Contracts Administrator

📍 Location: Leicester (Hybrid)

💼 Salary: Competitive salary and benefits

📅 Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Are you a legal professional with a passion for contract management? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to ensure legal compliance and risk mitigation? If so, our role could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We are seeking an experienced individual to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This role will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and managing operational contracts across the business, ensuring consistency, compliance, and effective risk mitigation while reducing reliance on external legal support.

What we’re looking for:

📈 Experience:

✔ Proven experience in legal contract review and management, ideally within financial services

✔ Strong understanding of commercial contracts, due diligence, and regulatory compliance

✔ Experience liaising with internal and external stakeholders, including legal advisers and senior leadership teams

💡 Skills:

✔ Excellent legal drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills

✔ Strong ability to summarise complex legal information concisely

✔ High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously

✔ Strong communication skills to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels

🎓 Qualifications:

✔ Law degree or equivalent legal qualification

✔ Additional certifications in corporate law, contract management, or compliance are advantageous

What you’ll be doing:

✅ Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts across various business functions

✅ Ensuring all legal agreements comply with corporate and regulatory obligations

✅ Managing the entire contract lifecycle, from creation to renewal or termination

✅ Identifying and mitigating legal risks associated with commercial agreements

✅ Providing legal reassurance to management teams during negotiations

✅ Implementing and maintaining contract management procedures and systems

✅ Maintaining a secure and organised contract repository for accessibility and audits

✅ Preparing reports on contract performance and key metrics for senior management

Why join us?

At Mattioli Woods, we pride ourselves on delivering tailored financial solutions and fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact by ensuring that our contractual processes align with strategic objectives while protecting the business from legal risks.

With opportunities for professional growth, collaboration with senior leaders, and exposure to a dynamic financial services environment, this is a fantastic role for a legal professional looking to take their career to the next level.

🌟 Apply now and become a key part of our growing team! 🌟