GMx-CMO - Commercial Management-Contract Management-Senior
EY
EY
Join EY Global Managed Services and contribute to a strategic growth initiative targeting over $9 billion in the coming years. This role is crucial for enhancing our operating model for Managed Services pursuits and engagements. You will be part of a Commercial Management Office (CMO) team, ensuring best-in-class financial reporting, robust controls, and effective commercial processes for our most complex engagements. Collaborate closely with engagement teams, clients, and various EY professionals to uphold contractual terms, mitigate risks, and foster strong commercial relationships.
As a CMO team member, your oversight of contractual processes throughout Managed Services engagements will be vital. You'll work with global stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring consistent contract and proposal management. This position offers the opportunity to influence and shape commercial strategies within a leading professional services firm.
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- Provide essential contract management functions for key EY contracts and accounts. - Facilitate the transfer of commercial and contract knowledge to delivery teams, ensuring ongoing adherence to contractual obligations. - Build strong relationships with legal, delivery, and commercial teams to interpret contracts and advise business leaders on compliance. - Manage the contract change management process, ensuring all modifications are accurately documented, approved, tracked, and archived. - Maintain auditable records of changes to scope, financials, resources, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring alignment between EY and clients. - Monitor change requests through their lifecycle, providing stakeholders with real-time insights into contractual scope and commercial impacts. - Develop and implement suitable EY contract management processes and tools for diverse service deliveries. - Ensure adherence to approved contractual positions and delegation of authority guidelines. - Identify risks associated with non-compliance of contractual obligations. - Manage contract requirements, deliverables, and key methodologies such as performance measures, productivity, and invoicing. - Capture and integrate knowledge into EY artifacts to support strategic pursuits.
- A Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Law, or a Post Graduate Business or Contract Law qualification. - A minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience. - Proven expertise in contract management. - Experience in contract management or a similar role within a top-tier professional services firm. - High drive, with the ability to work independently and manage ambiguity and change effectively. - Strong business and commercial acumen. - Comprehensive understanding of commercial and contracting principles within managed services and complex pursuits. - Fluency and experience with all commercial constructs, pricing methodologies, and relevant contract terms and conditions. - Experience supporting the negotiation of significant contract or commercial arrangements. - Meticulous attention to detail, consistently producing high-quality work under pressure. - Credibility and ability to influence key EY and client stakeholders on robust commercial strategies and outcomes. - Experience with best-practice managed services and other commercial arrangements, with the ability to adapt this knowledge for EY pursuits. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, suitable for client operational levels and EY senior stakeholders. - Flexibility to work with global clients and EY stakeholders across different time zones.
EY Global Delivery Services ( EY GDS)
Management Consulting