Assistant Manager - Central Contract & Techno Legal Cell

1. Have good experience on understanding all the components of contracts - Non-Disclosure Agreements, Sales / Purchasing Agreements, Sub-contracts, Consulting Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Master Agreements, review of customer proposed terms and conditions. Commercial and Public (Central, State and Local Municipalities) Contracting. Drafting experience will be additionally desired trait.
2. Ensure that signed contracts are communicated to all relevant parties to provide contract visibility and awareness, interpretation to support implementation. Communicate properly, in order to clarify and to get resolved with any potential miscommunication or other deviations on Tender / Project / Construction.
3. Coordinate with support services including with F&C, for contractual insurance requirements & maintain and ensure adherence to finance and risk requirements such as budgeting, revenue recognition, tender/project Cash flow etc.
4. Monitor transaction compliance (milestones, deliverables, invoicing etc.); Prepare document and Ensure contract close-out, extension or renewal.
5. Coordination with internal & external agencies / departments. Resolving disputes in the contracts in a timely manner. Team up with site manager, construction managers, engineers, sub-contractor and customer.
6. Contracts Drafting and Execution; Prepare Contract Appreciation Document (CAD), support preparation of EOT Applications and Claims, Maintain contractual records and documentation such as receipt and control of all contractual correspondence by and between the Company and the Customer/Clients, Customer contact information sheets, Contractual changes, status reports and other documents for all projects.
7. Provide support on contract matters to project managers or other operational staff, including training them in Contract management/contracting practices and procedures.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES VIS--VIS OTHER DEPARTMENTS

1. Business Development

• Review the Tender Documents, highlight the onerous provisions for abatement or allocation of risks.
• Preparation of Prebid queries.

2. Operation Team

• Contractual Correspondence first cut draft preparation.
• Initiating/reviewing/preparation of various claims escalated by the Project Team/Project Manager/BU Head.
• Drafting/Preparation/Finalization of various contract agreements such as settlement/triparty/service/rental.
• Project Disputes.
• Negotiation/Meeting with the Client.

3. Finance and Compliance Team

• Vetting of various contract documents such as NDA/agreements/BGs/Indemnity Bond.
• Action on Internal Audit pointers.

4. Procurement Team

• Preparation of the Agreement/Letters /MOUs.
• Vetting of the Terms and conditions of PO/WO.
• Negotiations/Meeting with the Client.
• Vendor disputes.

5. Corporate Legal

• Follow-up for the cases under litigation/dispute.
• Timely escalation of the new litigation cases to our Corporate Legal team.
• Support for Documentation.