Sr Contract Administrator

Job Description

The Job

WarnerMedia seeks a Sr. Contract Administrator for the Sales & Dist-Biz Legal Tur department.

The Senior Contracts Administrator role is responsible for the post-execution processes including the analysis, entry and tracking of non-standard provisions and agreement obligations for the WarnerMedia Business & Legal Affairs team. Analysis, reporting, and compliance management are critical to the success of the business as they serve to inform the attorneys and the Account Management team of key contractual terms as well as ensure contractual compliance. The person who holds this position must be proficient in contract management, contract analysis and language and contract compliance. Coordinate with all levels of personnel to gather, analyze, summarize, and administer contractual obligations from large, long term distribution contracts.

The Daily
• Responsible for the non-standard provision entry process for distribution agreements and MFN letters post-execution
• Partner with paralegal and attorneys to analyze data as it relates to non-standard provisions.
• Ensure accurate entry and formatting of non-standard provisions for legal team use for agreement analysis and document preparation
• Responsible for formatting of legal language in the non-standard provision module in Millennium (contract database)
• Subject matter expert for non-standard provision module in Millennium
• Responsible for the obligation entry process for distribution agreements
• Review and identify incoming distribution agreements for contractual obligations in coordination with Senior Paralegal
• Enter obligations with corresponding tasks and deadlines into the Millennium obligations module for legal approval
• Ensure communication of contractual obligation details accordingly with Partner Management, Accounting/Financial Services, Strategic Planning and Distribution Technology to ensure proper administration of agreements (i.e. billing and/or payment obligations, contractual requirements, technology compliance, etc.)
• Ensure that obligations set forth in legal documents are complied with by assigned deadlines
• Subject matter expert for the obligation module in Millennium
• Work with the Senior Paralegal on document production as needed as well as ensuring consistency in contractual metadata in Millennium
• Work closely with Warner Brothers Content Licensing and Home Entertainment colleagues to determine opportunity for leveraging Millennium and other processes for tracking metadata, obligations, and provisions in their applicable agreements.
• Ad hoc reporting on contractual metadata from Millennium for use within the Business & Legal Affairs team and different business units
• Ensure all procedural documents related to non-standard database and obligation task management are maintained and reviewed quarterly

The Essentials
• 5-7 years relevant work experience
• 3+ years' experience working with contracts
• 2+ years' experience in reading and formatting legal documents
• College degree or equivalent work experience
• Paralegal certification
• Cable industry experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gmx0xx-52-14-142-189-42 in your application.