Contracts Lifecycle Management (CLM) Functional Analyst - Senior Associate

Company: PwC
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: September 15, 2023

Job Description:

**Specialty/Competency:** Data, Analytics & AI
**Industry/Sector:** Not Applicable
**Time Type:** Full time
**Travel Requirements:** Up to 60%
A career within Data and Analytics services will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations uncover enterprise insights and drive business results using smarter data analytics. We focus on a collection of organisational technology capabilities, including business intelligence, data management, and data assurance that help our clients drive innovation, growth, and change within their organisations in order to keep up with the changing nature of customers and technology. We make impactful decisions by mixing mind and machine to leverage data, understand and navigate risk, and help our clients gain a competitive edge.Our team helps businesses develop content management technology that addresses architecture and governance frameworks and transforms data into insight and action. We help organisations better manage the complexity of their data and enterprise content, reducing costs, ensuring the integrity of information assets, and enhancing performance through better information and refined decision making capabilities.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
+ Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
+ Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
+ Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
+ Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
+ Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
+ Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
+ Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
+ Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
+ Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
+ Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
**Basic Qualifications** :
**Minimum Degree Required** :
Bachelor Degree
**Minimum Years of Experience** :
3 year(s)
**Preferred Qualifications** :
**Preferred Fields of Study** :
Computer and Information Science, Library Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Administration/Management, Law, Operations Management/Research, Economics and Finance & Technology
**Certification(s) Preferred** :
+ Certified in Icertis CLM solution (ICI Practitioner, ICI Administrator, ICI Functional Professional, ICI AIML Functional Professional)
+ Certified in CLM solutions (DocuSign, SirionLabs, Ironclad, Agiloft, etc.)
+ Certified in Cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or Software Programming such as .NET
**Preferred Knowledge/Skills** :
Demonstrates thorough level abilities and/or a proven record of success in delivering and leading efforts in the following areas:
+ Implementing Contract Lifecycle Management systems including integration with upstream/downstream related enterprise systems (e.g. Ariba, Salesforce, SAP etc.);
+ Supporting and leading workshops to gather functional requirements for contract types, templates, clauses, rules, workflow requirements to configure the target solution;
+ Working with team to drive functional workshops to understand the current state processes, drive future state workflow requirements, fit/gap analyses and related functional needs including security, integration, contract lifecycle activities, reporting and migration;
+ Support the development of project plans and track activities with the project managers, development teams, testing teams, clients, and technology vendors;
+ Working with Contract Lifecycle Management solutions on buy-side/sell-side contracts such as Icertis, Apttus, Conga, etc;
+ Building functional prototypes of common CLM solutions in support of identified business needs and proposal demonstrations;
+ Demonstrating functional knowledge of contracting processes across domains, how they translate into capabilities within a contract lifecycle management solution and how such technology enablers bring business value;
+ Performing gap analysis between identified functional requirements and the capabilities of the identified CLM technology, providing recommendations on limitations and alternate solution approaches;
+ Reviewing, annotating and analyzing contract documents based on identified key business data that require tracking and reporting;
+ Working as part of a team to build and manage the requirements traceability matrix from analysis through implementation;
+ Reviewing contract documents including analysis of contract language, identification of key terms and conditions, business attributes, clauses etc.;
+ Understanding how contract types, templates, attributes, rules, clauses are all functionally stitched to achieve CLM requirements;
+ Creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and scope estimation methods;
+ Supporting the development of user acceptance tests and functional test scenarios and work with development team throughout the implementation;
+ Supporting the development of training materials around the solution configuration;
+ Conduct train-the-trainer sessions with clients to perform knowledge transfer on configured systems;
+ Supporting the tracking of issues and resolutions on functional requirements;
+ Collaborating in the development of change management materials such as go-live communication drafts;
+ Working as part of a technology implementation team and possessing strong familiarity with Agile delivery processes including requirements gathering, functional testing, and training;
+ Experience in working in an onshore-offshore environment and in coordinating activities across time zones;
+ Working with Agile development methodologies and product tracking solutions such as Version Control Systems (e.g. Github), Issue Management Systems (e.g. JIRA, Azure DevOps etc.);
+ Working with the leadership team and peers across pursuits, pre-sales activities, and delivery of engagements;
+ Supporting pursuit teams in reviewing RFP requirements and building corresponding content to respond to pursuits;
+ Supporting practice level initiatives, including but not limited to, periodically scanning the market for domain, technology, and process trends and building collaterals for the practice; and,
+ Participating in industry conferences/consortiums related to contract management such as CLOC, WorldCC, NCMA, or similar regional organizations.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
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