Global Commercial Operations Specialist - Reuters

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your experience to a world-class company that is market-leading for both content and technology? If yes, we are looking for you!

Join our team! The teams ensure Commercial Policy and Compliance protocols are applied to all agreements, bringing their knowledge of media contracts and products to aid sales velocity.

Please note that this is a 12mth fixed-term-contract.

About the Role  

In this opportunity as a Global Commercial Operations Specialist, you will:

• Work with Account Managers around the world, this role manages the life cycle of all customer contracts.

• Be responsible for guaranteeing the regulatory and compliance protocols, commercial policy, and a good understanding of contract standards and rights.

• Be responsible for the life cycle management of News Agency and Professional contracts worldwide.

About You

As a Global Commercial Operations Specialist at Reuters, you will likely have:

• Contract management experience and familiarity with legal language

• Good understanding of financial regulatory protocols

• Experience of compliance and other standard business protocols

• Experience of analytics and strategic thinking

• Strong communication skills to suit a global business

• Experience of operational technologies and databases

• Advanced experience in Microsoft Suite (e.g. Word, PPT, Excel)

• Attention to detail

• Good written English language skills (for drafting legal documents)

• Good organizational skills – Track Pipeline for upcoming deals

• Ability to prioritise work under a high paced environment

• Ability to self motivate and meet targets

• Collaborative team player

• Ability to build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders (Sales, Sales Planners, Finance, Legal, Tax)

• Experience of the news and media industry

• Additional languages

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

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