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The role combines hands-on contract analysis and system expertise with quality assurance, issue resolution, stakeholder partnership, and technical guidance to colleagues. It supports consistent contract operations from agreement receipt and interpretation through data entry, approval, archival and downstream readiness.\nRole Value\nProtects contractual and financial data quality, strengthens operational controls, resolves complex processing issues, and enables reliable royalty and rights administration.\nKey Accountabilities\n1. Contract Analysis and Processing\nReview, interpret and process executed agreements, amendments and supporting documentation, including complex commercial, rights and royalty terms.\nValidate contract and financial data before approval, ensuring that information entered by colleagues is complete, accurate and aligned with the underlying agreement.\nApply sound judgement to identify ambiguous, conflicting or adverse clauses and route matters to the appropriate business, legal, portfolio or operational stakeholder for resolution.\nEnsure contract records and supporting documents are accurately indexed, archived and readily retrievable.\n2. Quality Assurance, Controls and Service Delivery\nPerform quality checks and approvals in line with documented procedures, delegated authority and segregation-of-duties requirements.\nMonitor assigned work against service levels, turnaround expectations and operational priorities, taking timely action where delivery or data quality is at risk.\nComply with standard operating procedures, control requirements, data retention standards and privacy obligations.\nIdentify control gaps, recurring errors and operational risks, document findings and recommend practical corrective or preventive actions.\n3. Data Integrity and Systems Expertise\nMaintain accurate, complete and dashboard-ready contract data across relevant operational regions and systems.\nUse contract and rights management platforms effectively, applying strong knowledge of system dependencies and downstream impacts.\nSupport data remediation, reconciliations, system testing and process changes where contract expertise is required.\nMaintain auditable trackers and records that provide clear status, ownership and evidence of completion.\n4. Complex Query Resolution\nOwn complex contract-processing queries through to resolution, completing appropriate investigation and maintaining a clear audit trail.\nProvide accurate and timely guidance to Contract Operations, Portfolio, Rights, Royalties, Finance, Technology and other relevant stakeholders.\nEscalate material contractual, control or delivery risks with clear facts, impact assessment, options and recommended next steps.\n5. Technical Leadership and Continuous Improvement\nAct as a subject-matter resource for contract interpretation, processing standards, controls and systems within the Contract Processing Hub.\nCoach and support colleagues through knowledge sharing, peer review and practical guidance, without direct people-management accountability.\nContribute to the maintenance of procedures, training materials, checklists and control documentation.\nUse root-cause analysis and operational insight to simplify processes, reduce avoidable rework and improve quality, consistency and stakeholder experience.\nSupport automation and transformation initiatives by translating contract requirements into clear business rules, test scenarios and acceptance criteria.\n6. Stakeholder Partnership\nBuild effective working relationships across global and regional teams, communicating complex issues in a clear, concise and commercially aware manner.\nInfluence outcomes within agreed authority, balancing contractual accuracy, control requirements, service delivery and business needs.\nParticipate in operational reviews and cross-functional forums, providing evidence-based updates and following actions through to closure.\nDecision-Making and Scope\nWorks independently within established policies, procedures, controls and delegated authority.\nHandles varied and complex work where solutions require analysis, interpretation and the application of specialist knowledge.\nMakes recommendations on contract treatment, operational risk and process improvement, escalating matters that require legal, commercial or policy decisions.\nOperates across multiple global business areas and adapts priorities in response to changing volumes, deadlines and stakeholder requirements.\nExperience and Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Legal Studies, Commerce or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.\nMinimum 3 years of relevant experience in contract administration, rights and royalties, finance operations, legal operations or a comparable processing environment.\nDemonstrated experience reviewing complex agreements, maintaining high-quality data and working within structured service and control frameworks.\nExperience supporting global stakeholders and resolving issues across functional or regional boundaries.\nCore Capabilities\nCapability\nExpected application at IC20\nContract expertise\nInterprets complex contract terms accurately and connects them to operational and system requirements.\nAnalytical judgement\nAssesses incomplete or conflicting information, identifies risk and recommends a reasoned course of action.\nQuality and control mindset\nApplies controls consistently, maintains evidence and addresses root causes rather than symptoms.\nOwnership and delivery\nPrioritises effectively, follows issues through to closure and meets agreed service expectations.\nStakeholder influence\nExplains complex matters clearly, challenges constructively and builds alignment across teams.\nTechnical leadership\nShares expertise, supports capability building and provides reliable guidance without formal line-management responsibility.\nContinuous improvement\nIdentifies improvement opportunities and contributes contract expertise to process, technology and automation changes.\nAdaptability\nResponds effectively to changing requirements, volumes, systems and global business priorities.\nSystems and tools\nWorking knowledge of relevant contract, rights, royalty and workflow tools, which may include IPM, Oracle, Alfresco, Microsoft 365, JIRA and Smartsheet. 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