What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Analyst - Contract Administration Service position at Contract Administration Service - UTMB Health Careers?
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and three years of related experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Five (5) years of relevant higher education and/or contract management experience.
Job Summary:
To provide analytical support for contract-related activities. Provides assessment of contracts and supporting documents (e.g., schedules, related agreements, or assessment materials, financial analysis, applications, certifications, etc.) to ensure technical requirements are met.
Job Duties:
Provides support for multiple functions or departments as it relates to any contract in which the University is a party.
Assists in the coordination, preparation, and analysis of the University’s contracts.
Reviews contracts and purchase orders for consistency and completeness.
Provides information to internal customers to ensure customers’ understanding of contract approval requirements and obligations.
Ensures compliance with Federal, State, and UT System rules and regulations.
Collects and reviews financial information that enables management to make informed decisions regarding aligning contract activity with institutional objectives.
Assists with the preparation and submission of the institutional consent agenda for quarterly Board of Regents meetings.
Prepares presentations to describe workflows, compliance parameters, and processes. for management.
Performs ad hoc analysis of approval processes and individual transactions. Analyzes for compliance with policy and UT System rules, for completeness and consistency, for financial integrity, and for alignment with previous or existing transactions. May also analyze in aggregate for patterns in approval “bottlenecks”.
Evaluates the efficiency of the contract approval process, including tracking of time involved.
Tracks and reports basic contract inventory information (dates, dollars) and other data metrics for management.
Develops and maintains systems and individual files for contract file maintenance, document retention, resource management, contract approval workflows, and contract performance reporting.
Performs related duties as required.
Salary Range:
Actual salary commensurate with experience.
Work Schedule:
Partial remote to be determined by the department.
Equal Employment Opportunity
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.