Contract Specialist - FTC

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Share option scheme

Season ticket loan

EV scheme

Parental leave

Employee assistance

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in Nottingham is seeking a Commercial Contracts Executive to provide contract support to the Insurance business. You will draft, review, and prepare standard contract documents and interpret contractual requirements, coordinating with Legal and internal stakeholders.

In this busy Operations role, you will manage governance tools, track decisions, and supervise junior contract administration, helping ensure timely execution and compliance across agreements.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualifications / work experience.
• Prior experience of working within a busy commercial contracts or legal function
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload and competing deadlines within a fast- paced environment with progressive adaptations as the business grows at pace.
• Performs well in high pressure environment, balancing those competing priorities with strong commitment to delivering results
• Proven success interacting, influencing and working with multiple functional areas; both internal and external;
• Has built successful working relationships; demonstrated expertise, commitment and follow-through;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provide basic commercial advice and interpret contractual requirements.
• Draft, review, and prepare standard contract documents (Orders, Amendments, Schedules, SLAs, Appendices), including approved term modifications.
• Manage customer queries and pushbacks, escalating to Legal or stakeholders where required.
• Attend internal governance forums (e.g. Deal Review Board) and maintain accurate records and decision tracking.
• Ensure effective use of contract governance tools (e.g. DocuSign, approval forms, trackers, reporting) to support timely execution.
• Maintain oversight of shared legal inboxes, contract storage, and indexing processes.
• Supervise and support junior contract administration, providing guidance on day-to-day tasks.
• Support legal and business teams by managing process mapping, regulatory/customer enquiries, and biannual contract template updates.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Collaboration across functions

Attention to detail

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualifications / work experience

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Confluence

MS Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

About the Business:

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Insurance vertical, we provide customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. Our insurance risk solutions help drive better data-driven decisions across the insurance policy lifecycle all while reducing risk. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below. https://risk.lexisnexis.com

About the team:

The team works closely with Sales, Legal, Product, and Analytics to make sure deals are accurately captured, approved, and documented. They’re responsible for drafting contracts based on the agreed commercials and terms, and they diligently track any non-standard provisions. It’s always busy, with a wide range of internal stakeholders involved, so collaboration and attention to detail are key.

About the role

The Commercial Contracts Executive position will provide contract support to the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Insurance business. The role will work as part of the Operations team to ensure compliance with commercial contract terms and conditions. The role holder will collaborate closely with the Legal team to providing credible and trustworthy guidance to the business.

Responsibilities:

• Provide basic commercial advice and interpret contractual requirements.
• Draft, review, and prepare standard contract documents (Orders, Amendments, Schedules, SLAs, Appendices), including approved term modifications.
• Manage customer queries and pushbacks, escalating to Legal or stakeholders where required.
• Attend internal governance forums (e.g. Deal Review Board) and maintain accurate records and decision tracking.
• Ensure effective use of contract governance tools (e.g. DocuSign, approval forms, trackers, reporting) to support timely execution.
• Maintain oversight of shared legal inboxes, contract storage, and indexing processes.
• Supervise and support junior contract administration, providing guidance on day-to-day tasks.
• Support legal and business teams by managing process mapping, regulatory/customer enquiries, and biannual contract template updates.

Experience required:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualifications / work experience;
• Prior experience of working within a busy commercial contracts or legal function
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload and competing deadlines within a fast- paced environment with progressive adaptations as the business grows at pace;
• Performs well in high pressure environment, balancing those competing priorities with strong commitment to delivering results
• Proven success interacting, influencing and working with multiple functional areas; both internal and external;
• Has built successful working relationships; demonstrated expertise, commitment and follow-through;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Confluence, MS Teams and Powerpoint.

Working for you :

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work