Agreements Analyst

Job Description:Position Overview:The Agreements Analyst’s primary role is to partner with our Implementation Consultants to analyze, translate and clarify our client’s needs in order to prepare service agreement packages to present to both internal and external clients.Core Duties:• Draft standard service agreement packages as well as amendments with a high level of quality and within established deadlines• Analyze and interpret client needs in order to set expectations and offer resolutions and/or suggestions for changes• Ensure appropriate approvals are documented and retained• Utilize consulting skills to negotiate to best business practices for final documents• Assess/mitigate risk of requested contract changes• Maintain management reporting• Work on rotating team assignments (i.e. database and spreadsheet updates, legal agendas)• Project work and research as neededWithin the first six (6) to twelve (12) months the person in this position will be expected to:• Learn and understand basic pension rules and IRS retirement plan types, which will require independent study• Learn and understand contractual provisions in existing templates and be able to articulate meaning in layman’s terms• Prepare standard service agreements• Prepare amendments to existing service agreementsPosition Requirements:• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience• 2-4 year’s related experience preferably in an area that produces contracts and/or service agreements.• Certification in Contract Administration desired• Strong knowledge of contract fundamentals and ancillary documents to a contract• Proactively seeks resolutions to problems• Strong research, analytical, multitasking skills and detail-oriented• Excellent consulting and communication skills – written, verbal and interpersonal, with the ability to interface effectively within and across departments• Basic understanding of retirement plans preferred• Proficiency of the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Access, and Excel• Organized, with the ability to complete multiple tasks under various deadlines with minimal supervision