Senior Associate Clinical Contracts & Budgets

Overview: 

Our client is looking for a contracts analyst to manage all site related contracting and budget negotiations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages the contract process for the sites for all contracts
• Negotiates contract with site, responding to comments within defined parameters set (produced by
• Legal) and seeking legal input for issues outside parameters set
• Initiates and participates in meeting with site/ legal to resolve contract issues
• Prepares/ coordinates translations of contracts as required
• Tracks contract progression, using appropriate systems
• Responsible for the contracting process for locally outsourced studies
• Ensures signature process is complete
• Leads the review of the budget template with local project manager for country feedback on FMV (fair market value) and the Schedule A template
• Negotiates site budget from the base budget and payment milestones using appropriate guidelines
• Completes the final Schedule A template for addition to the contract showing the final agreed budget per site
• Escalates contract/ budget issues to Legal/ local & Global project Manager as appropriate
• Manages supplier information and arranges for set up on relevant financial systems
• Manages payment data in financial systems
• Executes payments ensuring that spending is within approved contract budgets
• Perform ongoing and/or end-of-study contract budget reconciliation as needed
• Processes and tracks CDAs
• Single point of contact for Clinical Trials insurance processes
• Participate in the country level Functional Management Team (FMT -- FSP Governance) as required

Responsibilities:

• Manages all site-related contracting and budget negotiations
• Process and track related payments in a timely and efficient manner
• Reports to DOM, CRSM or acting role, depending on the country structure
• Negotiates contract, study budget and milestones with site within defined parameters
• Supports resolution of contract issues
• Supports contracting with local vendors

• Ensure payments are made in accordance with contracts
• Maintains contract and payment data tracking in appropriate systems
• Actively contributes to results oriented department goals
• Drives continuous improvement of GCSM
• Promotes operational and scientific excellence within local GCSM

Basic qualifications:

• BNBS/BSc or qualified nurse (RN)
• Finance Administration, project management, contracting or other relevant work experience in life sciences or medically related field

Preferred qualifications:

• Work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including biopharmaceutical clinical

research experience obtained working  on clinical trials in a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company