Contract and Legal Specialist

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and executing contracts such as client agreements, vendor agreements, service agreements, NDAs, and amendments.
  
• Analyse contractual terms and conditions to ensure alignment with company policies, legal requirements, and business objectives.
  
• Independently review and redline customer, vendor, partner, procurement, technology, SaaS, consulting, and confidentiality agreements, identifying legal, commercial, operational, financial, compliance, data privacy, and information security risks.
  
• Identify, assess, and mitigate contractual risks, highlighting deviations from standard terms and recommending appropriate changes.
  
• Develop, maintain, and regularly update a Contractual Risk Register, documenting key contractual risks, risk owners, mitigation actions, obligations, and status tracking
  
• Collaborate with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Risk, and Business stakeholders to ensure contracts meet operational, financial, and compliance requirements.
  
• Maintain and update the contract repository, ensuring proper version control, documentation accuracy, and audit readiness.
  
• Track and monitor key contractual obligations, including SLAs, KPIs, deliverables, and critical milestones, ensuring timely compliance and performance.
  
• Support contract negotiations by analysing commercial terms, pricing models, and benchmarking against internal standards and market practices.
  
• Assist in contract renewal management, identifying upcoming expiries, evaluating contract performance, and supporting renegotiation or termination decisions.
  
• Ensure proper flow-down of contractual terms into purchase orders, vendor communications, and related procurement documentation.
  
• Conduct vendor due diligence and risk assessments, including financial, operational, and compliance evaluations.
  
• Support audit and compliance activities, ensuring all contract and procurement documentation meets internal policies and regulatory standards.
  
• Provide contractual guidance and interpretation to internal stakeholders to support effective decision-making.
  
• Assist in resolving contract-related disputes, escalations, and performance issues in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
  
• Monitor compliance with data protection, confidentiality, and information security requirements within contractual arrangements.
  
• Own the development, standardization, maintenance, and continuous improvement of contract templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, approval matrices, and governance frameworks.
  
• Continuously monitor internal business requirements, legal developments, regulatory changes, industry standards, customer expectations, and market practices, and proactively recommend updates to contract templates, standard clauses, and contracting processes.
  
• Establish and maintain contractual governance processes, including contract review workflows, approval mechanisms, escalation procedures, and exception management controls.
  
• Prepare reports and insights on contract utilization, compliance status, cost savings, and vendor performance.
  
• Develop and maintain contract metrics and dashboards to provide visibility into contractual commitments, key risks, deviations from standard terms, and overall contract portfolio health.