Ethics and Compliance Data Privacy Specialist

Ethics and Compliance Data Privacy Specialist

Role Summary

• Conduct data privacy reviews and support program implementation.
• Communicate and liaise regularly with different internal and external stakeholders, including outside counsels.
• Work mostly independently but must have good collaborative skills to work in a group.
• Strong process management skills and process improvement.
• Conduct research on data privacy regulatory requirements, internal process and related matters.
• Support individual rights requests and regulatory enquiries.
• Regular presentations about project updates to leadership and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities aligned to the role

• Draft, design, align and improve compliance processes and templates to implement different data privacy laws and other requirements that come into effect.
• Coordinate with different stakeholders to understand and collect process requirements and advise on approaches.

• Act as a project manager for new initiatives and introduce measures for existing processes and ad-hoc initiatives.

• Conduct data privacy assessments, such as local country risk assessments, privacy reviews and/or DP Impact Assessments, to ensure compliance with data privacy program and regulations.
• Support Ventures & Acquisitions due diligence activities, and policy administration.
• Understand the contractual principles required to draft, review, and assist in negotiation data privacy schedules for contractual arrangements.
• Follow and keep track of legal changes, news and developments related to data privacy laws at global level, analyze them including their impact and prepare internal materials and communications.
• Draft internal support documents.
• Identify and support subject access/individual rights request responses in alignment with internal policies and procedures.
• Support senior data privacy counsels.

• Understand relevant Accenture policies and their application to the data privacy area, and Accenture’s business operations, regulatory environment and potential data privacy risks in regulated areas.
• Understand the different CORE (Compliance, Operations, Regulatory & Ethics) areas and the surrounding issues and statutory regulation. Build credibility and effective relationships internally within Legal team.

• Develop training for team members, Legal and other Accenture functions on data privacy processes or regulatory requirements.
• Serve as tier 1 support to inquiries about data privacy.