Senior Contracts Analyst

SWCA Environmental Consultants; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Competitive wages & benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

SWCA Environmental Consultants' Legal team is seeking a Senior Contracts Analyst to review client terms, draft agreements, and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements in a fast-paced environment. This permanent, full-time role offers a hybrid work arrangement and opportunities to mitigate risk across professional services.

The candidate will analyze clauses, coordinate with contracts and legal personnel, and maintain contract databases while communicating complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field; law degree or CPCM preferred.
• 5–7 years of experience in contract compliance, legal support, or contract administration in a professional services environment.
• Experience with contract terms analysis and ability to redline/redraft to mitigate risk.
• Ability to review complex client contracts quickly and communicate terms clearly.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and manage client agreements to protect SWCA's interests.
• Analyze contract clauses, liaise with internal stakeholders, and maintain databases.
• Mitigate risk and optimize terms while ensuring compliance with internal policies.
• Support legal/risk teams and communicate complex terms to non-legal staff.

Skills

Contract analysis

Redlining / redrafting

Legal communication

Analytical skills

Microsoft Word & Excel

Contract management systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Accounting

Law degree or CPCM preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Contract management software

Job description

About the opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants' Legal team is actively seeking to fill a Senior Contracts Analyst position. This position is responsible for reviewing client contract terms and conditions related to professional services and other legal documents in a high-paced environment while ensuring strict compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

This position is a great opportunity for a legal professional to join a leading environmental consulting firm dedicated to delivering sound science and creative solutions to our clients. The role is a permanent, full-time, salaried position that offers a hybrid work environment

Application deadline: Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

What you will accomplish

Contract Analyst reviews, drafts, and manages client agreements to protect SWCA's interests, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, mitigating risks, and optimizing contractual terms in the company's best interests, working with internal operational clients and coordinating with contracts and legal department personnel. Key duties include analyzing clauses, liaising with internal stakeholders, and maintaining databases, requiring strong analytical and communication skills.

Experience and qualifications for success

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; law degree or relevant certifications (like CPCM) preferred.
• Five to seven (5-7) years of experience in contract compliance, legal support, or contract administration-ideally in a professional services environment.
• Experience with contract terms and conditions analysis and ability to redline / redraft language to mitigate risk to the Company.
• Efficiently review complex client contracts in a high-paced environment.
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex contract terms clearly and succinctly to non-legal stakeholders.
• Strong ability to analyze complex documents and resolve issues.
• Detail-oriented with strong organization and project management abilities.
• Experience supporting legal or risk teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (especially Word and Excel); experience with ticketing systems or contract management software is a plus.
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
• Capable of working both independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Why Work at SWCA

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services. Our Vision (the North Star) is to make SWCA the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee-ownership. We live our core values: we collaborate as OneSWCA; we are AlwaysLearning, we NeverSettle, and we GiveBack.

We are 100% employee-owned, and we build our success together. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms. We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).

At SWCA, we support our team members in developing their careers to make them leaders in their industry. Our Career Landscape initiative is a process and guide designed to help develop chart rewarding career paths for employees at SWCA. We encourage professional conference attendance, internal and external professional development and training programs, education reimbursement, a Science and Leadership Program, and bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria. All regular status employees are eligible to participate in SWCA medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans, and are eligible to participate in the SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.

If you need assistance accessing SWCA's website, completing the online application, or require accommodations at any point during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail] or call 1-480-581-5378. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive experience for all candidates. This contact information is specifically for accommodation requests; other inquiries will not receive a response.

EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. At SWCA Environmental Consultants, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including those with diverse experiences and veterans, to apply. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce enhances creativity, innovation, and overall organizational success.

SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees. In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges in all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.

Annual salary: $73,444.80 - $94,588.00. Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law. Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses. Candidates are also encouraged to consider SWCA's Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive Benefits package, forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.

SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA's continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.