Senior Contracts Professional - Patuxent River, MD

Senior Contracts Professional
Patuxent River, MD

Essential functions and Duties:

Administration of contracts for service and/or products, of Navmar and subcontractors. Prepares bids for submission.
Reviews bids from subcontractors for conformity to contract requirements.
Negotiates contract with customer.
Requests amendments to or extensions of contracts.
Advises company departments of contractual rights and obligations.
Compiles data for preparing estimates.
Act as liaison between company, customer and subcontractors.
Examines contract performance requirements, and delivery schedules to ensure completeness and accuracy.  Negotiates contract with customer.
Administers contracts, including final approval of payment.
Requests amendments to or extensions of contracts.
Advises other Navmar departments of contractual rights and obligations.
Compiles data for preparing estimates.
Maintains contract status databases.
Reviews all correspondence concerning contracts and responds as necessary.
Establishes and maintains contact with customers to ensure the smooth working of the contract and payment process.
Acts as a liaison between Navmar and customer.
Verifies and posts details of contract transactions.
Reconciles and balances contract transactions.
Monitors contract accounts payable and receivable to ensure that payments are up to date.
Audits contracts, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement.
Reviews contract debit and credit entries to determine whether funds were received on schedule.
Adjust contract errors and reconcile open balances.
Coordinates assignments of workers reconciling contract account differences.
Writes letters and makes telephone calls to recover open contract items and to adjust accounts.
Prepares status reports from open and pending contracts.
Assigns workers responsibility for investigating and verifying financial status of contracts and preparing documents to substantiate findings.
Reviews contract reports to ascertain status of contract and balances outstanding and to evaluate effectiveness of current collection policies and procedures.
Assists management in the formulation of contract policies.


Job Requirements:
Must meet 4+ of the following requirements:
Must be able to attain a DOD Secret Level Clearance
Must have FAR and DFAR knowledge
Must have government contracting experience from the contractor side, not the government side
Experience with Cost Plus Fixed Fee contracts
Services and R&D contracts
Experience in cost estimating
Experience in preparing/negotiating: Teaming agreements, Subcontracts, and non-disclosure agreements
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience:  four+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must be a U.S. Citizen and have the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance issued through DoD.

Equal opportunity employer, excellent benefits, background investigations apply

Please send resumes to lucy@military-civilian.com with the job title and location in the subject line.