Senior Contract Analyst

First Merchants Corporation•Fort Wayne, IN

About The Position

First Merchants Bank is seeking a Senior Contract Analyst to join their team. This position will assist the Director, Corporate Contract and Procurement in the administration, oversight, and delivery of legal services related to Corporate Contract Management. The role involves providing and coordinating all legal review activities in the contract functions to ensure the Corporation's legal rights are protected and its operations are maintained within policy, law, and regulations. It also includes coordinating with general counsel when necessary and assisting the Director with the Vendor Management program and other procurement responsibilities.

Requirements

Undergraduate and law school degrees.
A minimum of six (6) years of progressively increasing responsibility in a corporate legal environment or private practice.
Admission to the Indiana Bar.

Responsibilities

Serve as primary legal resource for vendor contract reviews.
Represent/act as the delegate of the General Counsel in contract negotiations, contract management, and contract compliance for the Bank and the Corporation.
Coordinate further review with general counsel for the defined subset of contracts as defined in policy.
Advise, train, and educate the Corporate Procurement team on matters related to contract reviews.
Initiate and maintain contract review documentation.
Investigate and follow-through on contract issues.
Advise and interpret contract requirements, obligations, and risks.
Confer with management on amendments and settlements.
Create and communicate concise and consistent contract provisions.
Drafting, reviewing, analyzing, redlining and negotiating a wide range of contracts and agreements to attain achievable risk levels.
Identify and assess risk and communicate effectively with internal team members, business partners, and counsel.
Negotiate contract terms, payment structure, and reimbursement.
Compare counterpart contract terms with legal requirements and policies.
Management committee participation as requested.
Perform various administrative duties related to third party risk management (TPRM).
Assist in the oversight of the periodic assessments of third parties.
Assist in providing training and assistance to vendor managers and point persons responsible for meeting requirements of the TPRM program.
Detect and analyze problems by reviewing information that has been obtained.
Participate in the maintenance of the Third Party inventory.
Perform onboarding, classification, ongoing maintenance and assessment activities and other data updates.
Prepare periodic reports.
Escalate concerns to the Director, Corporate Contract and Procurement.
Assist in preparing for third party risk management audits and exams.
Assist the Director, Corporate Contract and Procurement, and Senior Management in enabling and cooperating with departments like legal, operations, credit, and accounting.
Handle multiple projects in a fast-paced team environment.
Exercise judgement and work under pressure and persuade parties in full fairness of company’s position.