Senior Legal Consultant, Technology Contracts - Tax Transformation

Deloitte•Jersey City, NJ

136d•$93,000 - $191,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Deloitte Tax LLP’s (Deloitte Tax) Tax Transformation Office (TTO) enables Deloitte Tax client service delivery through end-to-end business process improvement enabled by technology across the full range of Deloitte Tax market offerings, improving delivery efficiency and driving growth. The Tax Innovation Senior Consultant manages incoming innovation requests end-to-end — from intake and stakeholder coordination through established risk, legal, and compliance workflows — to efficiently advance high-impact ideas that drive growth, efficiency, and value across the Tax practice. This is an opportunity to be part of an innovative team within Deloitte Tax that delivers value aligned with the Deloitte brand. At Deloitte, we are leading clients through the tax transformation taking place in the marketplace. We offer a broad range of fully integrated tax services and add greater impact to clients by combining technology and tax technical resources to uncover insights and smarter solutions for navigating an increasingly complex global environment.

Requirements

Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex contract and risk issues into clear, practical guidance for stakeholders.
Self-starter with strong judgment, able to work independently, manage multiple matters, and know when to escalate to attorney or supervisor involvement.
Collaborative relationship builder who works effectively across legal, risk, cyber, privacy, and business teams to drive alignment and resolve issues.
Highly organized professional with strong project management skills, able to prioritize competing deadlines, manage follow-through, and drive tasks to completion.
Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2 – 3 days per week
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science or other relevant discipline
3+ years of legal experience reviewing, drafting, and revising technology agreements, including software licensing, SaaS, clickthrough/shrink-wrap, content licensing, software development, or professional services agreements.
Demonstrated experience drafting, redlining, and proofreading contract documents and related correspondence in a legal or contract management environment.
Proven ability to analyze commercial and contractual issues and apply relevant policies, procedures, and risk considerations to support agreement review and negotiation.
Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
Ability to travel up to 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
One of the following active accreditations obtained, in process, or willing and able to obtain: Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA, Licensed Attorney, or Enrolled Agent.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a professional services or consulting environment.
Experience with Gen AI tools and modern technology collaboration platforms.
Exposure to project management methodologies, Agile delivery, or design thinking frameworks.
Strong drafting, redlining, and contract review skills with technology or third-party agreements.
Ability to analyze commercial and contractual issues and coordinate effectively with legal, risk, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Analyzing, revising, and negotiating software license agreements and various other technology and third-party relationship related agreements, including negotiating commercial terms.
Advising practitioners and risk managers of Deloitte US Tax on contract and risk related issues.
Liaising with the Office of General Counsel (OGC), Privacy and Confidentiality, Cyber Security, Information Security, and various other risk domains to ensure alignment on compliance requirements and consistent application of firm policies.
Drafting documents and correspondence in support of vendor and technology agreement activities.
Performing contract management functions such as summarizing, proofreading, redlining, and organizing and maintaining reference materials and databases.
Applying familiarity with generative AI technology productivity tools and agreements to support the evaluation and onboarding of AI-related vendor relationships.