Contracts Specialist

SAI Global, a global Risk Management Services provider, is looking to recruit a Contracts Specialist to join our Milton Keynes team on a permanent basis. With a strong commercial focus, the Contracts Specialist will be responsible for providing contract support throughout EMEA with a key focus on assisting on supporting with clients and prospects. Alongside the predominant contractual element of the position, the Contracts Specialist will also assist the EMEA Corporate Counsel with other ad-hoc legal matters.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will need to be adept and comfortable at guiding, and negotiating with, Senior Managers across the organisation, and the ability to connect at all levels is vital. As the role supports the EMEA region, the successful applicant will need to be able to work in a dynamic, fluid, and fast-paced environment. A main overview of the duties has been outlined below, and a full copy of the Job Description is available upon request:

• Draft, review and amend confidentiality agreements, customer agreements and agreement schedules, addendums, SOWs and various other documents;
• Research, outline and summarize technical and non-technical information to key stakeholders to facilitate understanding across the business;
• Identify terms that vary from corporate standards to ensure accuracy and compliance, recommend appropriate modifications, engage and collaborate with internal stakeholders;
• Assist and support the Corporate Counsel with the establishment of initiatives for the contracts function, including contracting tools and processes, legal language library, reference materials, playbooks and other legal matters;
• Act as a liaison between internal and external customers to efficiently drive the contract review and approval process to conclusion;
• Assist in reviewing and responding to RFPs and RFQs;
• Support corporate secretarial matters for SAI Global UK based legal entities;
• Co-ordinate with external counsels on corporate secretarial matters for all other EMEA legal entities;
• Maintain legal drive and Directors charts, ensuring both paper and electronic fillings are up to date..

Experience and skillset required:

• 3-5 years contracts specialist experience as part of a global in-house legal department (ideally the individual will also be part-qualified or working towards a professional legal qualification);
• Commercially focused;
• Computer literate with full MS Office experience (particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel);
• Excellent written and oral communications skills;
• Able to build strong and effective working relationships;
• Resilient with the capability to work under pressure in a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Professional and sensitive to the confidential nature of the work handled by the legal department;
• Experience with software licensing professional services agreements is advantageous;
• German language skills would be advantageous.

About SAI:

SAI Global provides a range of solutions, services and expertise to help individuals and organizations manage risk. Our business comprises four core divisions:

• Risk management solutions: We help companies take an integrated approach to risk lifecycle management through an innovative mix of industry expertise, market-leading software and ethics learning solutions;
• Global standards: We are a trusted provider of standards, technical information and regulatory content to organizations globally;
• Australian property broking and information: We are Australia’s largest provider of property information and settlement services and support confident decision making across all stages of the property lifecycle;
• Assurance certification and training: We provide accredited audit and certification services based on third-party endorsed management systems, and world-class training, to support organizations gain efficiencies, improve performance and ensure compliance.

Underpinning all SAI Global’s diverse, market-leading solutions are proven and trusted business methodologies, powered by local expertise and know how.

We have global reach, with locations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.