Contract Assurance Lead

  • Location

    Surrey

  • Sector:

    Information Technology

  • Job type:

    Contract

  • Salary:

    £550.00 - £580.00 per day

  • Contact:

    Geoff King

  • Contact email:

    geoff.king@volt.eu.com

  • Job ref:

    78269-ITENG-GRK_1617092050

  • Published:

    almost 3 years ago

  • Duration:

    52 weeks

  • Expiry date:

    2021-05-29

  • Start date:

    ASAP

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

IT Contract Assurance Lead - 12 month initial contract - Surrey - £550-580 per day

I am currently partnering with a Global pharmaceutical company based in Surrey who are recruiting for an IT Contract Assurance Lead on an initial 12 month contract. This will be a remote role initially but may require travel to the office in Surrey in the future.

Responsibilities will include:

Review the requests coming into the Contract Assurance Hub from Demand functions.
Raise request in Service Now on behalf of the Demand Function/Requester to Primary Vendor and relevant tower vendors to support the demand/solution.
Process/Co-ordinate the request through Service Now working with the requester where required to clarify any questions, manage notifications, and to manage SLA's.
Work with the requester to get the request through the requirements validation, solutioning, co-ordinate contract review (including project costs) with requesters and project delivery in order to take contracts to signature (this also includes ensuring PO's are raised to the Vendors.
Provide data to support project cost reconciliation. This is to assist the delivery lead to ensure vendors are providing up to date accurate cost management to manage project "burn rate"
Provide timely notifications relating to process escalations In the contract assurance process
Provide data & collaborate with the wider team with regards to continuous improvement
Ensure compliance to finance regulations SOX and internal financial policies

Skills/Experience:

Proven track record of reviewing commercial contracts
Experience liaising with Vendors regarding contracts
Ability to create processes/procedures where these are not already in place
Experience working with ServiceNow (any experience of SAP/Ariba would also be desirable)
Experience of managing/reconciling project costs