Contract Analyst (Temporary) - LAC Group

Location: USA - NY - New York

LAC Spend Management, a division of LAC Group, seeks a Temporary Contract Analyst for it’s offices in New York (Manhattan). The objective of this role is to provide vendor and client contract analysis and reporting support. The individual serves as the primary project support role for the managers and executives of LAC Spend Management and the client. The analyst will work with available data and analyse specific contract language as well as request contract materials directly from the client that will support LAC’s recommendation to the client, assist in making better business decisions, etc. The individual will be providing strong analytical and reporting support to the consulting team, using Excel, Qlik (BI tool) and other data management tools. This position should last approximately 6-8 weeks but could extend beyond that.

The candidate works directly with the Executive Management team to understand the division’s business environment and needs. He or she identifies and documents relevant project documents and related data to project, process and specification details.

Responsibilities:

• Acquiring contract data from primary or secondary data sources and maintaining databases
• Understands business context, problems and communicates them clearly in written and oral format.
• Helps maintain records for all active projects and implements archival processes for completed work.
• Documents meeting minutes and action items for internal and client related projects.
• Performs data entry and corrections of data in LAC systems.
• Responsible for ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and completion of all tasks that support the LAC program.
• Support the development and monitoring of the LAC program results and dashboards to client and LAC.
• Work with the team to support the development of operational measures, targets, and thresholds that would be useful to report to client, derived from LAC data.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills:

• 2-4 years of experience in contract and/or data analysis for consulting, legal or corporate development projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Math, Stats, Business, Economics, Finance or Accounting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including data analysis, pivot table, and chart creation and ability to generate simple to mid-level Microsoft SQL queries.
• Math skills to estimate numerical data.
• Knowledge of Qlik ( BI tool) is preferred.
• Project or delivery management experience supporting business intelligence, data mining and/or data consolidation preferred.
• Exceptional organizational skills, strong written, verbal presentation skills and a willingness to learn.
• Ability to meet tight project deadlines.

LAC Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action Employer who values diversity in the workplace.