Senior Contracts Specialist

The Sr Contract Specialist's role is to amend, negotiate and finalize project budgets, together with creating draft contractual documents.

Key Accountabilities:

• Prepare and able to finalize in a client-ready format draft contract document, including Start-up Agreements, Work Orders and Change Orders from Parexel or client templates per guidance provided by the assigned Contract Manager or Line Manager or autonomously and in conjunction with relevant departments
• Amend, finalize, and present project budgets as required

• May negotiate budget changes with client
• Prepare payment schedules as required, to support bids and for inclusion in contract documents
• Direct client interaction with established contacts in conjunction with the assigned Contract Manager or Line Manager
• Provide quality client deliverables to strict deadlines
• Facilitate review and approval of contractual documents and budgets in accordance with relevant policies and procedures
• Participate in contract review meetings with clients and internal customers
• Communicate with and inform the FBP of ongoing budget changes and provide finance system load ready budget tools in accordance with relevant policies and procedures
• Review client contractual templates with support from Line Manager/ Contracts Director / LRM and edit as appropriate to ensure Parexel’s positions are covered and to highlight areas of potential concern
• Ensure contracts with client edits received back from the client show all the appropriate changes
• Customize Parexel templates to meet client template requirements
• Ensure contractual documents are processed into and maintained in relevant databases
• May customize templates approved by Legal for the relevant entities and post current copies on the Business Operations intranet
• Participate in the development and testing of tools and procedures
• Potential training and mentoring of other Business Operations team members
• May have involvement in discussing legal terminology for contractual documents as appropriate

Skills:

• Ability to lead internal meetings
• Highly organized with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills, problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Highly confident dealing with internal staff, and external if required
• Established negotiation skills

Knowledge and Experience:

• Knowledge of contract management principles.
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant software (Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, Databases).

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Science, Business, Languages or equivalent. MBA or Paralegal certification preferred.