Contract Administrator

Job description

Contract Administrator

Environment:

Finance support function for project execution.

Mission:

Provide, during lifecycle of a project, support dealing with administrative, contractual, financial and tax matters through a collaboration with Project Managers and guidance of Global Functions.

Key responsibilities:

· Billing & Payment Security

Implement billing plan: issue shipping invoices in link with customs duties in close collaboration with Logistics team and issue commercial invoices in close collaboration with Project Managers.

Validate, implement and follow up of Letter of Credits , negotiate with banks and liaise with Group Trade finance teams

Implement and follow up credit insurance policies , negotiate and manage single risk insurance policy, liaise with brokers, and Group Credit Management teams.

· Bank Guarantees

Review bond drafting versus Group guidelines

Prepare, submit and manage customer bank guarantees up to final release

Expiration follow up and alert in case of call or risk of call and participate to mitigation strategy

· Tax & Currency Hedging

Proceed with foreign country VAT registration and participate to Permanent Establishment set up

Ensure currency hedging on sales under guidance of GroupTreasury Department

Alert on any tax exposure in case of schedule slippage on the project.

· Project monitoring

Review and highlight the key financial risks and administrative obligations of the project in order to enforce Schneider Electric contractual rights. Implement project insurances policies (Erection All risks, etc.)

Alert on financial risks (payment slippage, overdue, expiry of financial means etc.) making sure that the overall governance is respected

Desired profile

Qualifications :

· Experience

Experience in Contract Administration, international trade and/or finance

Experience in Customer Project & Services environment

· Skills requirement

Autonomous, dynamic, proactive

Ability to challenge

Curiosity and will to learn

Capacity to work in a multicultural environment

Capacity to work in remote

Good communication skills

· Language requirements

Fluent English mandatory

Another language would be valuable

· Others

The position requires regular business trips

Knowledge of SAP is a plus