Contracts Administrator - Ideal for Finance Professionals with Strong Excel Skills North Leicestershire | 12 Month FTC | £28,000 | Hybrid Working Are you a finance professional looking for a change? Do you enjoy working with data, problem-solving, and ensuring accuracy in financial processes-while also engaging with clients and stakeholders? This Contracts Administrator role offers a unique opportunity to apply your financial expertise in a new and exciting field -contracts management. Macildowie is collaborating with a Leicestershire-based business to recruit for a Contracts Administrator on a 12-month maternity cover. This role is ideal for individuals with experience in finance, particularly those with strong Excel skills, who are looking to move into a broader business operations role with a focus on contracts and client engagement. Why Consider This Role? Utilise Your Finance Skills - Work with payments, reconciliations, and data analysis. Develop New Expertise - Gain exposure to contract administration, stakeholder management, and SAP. Hybrid Working - Enjoy flexibility with a heavy hybrid model. Expand Your Career - Step into a growing area with long-term career opportunities beyond finance. Client-Focused Interaction - Build relationships and provide excellent service while managing contracts. Key Responsibilities Manage and process monthly payment runs for contract advances. Maintain contract records, track renewals, and update systems (SAP & FPS). Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, working closely with internal teams and external clients. Carry out quality control checks to ensure accuracy in reporting. Respond to client and stakeholder queries in a professional and customer-focused manner. Support internal projects and work with different teams to interpret and manage financial data linked to contracts. What You Bring Finance background - Experience in accounts, financial admin, or reconciliations. Strong Excel skills - Ability to work with formulas, pivot tables, and large data sets. Experience using SAP Excellent attention to detail and a structured, process-driven approach. Strong communication and customer service skills - Confidently liaise with clients, business partners, and internal teams. A problem-solver with a keen eye for accuracy in financial and contractual data. This is a perfect opportunity for finance professionals looking to diversify their skill set, move into a client-facing role, and gain exposure to a new career path with strong future growth potential. Interested? Apply today to find out more Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.