Financial Management Analyst – Clinical Trials

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• The Financial Management Analyst is tasked with the preparation and management of high-quality budgets and contracts for investigative sites.

• This role is essential in the pricing, planning, execution, and oversight of investigator grants.

• The position is actively engaged in formulating negotiation strategies.

• Create and negotiate complex grant budgets based on protocols, SOAs, Rate Cards, and materials provided by sponsors on behalf of investigative sites.

• Construct complete grant budgets if a sponsor or CRO does not supply a budget template and review it with the site as necessary.

• Draft and review Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) using standard templates and project-specific information for investigative sites.

• Ensure that CTAs are signed promptly to align with anticipated timelines for study initiation.

• Draft and review additional agreements (such as confidentiality agreements, Work Orders, Change Orders, etc.) as required to support business needs.

• Collaborate with legal departments as needed to ensure any amendments to CTAs are acceptable.

• Provide ongoing account management and financial assistance to the Director, Operations Finance FMS, and the FMS analysts to facilitate effective relationships with investigative sites.

• Keep contract and budget statuses regularly updated to support project timelines and provide management with insights into the financial aspects of the contracting process.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher is required, preferably in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.

• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in contract and budget management within the clinical research industry, or five (5) years of relevant experience.

• At least one (1) year of experience in developing grant budgets for clinical trials.

• Intermediate understanding of contract principles and procedures.

• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and research intricate contract documents.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the capacity to express ideas and information clearly and succinctly.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to cultivate trust with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Self-driven and capable of working independently to accomplish tasks.

• Excellent organizational and prioritization abilities with the capacity to manage multiple concurrent projects.

• Strong negotiation capabilities with a collaborative, solutions-focused approach.

• Highly detail-oriented with intermediate analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Knowledgeable about clinical trial agreements, budgets, regulatory considerations, and compliance requirements (ICH GCP, FDA, GDPR, etc.).

• Intermediate proficiency in Excel and basic proficiency in other Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams), Salesforce, and SharePoint.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully Remote