Financial Management Analyst – Clinical Trials

Responsibilities

• Financial Management Analyst is responsible for the preparation and oversight of high-quality customer budgets and contracts on behalf of investigative sites.
• This position plays a critical role in pricing, planning, execution, and control of investigator grants.
• This role is directly involved with the development of negotiation strategies.
• Develop and negotiate complex grant budgets based on protocols, SOAs, Rate Cards, and sponsor provided materials on behalf of investigative sites.
• Develop full grant budgets if sponsor or CRO does not provide a budget template and review with site as applicable.
• Develop and review Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) utilizing standard templates and project related information on behalf of investigative sites.
• Ensure CTAs are executed in a timely manner to meet expected timelines for study start‑up.
• Develop and review other agreements such as confidentiality agreements, Work Orders, and Change Orders as needed in support of the business.
• Liaise with the legal departments as necessary to ensure any content changes to the CTAs are agreeable.
• Provide ongoing account management and financial support to the Director, Operations Finance FMS, and the FMS analysts to ensure productive investigative site relationships.
• Ensure contract and budget statuses remain updated regularly to support project timelines and provide management insight into financials associated with the contracting process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required, preferably in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
• Three (3) or more years of experience related to contract and budget management in the clinical research industry or five (5) or more years of related experience
• Minimum one (1) year experience developing grant budgets for clinical trials
• Intermediate knowledge of contract principles and procedures
• Ability to comprehend, review, and research complex contract documents
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively convey ideas and information clearly and concisely
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build and foster trust with internal and external stakeholders
• Self‑motivated and able to work independently to complete tasks
• Strong organizational/prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
• Strong negotiation skills with a collaborative, solutions‑oriented approach
• Highly detail oriented with intermediate analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Understanding of clinical trial agreements, budgets, regulatory considerations, and compliance requirements (ICH GCP, FDA, GDPR, etc.)
• Intermediate proficiency with Excel and basic proficiency in other Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams), Salesforce and SharePoint.