Senior Contract Analyst

Essential Responsibilities

• Deal Strategy and Sales Support.
• Drive implementation of contracting and pricing strategies through day-to-day execution, as well as advising on potential new offers to meet market needs.
• Aim to protect client interests (margin, risk, policy, etc.), escalating as needed to all levels of management cross-functionally.
• Cook up post-deal activities and ensure smooth handover with post-deal team counterparts for implementation, depending on contract design.
• Cook up product proposal and aligned requirements for (15+) product platforms and the detailed configuration of each, including international requests.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of product offerings, applicable policies and procedures, and purchase acquisition/marketing programs.
• Understand third-party relationships to avoid potential risks.
• Decipher customer needs and translate into appropriate business models.
• Create both internal and external revenue generating quotes and amendments.
• Obtain high-level acumen of masters, pricing, and customer distinctions.
• Asset level reconciliation and research to ensure intention is applied for downstream impacts.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to confirm knowledge and processes are aligned.
• Process internal transactions for training, reporting, and functionality.
• Ensure that the Quoting requests queue volume meets or exceeds department service and turnaround standards.
• Drive process improvement projects – “Is there a better way?”
• Maintain high standards of professionalism and integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required (in lieu of a Bachelor’s Degree, minimum five years' business experience).
• Minimum of Intermediate skill level in Excel and Microsoft Suite.
• Excellent Written and Verbal communication skills—internal at all management levels; not customer facing.
• Possesses the knowledge to handle work of the most complex nature.
• Proficient in simultaneously handling divergent tasks.
• Effectively translates ideas into action.
• Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness and orderliness in performing work assignments.

Key Competencies

• Critical Methodical Analytical thinking—ability to solve problems, think, reason and learn.
• Attention to detail.
• Analyzes conditions thoroughly and reaches independent decision.
• Committed to searching for ways to approve and displays an ability to learn and adapt to changing situations.
• Ability to work in a team structure.
• Reliable.
• Able to successfully overcome resistance to new ideas.
• Keeps situations in proper perspective.
• Places a high value on time effectiveness.