Clinical Trial Financial Analyst II

Responsibilities

• Project manage all aspects of financial management for clinical trials to include industry-sponsored; investigator initiated and grant funded trials.
• Identify research costs and develop and negotiate comprehensive budgets for industry-sponsored, investigator initiated and grant funded trials.
• Prepare, submit, and manage study startup and amendment documentation across multiple platforms, including the OnCore CTMS, REDCap system, and email.
• Facilitate pre-implementation review with PIs and study teams to meet pre-submission requirements and ensure continuity with institutional goals and standards.
• Prepare, submit and manage internal financial processes and coordinate with clinic implementation staff.
• Collaborate with central offices and clinic partners to ensure all institutional activation & amendment requirements are met.
• Partner with extended study startup & amendments team including regulatory, nursing, operations and study staff to communicate startup and amendment processes, milestones, and timeline goals.
• Create multi-year and annual budgets.
• Maintain financial performance relative to budget and explain variances and trends.
• Manage timelines, ensuring that all financial, clinic implementation and contract requirements are executed accurately and expeditiously.
• Aid with ongoing financial analysis, forecasting, and ad hoc financial models.
• Review internal billing compliance documents and OnCore study calendars/billing grids to ensure financial infrastructure is sound and in alignment with protocol requirements and study sponsor funding terms.
• Work professionally and proactively with central offices, clinic partners, faculty members, and research collaborators in support of the overall research plan.
• Aid with other departmental fiscal objectives as needed and provide recommendations for changes in processes or practices that standardize, automate and optimize efficiencies in routine tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or a combination of relevant experience and education.
• Minimum of two years of experience in finance, preferable in Phase I-III clinical trials.
• Must have previous experience developing complex, multi-phase clinical trial budgets, negotiating study budgets, revisions and knowledge of medical terminology.
• Working knowledge of financial information and related operational statistics.
• Ability to develop and perform complex calculations in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to understand complex problems, to collaborate and explore alternative solutions.
• Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects and communicate status of projects to key decision makers on a proactive basis.
• Exposure to grant accounting or project cost accounting a plus.