Reviews, interprets, negotiates, and administers complex government and commercial contracts. Advises management on contractual rights and obligations, supports cost proposals, manages teaming and proprietary information agreements, oversees regulatory reporting, and administers contracts including cost reimbursable, time and materials, firm fixed price, and task order arrangements. The role also manages organizational conflict of interest plans and mitigates contractual and program risks.
SAIC has an opening for a Senior Contracts Analyst. For the right candidate, this position may be remote anywhere in the US.
Duties include:
- Reviewing contractual documents to ensure adherence to company policy, government specifications and requirements, and conformance to master agreements.
- Advises management of contractual rights and obligations and provides interpretation of terms and conditions.
- Represents organization as a prime contract on contracts or projects.
- Interacts with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
- Develops solutions to complex problems, which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation.
- Ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives.
- Supports commercial work as well as complex efforts including Firm Fixed Price (FFP), defined delivery efforts.
- Proposal preparation; negotiation and administration of various contracts to include Cost Reimbursable (CR), Time and Materials (T&M), Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and multiple Task Order contracts development; preparation, negotiation, and administration of teaming agreements and proprietary information agreements; collection and submission of data for regulatory reporting; and management of OCI Plans.
Required Education and Qualifications:
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related business discipline with 6+ years of experience, or a Masters and 4+ years of experience. An additional 4+ years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Minimum of 6 years of related experience in contracts administration
- Cost proposal experience including completion of review of risks/mitigations, approval process coordination, creation of cost narratives, understanding of compliance, and all other responsibilities of contracts related to proposal submissions.
- Thorough understanding and wide application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards in contract administration
- Full knowledge of industry practices
- Expert knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, terms, conditions, and policies governing assigned contracts, including FAR, DFARS, TINA and CAS
- Effective administrative and organizational skills, with the ability to handle a fluctuating workload and multiple priorities
- Effective communication skills
- Effective critical thinking skills and ability to assimilate
- Attention to detail
- Ability to handle complex contractual issues while collaborating with various stakeholders to help mitigate program risks.
- Ability to think critically and make informed decisions.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
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