Contracts Compliance Analyst

About the opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants' Risk Management team is actively seeking to fill a Contracts Analyst position (HR Title = Financial Analyst). This position is responsible for reviewing, processing, and maintaining contracts related to professional services and other legal documents while ensuring strict compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

The role combines elements of contract analysis, risk management, and compliance monitoring, supporting the full contract lifecycle in collaboration with legal, risk, technology and operational teams.

This position is a career growth opportunity to join a leading environmental consulting firm dedicated to delivering sound science and creative solutions to our clients. The role is a permanent, full-time, salaried position that offers a hybrid work environment reporting to our Phoenix, AZ office location. Highly qualified remote-based candidates will also be considered.

Application deadline : Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

What you will accomplish

Contract Analyst reviews, drafts, and manages client agreements to protect SWCA's interests, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, mitigating risks, and optimizing contractual terms in the company's best interests, working with internal operational clients and coordinating with contracts and legal department personnel. Key duties include analyzing clauses, liaising with internal stakeholders, and maintaining databases, requiring strong analytical and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Review & Drafting : Analyze client contracts, amendments, and related documents (RFPs, RFQs) and propose redlines as needed to balance risk and expediency.
• Compliance & Risk Management : Ensure adherence to company policies, legal standards, and industry regulations; identify and mitigate risks.
• Collaboration : Work with operations, legal, finance, and other departments.
• Process Improvement : Make recommendations to leadership on process improvements, and play an important role in the implementation of such improvements.

Experience and qualifications for success

Minimum qualifications :

Preferred qualifications :

Why Work at SWCA :

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services. Our Vision (the North Star) is to make SWCA the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee-ownership. We live our core values : we collaborate as #OneSWCA; we are #AlwaysLearning , we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack.

We are 100% employee-owned , and we build our success together. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms . We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).

At SWCA, we support our team members in developing their careers to make them leaders in their industry. Our Career Landscape initiative is a process and guide designed to help develop chart rewarding career paths for employees at SWCA. We encourage professional conference attendance, internal and external professional development and training programs, education reimbursement, and bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria. All regular status employees are eligible to participate in SWCA medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans, and are eligible to participate in the SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.

If you need assistance accessing SWCA's website, completing the online application, or require accommodations at any point during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact us at or call . We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive experience for all candidates. This contact information is specifically for accommodation requests; other inquiries will not receive a response.

EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. At SWCA Environmental Consultants, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including those with diverse experiences and veterans, to apply. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce enhances creativity, innovation, and overall organizational success.

SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees. In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges in all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.

An employee in this Phoenix, AZ-based position can expect an annual salary of : $65,655.20 - $84,572.80 / year. Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law. Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses. Candidates are also encouraged to consider SWCA's Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive benefits package (careers / benefits-wellness / ), forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.

SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA's continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.

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