Contract Specialist

Manning Personnel Group, Inc.; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Manning Personnel Group, Inc. is seeking a Contract Specialist to join its Boston-area legal team.

This role manages the contract-to-cash process and coordinates a high volume of vendor agreements while helping to build process improvements in a dynamic global environment. You will partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure accurate revenue recognition under ASC 606, maintain contract files and trackers, support invoicing and revenue reconciliations, and identify

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of contracts administration or revenue management experience.
• Strong understanding of ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Experience with contract administration, invoicing, and financial close.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to navigate complex vendor management with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage MSAs, NRLs, Consulting Agreements, SOWs, Client Agreements, and related contracts.
• Serve as a key point of contact for contract management, tracking items to completion.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to support contracting and procurement needs.
• Maintain contract files, trackers, and databases with accuracy and completeness.
• Review contracts for inconsistencies, missing information, and potential risks.
• Ensure contracts and revenue schedules are set up in financial systems.
• Prepare revenue reconciliations and monthly revenue recognition activities.
• Identify and resolve revenue discrepancies.
• Support project closeout activities.
• Assist with process improvement initiatives in contracts and billing.
• Support timely invoicing and monitor accounts receivable aging.
• Handle ad hoc projects as assigned.

Skills

Contract administration

Billing

Revenue recognition ASC 606

Project management

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

A successful consulting firm in the Boston area is seeking a Contract Specialist to join their legal team. This individual will play a critical role in the contract-to-cash process and in managing and coordinating a high volume of vendor agreements while helping to build and improve internal processes across a dynamic global environment. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and energized by operating in an evolving, ambiguous setting where they can take ownership, identify gaps, and drive execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage a variety of agreements including MSAs, NRLs, Consulting Agreements, SOWs, Client Agreements, and other related contracts
• Serve as a key point of contact for contract management, ensuring appropriate follow-up, tracking outstanding items, and driving contracts through completion
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to support contracting and procurement needs
• Maintain contract files, trackers, and databases while ensuring accuracy and completeness of all documentation
• Review contracts carefully to identify inconsistencies, missing information, incorrect language, budget discrepancies, and potential risks requiring escalation
• Ensure contracts and revenue schedules and documentation are set up correctly in financial systems
• Prepare revenue reconciliations, regular audit support schedules, and monthly revenue recognition activities
• Identify and resolve revenue discrepancies
• Manage project closeout activities
• Assist with process improvement initiatives in contracts and billing and identify opportunities to create greater structure and efficiency within a rapidly evolving environment
• Support timely invoicing through documentation and tracking, coordinating with billing team, reviewing invoices for accuracy and completeness, and monitoring accounts receivable aging
• Ad hoc projects as assigned

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of contracts administration, contracts management, billing, or revenue management
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition principles under ASC 606
• Experience with contract administration, invoicing, financial close responsibilities, and revenue recognition
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Experience navigating complex vendor management and contracting processes involving multiple stakeholders
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to review agreements critically and identify potential issues proactively
• Comfortable operating in an evolving, fast-moving, and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, color, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.