Commercial Compliance Associate

Company Profile : Established in 1978, NES Fircroft is an award-winning staffing specialist that supplies technical and engineering experts (“white collar”) to Oil and Gas, Power, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Chemical, Mining, Automotive and IT sectors worldwide on an international basis. We’re a highly experienced team of over 2000 professionals made up of recruitment consultants and support staff spanning 58 offices worldwide. We work with top candidates to ensure that we can offer a full range of staffing solutions to our clients, complemented by industry-leading support services.

Role objective:

Ensuring that Assignment Support Teams are in the position to provide contractors with clear, concise documentation that properly protects NES Fircroft’s business and minimises the risk of client or contractor complaints/litigation.

Key Responsibilities

▪ Identify, document, and communicate to internal stakeholders the client contract specific requirements from post-execution client contracts in your allocated region (principally concerning, but not limited to, contractor pre-engagement screening & onboarding), and ensure these are followed internally.

▪ Ensure that the contractor contract templates used by Assignment Support Teams are in line with client terms.

▪ Support colleagues who carry out internal audits of business activities against defined criteria (principally concerning, but not limited to, compliance with contractor pre-engagement screening & onboarding requirements).

▪ Maintain accurate and up to date databases relating to commercial compliance.

▪ Follow all established commercial compliance procedures.

▪ Undertake other duties commensurate with the position to ensure the smooth operation of NES Fircroft’s high commercial compliance standards.

Essential Criteria

▪ Demonstrates capable, satisfactory [or strong] results in the Interview Tasks.

▪ Bachelor’s degree (law preferred) or similar experience.

▪ Minimum two of the following:

o Law degree or has passed a Contract Management course or shows similar competency.

o Previous contractual compliance / contract management experience.

o Minimum 3-4 years of experience working in a corporate / in-house environment .

o Experience reading contracts and identifying client requirements.

▪ [Good] Working knowledge of Excel, Word, and Outlook.

▪ Good [Excellent] written and verbal communication skills, with a strong, clear, and confident telephone and videocall manner.

▪ [Excellent] Ability to write clearly and simplistically (essentially, this is in order to ‘translate’ information from a client contract into plain English for non-lawyers).

▪ Good [Excellent] organizational skills and ability to priorities work and meet deadlines.

▪ Good [Excellent] attention to detail.

▪ Experience in quickly learning new processes, and [strong] ability to follow them consistently.

▪ Experience in accurately and consistently documenting and filing written and verbal information.

▪ Experience working with substantial documents (e.g., contracts).

▪ Ability to work well independently while understanding when to refer to other team members.

▪ Experience of working in pressured environments.

▪ Maintains a continuous learning approach, showing interest and curiosity in new ideas and opportunities.

▪[Ability to evaluate information from multiple sources, applying intuition and judgement to weigh their value and relevance to the decision at hand.]

▪ Ability to take on board advice/instructions from senior colleagues in order to carry out a decision. [Or Ability to make effective decisions with complete information. Follows instructions and previous recommendations when making decisions. Some autonomy within risk parameters.]

▪ [Ability to present arguments in a coherent, logical and authoritative manner such that the stakeholder feels confident in accepting the advice or recommendation even when it goes against their preferred outcome, to enable the business to make a balanced informed decision.]

▪ Ability to adopt a questioning approach to clarify or more fully understand an issue. [Helps to uncover pertinent facts to source a solution.] Supports solutions on the basis of high standards of compliance and is capable of implementing them (sometimes with assistance).

Desirable Criteria

▪ Conversant with database systems (e.g., SharePoint or similar).

▪ Conversant with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and onboarding systems (e.g., Bullhorn or Bullhorn Back Office).