Company Description

About us, but we’ll be brief

Experian is the world’s leading global information services company, unlocking the power of data to create more opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society. We are thrilled to share that FORTUNE has named Experian one of the 100 Best Companies to work for. In addition, for the last five years we’ve been named in the 100 “World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Forbes Magazine. Experian prioritizes our culture and look to bring people to the team who are passionate about their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who continue to value team over self.

We have 23,000 people operating across 44 countries and every day we’re investing in new technologies, talented people, and innovation to help all our clients maximize every opportunity.

Job Description

This Contracts position will support our Experian Consumer Services and Partner Solutions businesses. The position will provide you the opportunity to part of the team who negotiate contracts directly with Experian’s business clients, requiring an understanding or background with a variety of different agreements, including software licensing, SaaS, “white-label” engagements, professional services, analytics, as well as NDAs, evaluation agreements, “co-branded” engagements and standard terms and conditions. You are chartered with finding creative solutions that meet both Experian’s and its clients’ business and legal needs and ensure that contracts are filed, recoverable, searchable, available for audit and conform with a myriad of Experian policy and procedure requirements. This position requires coordination with various stakeholders and subject matter experts notably the Sales team(s), the legal department, compliance, product marketing, finance, as well as other groups at Experian. You will also track and maintain compliance with contracting policies including approval procedures for non-standard terms and pricing, lead the on-going administration of client contracts, advise other members of the contracts team on policy issues and risks, and provide training to sales and other departments on contract tools and the ability to recover and access contract documents and contracts tracking in real-time (via JIRA). You need to be adept at using your judgment and making sound decisions quickly to facilitate contract administration while minimizing risk to Experian’s interests.

Qualifications

• BA Required; paralegal certification or an advanced degree desirable but not required if significant experience

• 3 to 5+ years plus of experience with complex commercial agreements for large financial institutions, telecoms, utilities, fintech, and other types of business clients, in a corporate or other environment including but not limited to the administration and reporting related to such contracts

• Excellent working knowledge and experience with contracts administration including but not limited to filing, tracking, reporting and preparing summaries related to such contracts

• Experience with US and foreign (example - GDPR) data privacy laws, or other similar regulatory schemes, a major plus

• Experience supporting a contracts or similar team at a technology company or other large company desired

• Concisely, timely and effectively advise other team members of contract risk associated with certain arrangements as needed (including policy non-conformance issues)

• Ability to draft contract administration documents quickly, completely and concisely, including reports, summaries, extracts, comparison charts, etc.

• Background or familiarity with CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management Tools) and/or JIRA highly desirable

• Ability to understand complex contract concepts and distill those in a brief format to a diverse set of stakeholders, including potentially senior executives of the Company

Attributes of a Successful Candidate:

• High level of comfort in a corporate environment comprised of numerous business units with diverse needs and rapidly changing priorities

• Demonstrated interest in the tech arena and desire to understand and embrace technology evolutions

• Demonstrated ability to quickly digest complex information and make good, informed decisions

• Highly motivated, strategic, and detail-oriented with the ability to proactively organize a heavy workload and work independently without daily supervision

• Self-starter who understands executing with urgency, and the ability to comfortably work in an intensely deadline-oriented environment

• Maintain a high level of professionalism and outstanding business judgment with minimal supervision and the ability to pivot and re-prioritize quickly and frequently

• Ability to draft a substantive email in five sentences or less for an executive level audience

Additional Information

Culture at Experian

Our uniqueness is that we truly value yours.

Experian's culture, people, and environments are key differentiators. We take our people's agenda very seriously. We focus on what truly matters; diversity and inclusion, work/life balance, flexible work, development, engagement, collaboration, wellness, rewards & recognitions, volunteering... the list goes on!

Our benefits include: Medical, life and dental insurance, Asociacion Solidarista, International Share Save Plan, Flex Work/Work from home, Paid time off, Annual Performance Bonus, Education Reimbursement, Family Bonding, Bereavement Leave, Referral Program, and more.

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Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and it ensures that we live what we believe.