Senior Contracts Paralegal
About the role
The Contracts Paralegal is responsible for managing the administration of a variety of customer facing agreements, as well as vendor agreements and other complex agreements. This position works closely with a variety of internal teams to support the contract process from start to finish.
What you'll be doing
- Partners with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
- Manage the administration of the review, analysis, proofreading, and redlining of agreements.
- Ensure the maintenance of contract templates in computer system; update contract templates as needed.
- Draft and negotiate terms and conditions for simple contracts.
- Safeguard the maintenance of contracts database
- Interact with clients and participate in the contract negotiation process
- Maintain deadlines on deliverables and communicate on an ongoing basis with business partners and internal clients about contractual issues.
- Liaise with other departments to ensure contractual terms and conditions are acceptable and serve to minimize risk.
- Oversee team so Contracts Team acts as the point of first contact for the Legal team to promote internal and external customer service.
- Work with internal teams to enforce and train on proper contract procedures
- Manage requests for proposals.
- Responsible for company-wide training on proper contract procedures.
- Ensure all processes are documented and updated regularly.
- Track authorizations and correspondence.
- Exercise independent judgment to ensure that the dissemination of information is made to appropriate employees regarding contract status.
- Provide appropriate reporting to management as needed.
- Provide contract summaries as requested and ensure contract execution in accordance with company policy.
- Perform other administrative tasks requested by manager.
- Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.
What you have
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years of experience in a corporate office managing contracts or working in the legal field.
- Legally eligible to work in the United States.
- Exceptional customer service skills; able to support both internal and external customers.
- Proactive customer service.
- Attention to detail and the ability to spot errors and inconsistencies.
- Adept at handling interruptions and multi-tasking during high-volume periods.
- Excellent computer skills, including CRM systems, ERP Systems, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint).
- Must have good organization and communication skills, as they must manage communication between people with different training and skill sets to allow them to work together effectively.
- Must be able to exercise the utmost discretion due to the confidential nature of tasks assigned.
- Outgoing personality with top-notch organizational, time-management, and follow up skills.
- Must be dependable and able to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be comfortable performing required tasks as assigned.
- Able to take direction from multiple people.
- Able to work effectively and cooperatively on a team
What you can expect
There’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.
About us
Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world-renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We’re a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 20,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best-known businesses with regional hubs in San Francisco and Irvine, CA; Norcross, GA; Plano, TX; and New York City; and Integration Centers in Silicon Valley and Atlanta. www.computacenter.com/us
Nearest Major Market: Atlanta