About the role
As a Contracts Assistant / Paralegal, you'll be part of the Zellis Legal team, reporting into one of our in-house Lawyers. The day-to-day focus will be on contract reviews, governance and operations for both customer and partner contracts. You'll be someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced setting, who welcomes collaborative working relationships in a fun yet professional environment.
Our Legal and wider Finance & Corporate Services teams all work on a hybrid basis, with two days per week (Wednesday & Thursday) from our Bristol office and the rest of the week working remotely.
Key responsibilities include:
Completing governance checks on commercial contracts to ensure documents comply with company policies.
Assisting internal business teams in reviewing and drafting contracts.
Advising internal business teams on processing contracts and orders.
Monitoring and triaging a Contracts Mailbox or Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) application to manage contract signature requests.
Updating contract data and completing administration activities in the CLM application.
Liaising with other functions and stakeholders as necessary (e.g. Sales, Consulting, Product & Finance) to manage and progress contract requests and process orders.
Identifying opportunities to drive continuous process improvement related to contract administration and order management processes.
Collaborating and supporting the Legal team on project-based initiatives.
Skills & experience Essential skills:
Bachelor's Degree in a Legal, Business or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment: completing work accurately and in accordance with governance policies, while managing lots of matters and deadlines.
Tech savvy - experience using Microsoft Office applications and the ability to quickly learn new applications.
Proactive and self-motivated with a can-do attitude and a desire to optimise internal processes.
First-class attention to detail.
Strong organisational skills.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Ability to understand broader business and financial issues.
Curiosity and willingness to learn.
Desirable skills:
Experience reviewing, drafting and administering commercial contracts.
Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management applications.
Benefits & culture At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.
Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. Were proud of our culture and we work hard to create an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:
Unstoppable together.
Always learning.
Make it count.
Think scale.
Our people are critical to our ongoing success; were proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR& Payroll software and services.
We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, youll receive:
A competitive base salary.
25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday.
Private medical insurance.
Life assurance 4x salary.
Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%.
A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.
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