Senior Contracts Analyst

SWCA Environmental Consultants • Phoenix, AZ

7h • Hybrid

About The Position

SWCA Environmental Consultants’ Risk Management team is actively seeking to fill a Senior Contracts Analyst position. This position is responsible for reviewing client contract terms and conditions related to professional services and other legal documents in a high-paced environment while ensuring strict compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
This position is a great opportunity for a legal professional to join a leading environmental consulting firm dedicated to delivering sound science and creative solutions to our clients. The role is a permanent, full-time, salaried position that offers a hybrid work environment
Application deadline: Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; law degree or relevant certifications (like CPCM) preferred.
• Five to seven (5-7) years of experience in contract compliance, legal support, or contract administration—ideally in a professional services environment.
• Experience with contract terms and conditions analysis and ability to redline / redraft language to mitigate risk to the Company.
• Efficiently review complex client contracts in a high-paced environment.
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex contract terms clearly and succinctly to non-legal stakeholders.
• Strong ability to analyze complex documents and resolve issues.
• Detail-oriented with strong organization and project management abilities.
• Experience supporting legal or risk teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (especially Word and Excel); experience with ticketing systems or contract management software is a plus.
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
• Capable of working both independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Contract Review & Drafting: Analyze client contracts, amendments, and related documents and propose redlines to balance risk and expediency.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure adherence to company policies, legal standards, and industry regulations; identify and mitigate risks.
• Collaboration: Team with operations, legal, finance, and other departments.
• Process Improvement: Make recommendations to leadership on process improvements, and play an important role in the implementation of such improvements.

Benefits

• We are 100% employee-owned, and we build our success together.
• We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).
• We encourage professional conference attendance, internal and external professional development and training programs, education reimbursement, a Science and Leadership Program, and bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria.
• All regular status employees are eligible to participate in SWCA medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans, and are eligible to participate in the SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.
• SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff.
• We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level