Contract Admin, Specialist

Responsibilities

• Advises relevant stakeholders regarding contractual rights and tariff obligations, providing interpretation of contract terms and conditions and applicable regulations to relevant stakeholders.
• Supports negotiations of contract terms and conditions with customers and stakeholders to ensure compliance with relevant tariffs.
• Interprets, analyzes, communicates and resolves issues that arise during application intake.
• Develops and/or follows processes to ensure that contracts are managed efficiently, consistently, and in compliance with the organization's commitments under the contracts and its regulatory obligations.
• Completes data entries in the contract management database and electronic storage system accurately and timely.
• Maintains compliance with tariff contract requirements, and reporting on contract information, development status, and performance to internal parties and regulatory agencies.
• Performs research on legal issues impacting the organization, identifying applicable statutes, regulations, and prime contract requirements and analyzing their application and effect on the organization's business operations.
• Coordinates meetings, develops agendas, summarizes, and documents decisions and action items, and disseminates meeting minutes.
• Reviews low-complexity contracts to identify potential risks, liabilities, and ambiguities, which includes analyzing legal language, financial implications, performance metrics and compliance requirements to ensure contracts align with organizational objectives and contractual obligations are met.
• Performs various financial and journal entries to aid in the reconciliation of projects including non-PO's, refunds and invoices.
• Aids in FERC Formula reporting, budget/forecasting, variance explanations, data requests, and monthly, quarterly and year-end accruals.
• Identifies and escalates issues to management for immediate resolution, may include billing, operational, and contractual issues.
• Drives continuous improvement, including assisting with identifying and implementing processes, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• Three or more years of experience in contract management or contract compliance, in accordance with regulatory rules and standards.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Legal Studies, Public Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience working in a utility, energy, regulated industry, government, or customer service environment.
• Experience working with databases, large datasets, and data analysis tools to identify trends, perform root-cause analysis, and develop actionable insights.
• Experience creating reports, dashboards, data visualizations, and management presentations that support operational, financial, and contractual decision-making.
• Experience using automation and workflow tools to improve efficiency and streamline business processes, including Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, or similar low-code/no-code platforms.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, pivot tables, and reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience in contract management or contract compliance.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• Utility, energy, regulated industry, government, or customer service experience preferred.
• Experience with databases, large datasets, and data analysis tools.
• Experience creating reports, dashboards, data visualizations, and management presentations.
• Experience using automation and workflow tools.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

Skills

• Contract Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Data Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Power Apps
• Power Automate
• Financial Reporting
• Customer Service
• Legal Research
• Project Management

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Mode
• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Relocation Not Applicable

Pay

Competitive compensation package.

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule.