clients, within the defined scope.
Internal relationships: interacts with account teams, legal, finance, delivery and contract management leadership.
Application information
The resume must be submitted in English.
Benefits
•🏥 Medical assistance – 100% subsidized by the company (employee and dependents)
•🦷 Dental assistance
•🍽️ Meal or food voucher with no deduction
•🛡️ Life insurance
•📈 Private pension plan
•🏋️ Wellhub
•💪 TotalPass
•📉 Option to purchase company shares at a discount
•💊 Pharmacy discount
•👶 Childcare assistance
•📚 Partnership with a language school
•👨‍👩‍👧 Extended maternity and paternity leave
•💰 PPR (profit sharing)
*According to current policy.
Job location
São Paulo – São Paulo

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