Contract Specialist NBS

Nelnet Business Services (NBS) a division of Nelnet Inc. provides payment technology education services and learning management solutions to education and faith-based organizations serving more than 1300 higher education institutions 11500 K-12 schools 3500 churches and millions of individual students families and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive.

As a Nelnet company the perks at NBS go beyond our benefits package. Youre part of a community invested in you as an individual and united by our mission to create opportunities for people where they live learn and work.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Facilitate and support the contract workflow from intake through document fulfillment and execution to back-end processing. Ensure documentation requests are completed delivered executed and processed timely.
2. Develop and draft contract documentation by identifying and clarifying requirements researching client-specific information and historical files and verifying details with SMEs key stakeholders and leadership as appropriate.
3. Ensure documentation is accurate and formatted according to client business and company standards. Obtain internal quality control approvals to verify compliance with applicable business and product-specific guidelines.
4. Review edit and finalize agreements and other documentation; process documents for execution and facilitate hand-off for implementation.
5. Coordinate with other team members to ensure effective workflow consistent process execution and unified approaches to contract management.
6. Leverage technology to help facilitate an efficient contract management process.
7. Interface with finance legal sales business development sales operations and other business teams to address and resolve issues related to contracts.
8. Research contract matters of low- to mid-level complexity and provide requested information and/or recommended course of action option(s) for consideration.
9. Stay abreast of changes in product/service offerings translating those updates to incorporate changes/enhancements into documentation to ensure content is current (e.g. language terms pricing). Update and maintain all document templates.
10. Track and manage inventory of documentation requests from internal and external sources; report on the contract process request volume status execution etc.
11. Manage new and existing contracts and files paper and electronic to ensure organized file structure and accurate record retention.
12. Evaluate processes approach coordination and templates to recommend and implement changes for continuous contract process and content improvement.
13. Assist with special projects as directed by leadership.

Salary Range: $55000-$65000

EDUCATION:
Associates or Bachelors degree with emphasis in one or more of the following: business accounting law English technical writing or related field.

EXPERIENCE:
1. 2 years of work experience in a professional business setting ideally in an analytical technical problem-solving or project coordination/management role with cross-functional collaboration.
2. Business-to-business experience managing timelines and priorities which are frequently evolving.

3. Experience with MS Office including Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook and SharePoint as well as experience working with databases CRM systems (Salesforce) and Adobe Acrobat.

COMPETENCIES SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:
1. Strong sense of urgency and the ability to adapt and work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment while producing quality work and meeting deadlines.

2. Comfortable navigating ambiguity-experience working on projects with limited guidance or shifting objectives.
3. Detailed with a high level of accuracy.
4. Knowledge of relevant industry and marketplace (preferred).
5. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills critical thinking and ability to make sound interpretations.
6. Well-developed interpersonal and client relations skills as well as strong verbal and written communication skills.
7. Excellent prioritization organization and time management skills.
8. Team player with the ability to handle tasks independently to closure.
9. Ability to think beyond the task at hand and take initiative.
10. Comfortable working collaboratively efficiently and effectively with both internal and external clients stakeholders subject matter experts and leadership.
11. Flexibility and adaptability.
12. Ability to produce professional-quality MS Word documents in a timely manner.
13. High degree of integrity and the ability to recognize the requirements for confidentiality.

Our benefits package includes medical dental vision HSA and FSA generous earned time off 401K/student loan repayment life insurance & AD&D insurance employee assistance program employee stock purchase program tuition reimbursement performance-based incentive pay short- and long-term disability and a robust wellness program. Click here to learn more about our benefits: LINK.

Nelnet is committed to providing a welcoming and respectful workplace where all associates have the opportunity to succeed. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we ensure that all qualified applicants are considered for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion/creed national origin gender sex marital status age disability use of a guide dog or service animal sexual orientation military/veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law. We value the unique contributions of every team member and believe that a positive work environment benefits everyone.

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Nelnet is a Drug Free and Tobacco Free Workplace.