Contracting Officer

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Meraki Full time

**Contracting Officer**
Exceptional Daily Rate (PAYE/Umbrella)

12 Month Contract

Edinburgh - Hybrid Working

Posted 29/03/23

CVs by asap

Start date: asap

Our client is a global leading investment management corporation who have experienced exponential growth and have a reach throughout the world. They are pioneers in the field of sustainability and ensuring their investments are forward thinking and have a positive impact on society and communities.

The Contracting team partners closely with ICB, Relationship Managers, Legal and Compliance, Onboarding teams and other internal groups to ensure the clients contracts balance commercial outcomes with appropriate risk management and fiduciary obligations.

They cover a broad range of clients including sovereign wealth funds, central banks, pension funds and insurance companies each of whom may transact in different investment strategies, products, instruments and markets offered by the client. They are responsible for driving and completing contract negotiations with clients on behalf of the Institutional Client Business (“ICB”).

**Responsibilities of the Contracting Officer**
- Drive the contracting process from initial drafting through negotiation and execution for your portfolio of business and meet client expectations
- Own a client channel, supervise the book of work for that channel including complexity assessment and case assignment, and find opportunities for process and client experience improvements
- Facilitate and coordinate with internal partners across functions involved in the contracting process, ensuring their comments flow through to the contract and requisite approvals are acquired
- Manage client expectations throughout the negotiation process
- Ensure that the appropriate contracting process is followed to mitigate risk
- Identify potential issues that are disseminated to potentially impacted internal stakeholders for review, discussion, negotiation and resolution
- Capture and record relevant non-standard contractual clauses on an ongoing basis and maintain the contractual documentation database
- Ensure that all completed contractual documentation is properly filed and circulated to relevant groups
- Find opportunities for process and client experience improvements
- Support the sales team with contractual documentation queries

**Background of the Contracting Officer**
- Proven track record to draft and negotiate sophisticated legal contracts
- Ability to perform and deliver high quality legal contracts in a fast-paced environment
- Proven skills in successfully managing competing internal and external demands within timeframes
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Knowledge of the asset management industry (fund types, client base and strategies, operational set up and products) and applicable law and regulations
- Comfort in working with multiple systems to supervise and handle the contract negotiation lifecycle

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