
Contract Specialist
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts to ensure compliance with company policies and legal requirements outlined by the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and under minimum supervision from management
- Enter contract set-up details within the platform and review and administratively approve contract requests within the CLM platform's contracts workflow that follow the playbook
- Send contracts for execution through the CLM platform or DocuSign
- Coordinate contract term negotiations among various stakeholders, which include legal teams, compliance, and cybersecurity teams and begin to interface directly with vendors
- Support legal, compliance, and cybersecurity processes, ensuring adherence to internal standards and external regulations
- Follow signature guidelines and routing contracts for signatures
- Serve as the main liaison with outside contracting representatives
- Train internal business units how to enter accurate contract requests.
- Assist in tracking the contract approval and execution process, as well data collected to support the management of vendor relationships throughout the life of each Vendor contract.
- Bachelor's degree required and 2+ years of experience in procurement, contracting, and/or business operations.
- Strong understanding and knowledge of contract processes, legal drafting, contract management, procurement, and related fields
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to make prompt decisions based upon relevant facts and established processes.
- Problem solving and conflict resolution skills as required
- Detail oriented, with ability to independently organize multiple tasks and priorities, and to effectively manage workload under pressure of deadlines.
- Solution-focused and committed to self-accountability.
- Critical thinking skills in relation to the vendor relationship management and oversight responsibilities.
- Excellent time management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities and to complete tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Proficiency with an electronic contract lifecycle system that includes communications, tracking, and reporting functionality.
- Familiarity with DocuSign, SharePoint, and legal vendor management software or similar system knowledge
- Prior Fintech or SaaS experience