Remote Senior Contract Administrator
Parsons Corporation- Full Time
- Posted : 4 years ago
TELECOMMUTE LOCATION: Remote, Work From Centreville
People wonder, “Where do you get your energy?” You set your mind to your work goal and you go at it with a passion that does not quit. You’ll only be done when your work satisfies your own high standards. We will provide you with all you need: the resources and the encouragement to excel, so that we can lift each other higher. Come find out as to why Parsons is the employer of choice!
Parsons extensive experience combined with your finance management skills, including drafting contracts, and identifying potential conflicts. At this level you will be responsible for soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, awarding, and administering contracts in support of world class projects. In this role, you perform contract administration assignments for projects with constructed values typically in the $50 to $100 million range with clients in the private and public sectors of domestic and foreign markets.
Drafts contracts for large engineering/construction management projects. Proposes alternative text/clauses to client contracts, as appropriate for the Company business.
- Ensures that the contract is thoroughly reviewed for legal, risk management, tax, and accounting issues prior to submitting to management for approval.
- Participates as a member of the negotiating team, consisting of business development and project management personnel, for establishing business terms and contract conditions.
- Monitors and administers the business provisions of assigned contracts to ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions.
- Advises the Contracts Manager regarding scope, financial, and risk issues of applicable contracts.
- Generates and maintains documentation for negotiating change orders. Prices and drafts change orders and amendments. Follows through to ensure that contractual coverage is implemented.
- Prepares letters to clients requesting approvals and interpretations required to comply with the provisions of the contract.
- Collaborates with Procurement personnel on project subcontract matters.
- Monitors project expenditures versus contract cost limitations.
- Prepares letters to clients notifying them of contract cost limitations and requirements for additional funds.
- Prepares project/facility acceptance documents and follows through to ensure acceptances are approved by the client.
- Furnishes business and financial information requested by the client, as delegated by the Project Manager.
- Identifies contractual problems and takes appropriate action to ensure a satisfactory resolution.
- Follows up on problems demanding management attention to ensure a timely response to the client.
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
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Our organization is truly a diverse community that’s open for everyone to participate in making a difference. If you want your insights and ideas to be heard and possibly enacted for your advancement and ours, you'll feel at home here. We value diversity in all its forms, and so here, you will find no limits to your professional growth. We welcome you into the process of exchanging ideas with work that is both stimulating and profitable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field desired
- 5+ years of contract administration experience is required
- Requires a working knowledge of industry business practices and the negotiation of prime contracts
- Incumbent must also possess strong written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills
- Working knowledge of PC software packages typically associated with contract administration
- Must be US Citizen
- Capable of obtaining Security Clearance
Skills
- Administrative Works
- Organization skills
- Problem Solving
- Financial Knowledge
