Clinical Trial Budget Manager - Remote / Telecommute

We are looking for Clinical Trial Budget Manager - Remote / Telecommute for our client in Ridgefield, CT

Job Title: Clinical Trial Budget Manager - Remote / Telecommute

Job Location: Ridgefield, CT

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $48.71hr - $53.71hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor s degree with minimum of 5+ years of relevant business experience in regulated pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry.
• Strong clinical background and budgeting understanding of cost drivers and benchmarks for clinical site budget.
• Experience in working with systems, applications related to clinical and/or project management planning and reporting systems.
• Excellent knowledge of computer applications (Excel, Word, Access) is essential.
• Experience with Veeva and grant plan required.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures clinical trial site budget is of high quality and allocations are within fair market values (FMV); analyze protocol flowcharts to create costing, payment strategies, and budget estimates and negotiation parameters within FMV.
• Drives development and maintenance of Site Fee Framework.
• Sets up year-end accruals and developing plausibility checks.
• Coordinates, processes, monitors and administers payments (invoice and visits) in accordance with agreed terms of Contracts and Budget Exhibits.
• Sets up, closes, re-opens, and submits payments within all grants.
• Effectively uses budget-specific and trial metrics and tools to report on, provide visibility into, and analyze performance and deliverables.
• Maintains a focused continuous improvement culture by identifying and executing strategies and priorities to enable the Budget group to deliver value and enhance overall operational effectiveness.
• Actively remains current with industry standards, trends, and competitive intelligence on budget best practices.
• Interfaces across Medical, Finance, Legal, and external parties e.g., investigators, site personnel, third party vendors.
• Liaises within Clinical Trial Manager and TA Lead for review and approval of budget and payment decisions.
• Supports Finance in reviewing any issues with payment execution based on agreed contract and ensuring matching of accrual statuses.
• Liaises with Clinical Finance/Accounting Department, Legal Department (if needed) and the local Head of Clin Ops and/or Clinical Operations Management for approval of payment related decisions and maintain proper documentation.
• Partners with Contract Managers to identify issues and propose mitigations.
• Supports contract manager in developing negotiation strategy for site budget.
• Represents Budget group processes on local/global working groups.
• Ensures commitment to customer-centric behaviors.
• Maintains high degree of responsiveness to both internal and external requests.

Skills:

• Ability to think strategically and initiate strong and persuasive contractual arguments to support business policies and objectives.
• Track record in setting priorities, organization and problem-solving skills which support and enable sound decision making.
• Excellent customer service skills and high attention to detail.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and critical thinking to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations requiring new solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to be clear and concise in a variety of communication settings.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor s degree in a relevant field.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities