Contract Administrator Legal Support

Jason Goode

Phone: 917-***-****

Email: *****************@*****.***

Candidate Location: Brooklyn, NY 11226

Interview Availability: Available on Monday to Friday 8:00AM to 7:00PM. Summary:

* ***** of experience working as Contract Manager, Contract Administrator and Contract Associate in contracting environment with skills like negotiation & redlining to within company’s remit, reviewing & advising, and managing & administering all company contracts, understanding and extracting terms, obligations, expiration, deadlines, covenants, due dates, interest rates, payouts, trigger events, events of default etc., contributing to large volume of proposal efforts.

Skilled communicator liaising with internal departments, facilitating and coordinating all internal stakeholders across different regions involved in the contracting process, including legal partners, ensuring their comments flow through to the contract and requisite approvals are obtained, as well as clients.

Proficient in electronic software pivotal to efficiency, accuracy and reliability such as: Word, Adobe pro, Sharepoint, Excel, Teams, Slack, Outlook etc.

Skills:

Negotiation, Exceptional

document management skills

Proficient in MS word redlining

documents

Contract management

Excel proficiency utilizing

formulas & pivot tables

Experience with software

including but not limited to:

Salesforce, Apptus, LexisNexis,

Relativity Adobe Acrobat,

LiveNote, Concordance,

MedLitigation, Westlaw,

SharePoint, Command

Automated Publishing System

(CAPS), Diligent BoardBooks,

Aladdin, Doxs

Implemented several Contract

Tracking Systems (e-files)

Professional Experience:

EA, Engineering, Science and Technology

Contracts Manager March 2024 - October 2024

Oversee the corporate contracts management program and develops, builds upon, and strengthens the program with continual process improvement and redesign efforts and preparation, implementation and Contract Life-cycle Management (CLM) on-boarding and integration; This includes receiving request, reviewing all proposals to ensure the most beneficial terms and conditions are captured, redlining/negotiating to within company’s remit, communicating with stakeholders, and finalizing documents through final execution; systems admin. for all contracts systems;

Tracks all task and required actions per contract with daily and weekly status updates. Manages the coordination and maintenance of federal and commercial contracts through contract life-cycle to ensure compliance with company standards and federal regulations; Serves as contract liaison between PM, legal department, and Program Executive;

Negotiates, redlines, reviews, advises complex federal or commercial contracts to company standards. Coordinate with PM to provide guidance on contractual requirements and ensure contract requirements are fulfilled; Supports the proposal process for timely responses to Request for Proposals (RFP’s);

Development of strategic contractual positions. Independently generating legal contracts based on templates and/or knowledge of the business. Address internal inquiries regarding contractual obligation, issues, disputes, compliance; Manage contract repository ensuring consistency and best practices are followed;

Collaborate with other Contract Management team members to manage workload and identiy ways to improve workflow, efficiencies and contracting practice. Mentor Contract Administrator and others on a day-to-day basis. Alvarez & Marsal

Legal Ops Specialist October 2023 - March 2024

Carefully reviewed and evaluated discrimination claims and applications submitted by farmers, assessing the validity and extent of allegations; identifying discrepancies within applications and escalating when appropriate; Grading application within the company’s remit for award basis. Coordinating with Quality Control to ensure consistency.

Conduct thorough investigative research to understand the full impact and specifics of alleged discriminatory practices.

Make impartial decisions on how much monetary compensation should be distributed to successful claimants, based on the outcome of investigations;

Maintain strict adherence to all applicable federal laws and regulations that protect against discrimination in agricultural programs, ensuring unrivaled legal compliance within my remit;

Communicates effectively with legal teams and other relevant stakeholders, providing valuable insights and findings for more productive discrimination claim evaluations.

Maintain meticulous records of all conducted investigations and arranged settlements. Becton Dickinson and Company May 2023 - September 2023 Government Consultant Contract Manager

Contract Instrument Solicitation - Lead the beginning-to-end response process with responsibility for solicitation review, kickoff meetings with customers, contract analytics, package submission, ongoing monitoring of agreement for KPI reporting, and appropriate document retention. Actively Monitor government and third party outlets (GSA eBuy/Govspend) for new contract instrument solicitation opportunities;

Contract Management - Lead beginning-to-end process for standard and mass contract modifications. Be responsible for Contract Extension and Closeout as well as developing contracting strategy and analysis based on business needs. Contract Setup - After contract awarded, assign cases & obligations to appropriate managers and BU; Standard Modifications (Product Add/Delete, Price Increase/Decrease, Customer Add/Delete, Administrative Changes)

SME in Salesforces (Apptus) and able to set-up new contracts, parent & child agreements, contracts mods, obligations, cases, purchase order and pricing agreements;

Responsible for ongoing management of the Government RFP process from receipt of RFP, to Award process, to storage and ongoing monitoring of Agreements;

Review solicitation and initiate PM activities, including conducting kickoff meeting(s) with BU and SCVP, developing a solicitation project plan, leading tasks and due dates to customers, updating the RFP tracker, and communicating project status to Executives. Prepare the final response package by working with customers, such as BU, Legal, SCVP, etc.;

Lead the formal Q&A process by working with the Government Contracting Officers and BU in a timely manner. LawTrades Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

Management Legal Operations & Jr Licensing Specialist (Remote)

Review & verify deal terms for large volume of SaaS agreements.

Responsible for flagging & triaged inaccuracies and liaised Sales, Business, & Legal until final approval for a major venture capital fund.;

Manage all renewal licensing requirements for primary healthcare clinics as well as processing required licensing for new clinics; responsible for proper uploading & storing of licenses and certificates and producing upon request with internal stakeholders and city agents;

Held weekly meetings to keep team abreast on status of expiring, renewed, and pending licenses and certificates; liaised with City officials across multiple states for requirements, payments, & production of various licenses & certificates.

Chemours Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

Contract Administrator (Remote)

Contracted to contribute to large volume of proposal efforts, collaborating with Business Development and Proposal teams to ensure compliance on a variety of commercial proposals;

Negotiated NDA’s, proprietary information agreements, and other standard and non-standard agreements as assigned; Assists with additional projects and other related duties as required. Terraform Power Jun 2019 - May 2021

Contract Manager - Renewable Energy

Contracted to manage and lead development of proprietary contract database for compliance purposes;

Designed and deployed improvements to contract management processes that enabled the company to contract for new solicitations, manage risk, better support internal workflow, enable programmatic flexibility, support robust reporting, better manage knowledge, and reduce cost;

Worked with team members to ensure the contracting nuances of risk management, warranties, deliverables, tax, accounting, revenue recognition, bonuses, damages, costs, and schedule were understood and regulatory compliant.

Reviewed all company contracts (SharePoint) and extracted terms, obligations, expiration, deadlines, covenants, due dates, interest rates, payouts, trigger events, events of default etc.;

Prepared and presented reports on contract performance and compliance to senior management and portfolio managers;

Uploaded all company contracts into the developed database using defined naming conventions and keywords for numerous portfolio managers across multiple business lines;

Established internal processes for the management of contracts, version controls, and monitoring and assuring compliance with ongoing agreements;

Directed weekly meetings to discuss the ongoing development of the database and provided training, insight and suggestions for implementation as well as weekly progress reports;

Ensured timely preparation and review of requests for proposals, term sheets, exhibits and other agreement documents;

Extracted and tracked all financial obligation due dates as part of the notification aspect of the database and assigned each to the appropriate portfolio manager;

Trained and supervised a paralegal on the review, upload, extraction and input process; flagged compliance related terms including but not limited to obligations, covenants affecting change of control, distributions, and interest rates. Spearheaded the completion and implementation of the contract database. Healthfirst Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

Paralegal

Contracted to monitor, address, and process POA requests and manage and update internal databases. Received and logged confidential requests for member records;

Reviewed requests and validated HIPAA authorization provided. Requested records from the applicable HF departments. Reviewed all produced documents to ensure they conformed to the request and sent approved records to the requesting party. Collated documentation and inputted updates for each case on tracking spreadsheet. Coordinated with law firms requesting member records and acted as a liaison between law firms and intake. Eliminated member request backlog.

LockeLord Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

Legal Assistant

Contracted to provide support for all aspects of commercial lending and real estate transactions to two partners and two attorneys within the Real Estate department; prepares legal documents, correspondence, memos, letters and reports;drafts and prepared documents such as petitions, motions and interrogatories; Prepared and e-filed numerous filings on a daily basis;

Establish and maintained files and entered data into a case management system. Assists in preparing written and oral presentations. Send and retrieve documents from Records as needed and followed work flow procedures as it related to opening/closing matters and generated engagement/disengagement letters;

Draft loan transaction documents using mandated forms from various national lenders. Distribution of transaction closing documents to clients and other parties.Prepare closing binders. Coordination with client/intake for new client/matters conflicts check and opening new billing numbers; draft conflict waivers; prepared expense reimbursement statements via internal online system. G-Holdings LLC May 2017 - Sep 2017

Real Estate Paralegal

Contracted to implement an internal contract tracking system (Excel) to track all agreements, leases, and pending legal matters and status thereof.

Managed multiple projects, merger & acquisitions, and closings.

Assisted General Counsel by drafting of closing statements, deeds, UCC financing statements and other documents to close transactions; prepared leases and modifications thereto; and drafting and reviewing of legal documents: confidentiality agreements, loan documents, easements, leases, operating agreements, title and survey.

Created organizational charts, certificates of formation, applications for authority and other corporate filing documentation.

Supervised and updated corporate books.

PrimeClerk Jan 2017 - May 2017

Paralegal - Bankruptcy

Contracted to assist and to be an integral team member of legal assistants supporting Attorneys appointed by bankruptcy court representing Debtors in large chapter 11 bankruptcy filings.

Responsible for analyzing motions, orders, and bankruptcy materials regarding all aspects of filing from inception to restructuring.

Corresponded with clients, customers, and creditors and other interested parties regarding case issues.

Worked closely with other practice groups and offices on matters related to restructuring cases.

Provided training to entry level case assistants. Cantor & Fitzgerald Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

Litigation Paralegal/ Executive Assistant

Assisted General Counsel accurately drafting and preparing commercial real estate broker agreements, termination agreements, side letters, award packets, cash advances, offer letters, and various other documents.

Prepared documentation and binders for litigation.

Mitigated productivity loss due to leave of absence and made current existing backlog.

Coordinated executive meetings, video and telepresence conferences as needed.

Executive calendar maintenance, complex calendar management, identified potential issues for scheduling and prioritization.

Travel arrangements and expense reimbursement processed.

Managed incoming and outgoing phone calls and communications.

Supported and backed up other Paralegals and EA’s as needed. Blackrock Financial Management Sep 2015 - Aug 2016 Contract Associate - On-boarding/Implementation

Accurately drafted, negotiated, and regulatory compliant of contractual documentation for my portfolio of business, included but not limited to IMA’s, PPM’s & LPA’s.

Negotiated client documentation to within the remit of the On-boarding-contracting team, escalated legal and operational risk when necessary.

Facilitated and coordinated all internal stakeholders across different regions involved in the contracting process, including legal partners, ensuring their comments flow through to the contract and requisite approvals are obtained.

Partnered with the on-boarding-implementation team to take on new clients and manage client change as efficiently as possible.

Communicated any contractual documentation changes to the client mandate to applicable internal stakeholders.

Captured and recorded relevant non-standard contractual clauses negotiated on an ongoing basis and maintained/updated the contractual documentation database.

Ensured that all completed contractual documentation was properly filed, stored and retrievable.

Active participant in research initiatives/projects requested by the sales, product or legal teams. New York State Department of Financial Services Apr 2015 - Sep 2015 Paralegal - Banking and Development District

Negotiated and drafted contracts with financial institutions (banks, money lenders, check cashiers etc.) servicing NYC.

Managed multiple projects simultaneously; prioritizing daily tasks and weekly deadlines.

Ensured contracts were in full compliance of NY State Banking Law & Banking Development District (BDD) guidelines, facilitated and implemented comments, and properly filed & stored documentation.

Analyzed and processed contracts for expansions, closings, and openings by banking institutions.

Prepared Community Development Unit’s (“CDU”) evaluation of branch closings and community impact.

Assisted CDU’s leadership in managing the administration of the Banking Development Districts (“BDD”) program and acquired and developed relationships with relevant financial institutions (branch managers & presidents).

Provided information to the public about Banking issues and CDU’s research findings by posting on the official NYS Dept. of Financial Services website.

Established and maintained strong relationships with CRA and fair lending examiners and provide support to these functions, as needed.

BNY Mellon Dec 2014 - Apr 2015

Corporate Paralegal

Responsible for drafting & reviewing shareholder contracts prior to distribution to various groups.

Coordinated, reviewed and implemented draft comments by internal and external groups, (i.e. financial reporting reviewers, legal, tax, etc.)

Reviewed and implementation of Form N-Q comments, conversion to EDGAR and filing with SEC.

Responsible for managing the SEC reporting process via Form NCSR.

Creation of Shareholder Reports, proofread, monitored and applied approved changes. Education:

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature With A Minor in Psychology 2008 York College

Membership:

Member of Law Club and Debate Team

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