Contract Administrator 4

About the role

This position offers a 9/80 schedule, offering every other Friday off, and will be required to come in-office daily to support team and business operations.

Responsibilities

• Participate in contract proposal preparation, contract negotiations, contract administration, and customer contract activities to manage assigned contracts in accordance with company policies, legal requirements and customer specifications.
• Ensure contractual obligations are communicated and understood, ensure fulfillment of contract requirements, manage contract changes, be proactive in administering each contract and maintain historical information.
• Primary interface with customer, ensuring contractual matters are communicated and understood, and managing contract changes.
• Significant visibility within high visibility programs, including some Division and Sector submittals and reviews.
• Manage tight deadlines in a complex environment.
• Meet high performance expectations in a very dynamic environment.
• Review terms and conditions to address provisions and risks of financial terms, acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification and all other potential risk areas and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
• Develop solutions to both routine and complex contractual matters to ensure company compliance with contract requirements on assigned programs.
• Aid management in achieving financial goals related to cash management and sales.
• Prepare written communications with internal and external customers for assigned contractual matters.
• Maintain contract data into Contract Management System and/or Enterprise Accounting System.
• Ensure timely delivery of all contractual deliverables and submission of invoices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience or a Master's degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 years of experience in contracts management /administration and/or industry related experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of FAR/DFARS and/or government regulations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of US Government contracting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, (specifically Excel and PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat.
• An active Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 5 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Aerospace/Defense Industry experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience with negotiating FAR terms and conditions.
• Law, business, or relevant advanced degree preferred.