Contract Specialist

Company: Fiserv
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: June 2, 2021

Job Description:

What does a great Contract Specialist do?

A Contract Specialist ensures that colleagues and clients receive responsive and capable professional contracting support for a wide variety of transactions and deals. You will impact both client satisfaction and help Fiserv reach our financial targets by preparing, editing and managing transaction documents and supporting deals. You will gain product knowledge, company knowledge, and problem solving skills. This role will give you the experience and exposure to grow personally and professionally through an opportunity to work with a dedicated team of legal professionals.

You will provide meaningful contributions to the group by:

• Working primarily on single purpose agreements/documents (NDAs, SOWs, amendments, letters, etc.)
• Preparing initial drafts of agreements based upon contracting standards and unique deal terms or requests
• Managing form contract templates
• Drafting shorter sections or passages, primarily using standard documentation and a clause bank
• Working with procurement and commercial executives to verify terms
• Interpreting business and legal terms during and after the contracting process
• Reviewing terms against templates and identifying deviations
• Acting as a point person for the collection of information and feedback from disparate groups (e.g. finance, operations, security, product, etc.) during the contracting process
• Learning the business products and staying current with industry trends and news
• Assisting with research projects

Basic qualifications for consideration:

• Bachelor’s Degree or five (5) years of relevant experience
• One (1) to three (3) years of contract/legal experience
• Strong written, verbal and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic and demanding environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, team player
• Strong organizational skills, detail oriented
• Strong computer proficiency with a variety of software applications, including MS-Office Suite and PDF software and excellent typing skills
• Effective time management

Preferred qualifications for consideration:

• Experience drafting various professional services and technology contracts, including software licenses and SaaS agreements

Travel required:

Minimal. 1-2 trips per year for Legal Department meetings

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