Contracts and Compliance Associate

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

The Contracts and Compliance Associate reports directly to the Senior Compliance Director and owns contract and compliance work delegated by the Director. The Associate prepares first-pass redlines and issues lists on client agreements, owns the staffing supplier agreement program for Atrium's MSP clients, leads compliance responses to RFPs and client risk assessments, maintains the team's contract and legal trackers, and administers Atrium's contract management tool.

A successful Associate is detail-oriented, sound in judgment, comfortable managing several negotiations at once, and able to spot risk and propose practical solutions that protect Atrium while keeping deals moving.

Responsibilities

• Prepare first-pass reviews and redlines of client service agreements (MSAs, SOWs, and addenda for EOR payrolling, IC engagement, and MSP programs) against Atrium's contract playbook.
• Review third-party paper, flag deviations and risk in key terms (indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, co-employment, worker classification, data privacy, payment terms), and prepare issues lists and fallback positions.
• Draft enforcement and advisory documents, such as breach notices, overpayment letters, and contract interpretation guidance, for the Senior Compliance Director.
• Draft and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, language standards, and the contract playbook.
• Draft, review, and negotiate staffing supplier agreements, subcontractor agreements, and exception amendments for Atrium-managed MSP programs, including client flow-down terms.
• Manage supplier onboarding through fully compliant status, including review of supplier insurance and required documentation.
• Coordinate quarterly supplier compliance audits, track results, report findings, and maintain supplier agreement status trackers by program.

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Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, preferably in staffing, contingent workforce, EOR/PEO, HR services, or professional services
• Working knowledge of indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, confidentiality, data privacy, and payment terms
• Familiarity with contingent workforce models (EOR, IC/AOR, MSP, VMS, staffing) and issues such as worker classification and co-employment
• Experience with RFPs, due diligence requests, or vendor risk assessments a plus
• Experience administering contract management software; proficiency in Word redlining and comparison tools and Microsoft Office
• Excellent writing and organization, with keen attention to detail