Cancer Clinical Trials Finance Manager

At Stony Brook Medicine, the Cancer Clinical Trials Finance Manager will manage all clinical trials financial accounts and transactions for the cancer clinical trials office. Overseeing the CTO Finance Team, this role involves training staff and oversight of all pre- and post-award management of cancer clinical trials, ensuring compliance and accurate financial execution.

Responsibilities

• Manages staff in the CTO Finance group, including training, employee time, and performance management, ensuring adherence to Stony Brook policies and procedures.
• Prepares reports for Clinical Trial leadership and Cancer Center Leadership as requested.
• Ensures all applications and submissions for investigator certification and department sign-off through myResearch.
• Reviews and processes payments for each account and study in SBCC CTO.
• Builds and negotiates budgets with sponsors for fees and services rendered for each clinical trial.
• Performs financial reconciliation of accounts based on random, for-cause, and study closure notifications to SBCC CTO leadership.
• Invoices sponsors for fees and services.
• Assists in the review and account oversight of departmental accounts, including RF and Fixed Price Balance accounts.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and institutional policies governing clinical research finance.
• Monitors the financial system for compliance and system integrity.
• Works with leadership to ensure research billing compliance.
• Reviews and interprets clinical research protocols and develops budgets to capture trial activity.
• Negotiates and manages complex study budgets, ensuring accurate inclusion of study personnel, patient care services, research-related procedures/supplies, indirect costs, and start-up costs.
• Reviews clinical trial agreements to identify language relating to clinical trial office deliverables (e.g., data entry timelines).
• Performs monthly reconciliations of study accounts managed by Stony Brook Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office and monitors study account activity to ensure income and expenses are within budget.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field. Verification of degree (e.g., diploma or official transcript) is required.
• At least 5 years of progressive finance experience in clinical and/or higher education academia.
• Experience with Clinical Trials Finance, including negotiating budgets and invoicing for clinical trials.
• Supervisory experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Detail-oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience in Cancer Clinical Trials Finance.
• Experience working with WolfMART, OnCore, and/or MyResearch.

Special Notes

This is a full-time position. Resume/CV must be included with the online application. The position will remain posted until filled or for a maximum of 90 days, with an initial review of applicants two weeks from the posting date.

Prior to the start date, the selected candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination and obtain medical clearance from Stony Brook Medicine's Employee Health Services.
• Complete an electronic reference check with a minimum of three professional references.
• Successfully complete a 4-panel drug screen.
• Meet regulatory requirements for pre-employment screenings.
• Provide a copy of any required New York State license(s)/certificate(s).

This position may require the wearing of respiratory protection, which may prohibit the wearing of facial hair. It may also be designated as "essential," requiring the employee to remain at work or report to work during institutional emergencies.

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position is $122,767 - $145,656 per year. The specific salary offer will be based on the candidate’s validated years of comparable experience. Some positions offer annual supplemental pay, such as location pay for UUP, CSEA, and PEF full-time positions ($4,000).