Client Relations Administrator – Contract
Broadridge
Principal Contracts Administrator – Defense Industry
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Support proposal preparation including data rights and commercial item assertions.
- Review terms and conditions to assess potential risk areas and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
- Lead contract negotiations and contract administration activities from proposal through closeout, in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer requirements.
- Work complex assignments independently and support Finance, Program Management, and various levels of Management related to contractual requirements.
- Administer daily contract activities for a variety of contracts and contract types, including cost reimbursable and firm fixed price; such activities will include establishing milestones, payment terms, initiating and monitoring invoicing and funding to support financial objectives, and providing various status updates to leadership.
- Assist with the change management process to assess and manage scope, schedule, and cost impacts.
- Assist in risk identification, assessment, and mitigation efforts related to Contracts.
- Act in an advisory role to program management and leadership related to contractual rights and obligations, compile data, and maintain historical information.
- Under general supervision, develop solutions to both routine and complex contractual matters to ensure company compliance with contract requirements on assigned programs.
- Assist management in achieving financial goals related to bookings, cash flow and sales.
- Prepare written communications with internal and external customers for assigned contractual matters.
- Maintain complete and accurate records of all customer-related activities and correspondence in defined company systems.
Requirements
- Recent experience as a Contracts Administrator in the defense industry supporting contracts with large Primes.
- Knowledgeable of the US government contracting environment with direct experience working with the FAR and DFARS.
- Experience negotiating complex terms and conditions and/or special contract clauses such as intellectual property and indemnification, for both new and continued execution of various commercial and non-commercial contracts.
- Attentive to detail and able to handle complex contracts with minimum supervision.
- Ability to multi-task in a challenging environment.
- Demonstrated experience with Firm Fixed Price contracts (preferred).
- Excellent decision-making skills that support resolution of complex problems while minimizing risk to the company (preferred).
- Ability to learn and utilize various data entry software tools and to adapt with changes to those tools (preferred).
- Proficient skills using MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) (preferred).
- Ability to travel (less than 10% of the time) (preferred).
