Business Analyst - Biotech

Parexel is in the business of improving the world’s health. We do this by providing a suite of biopharmaceutical services that help clients across the globe transform scientific discoveries into new treatments. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, our therapeutic, technical, and functional ability is underpinned by a deep conviction in what we do. We believe in our values; Patients First, Quality, Respect, Empowerment & Accountability.

At Parexel, we also believe that having a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization leads to better patient and customer outcomes. 

This role can be office based at our new modern offices or fully home based in the following countries : UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Serbia , Lithuania and all can be either office or remotely home based.  The offices are fully open planned, and you will be working in an innovative and collaborative environment connecting with colleagues and peers from around the world.

As the Business Analyst for the Biotech groups you will be responsible for working with the senior account team and business partners to analyze and report regional information and support solutions that improve compliance, performance and quality informational delivery. You will employ a simplification and innovative mindset delivering recognizable improvements across the region.

Key Accountabilities:

Business Partner and Analyst

- Analyze and report regional information. Facilitate interpretation and decision making based on supporting data

- Central tracking and support of key project financial items, ensuring appropriate review, flagging of outliers and identification of common themes to support best practice and remediation

- Support resource solutioning/troubleshooting in support of operations and account team

- Identify, scope and support account improvement plans

Resource Demand Expert

- Hands on support and subject matter expertise for the controlled/rapid transition of new studies into management systems.

- Active tracking awarded pre-contract projects and upcoming pipeline and meeting short cycle times from awards to ‘correctly contoured state.

- Ensure team understand contouring needs/best practices as an SME (including account-specific contouring driven by outsourcing strategy)

- Trouble shoot with Operations/Finance, ensuring visibility to impacted functions.

Compliance and Performance

- Track and report compliance and performance against critical processes (Quality, Operations, etc)

Ad-hoc analysis and support

- Administer the region-level insights

- Provide analysis, perspective, answer questions and provide guidance as needed

Leadership

- Support departmental initiatives as needed

Education:

-A bachelor’s degree in a related discipline desired (data science, business, , computer science, etc.)

Skills:

Business

- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

- Excellent analytical problem-solving skills

- A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning

- The ability to work successfully with a global team in a matrix environment

- The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions

- The ability to present information effectively and confidently in front of internal and/or external clients

- Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills

- Excellent documentation skills

Technical

- Competency in MS Office applications including, Word, and PowerPoint

- Excel skills, including experience with Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI

- Basic data preparation/transformation skills

Knowledge and Experience:

- A general understanding of clinical research and some experience in clinical research services is desirable.

- Previous Business Analyst, Project Analyst or Data Analyst experience is essential.

- An understanding and some experience working with data in a domain relevant to clinical research services is desirable.

- Some experience performing in information-based business or analyst roles.

- Strong analytical experience and ability to manipulate Word, PowerPoint documents as well as generate and manipulate data in excel (v-lookups, pivot tables etc.) is essential.

In return we will be able to offer you a structured career pathway and development within the role including awareness and understanding of the industry. Your hard work will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a benefits package including holiday, pension and other leading edge benefits that you would expect with a company of this type.

Apply today to begin your Parexel journey!