Senior Clinical Contract and Budget Associate

Job responsibilities:

• Manage the whole process for clinical site contracts including contracts and amendments preparation, negotiation, escalation, translation, sending and signature

• Be Responsible/point-of-contact for the contracting process for both in-house and locally outsourced studies

• Escalate contract and budget issues to Legal or Pricing Group and local or global Study Manager as appropriate

• Lead the review of the budget template for country feedback on Fair Market Value

• Negotiate site budgets from the base budget and payment milestones using appropriate guidelines, and completes the final payment schedule template

• Track contracts progression using appropriate systems

• Store and archives contracts and budgets in the appropriate systems

• Participate in appropriate site/Legal meetings as required to resolve contract issues

• Manage, negotiate and support contracting with local vendors

• Manage, execute and track study payments ensuring that spending is within approval contract budgets

• Perform ongoing and end-of-trial contract budget reconciliation as needed

• Prepare regular budget and payment reports

• Manage and track Confidential Disclosure Agreements & Clinical Trials Insurance

• Drive continuous process improvement and operational excellence within the local operations

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent (BSc is preferred)

• 2 years of finance administration, accounting, project management, contracting or other relevant experience in life sciences or medically related field

• Familiarity with Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry is a plus

• Experience of contract and budget negotiation and management.

• Good understanding of clinical trial contract management.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers and sponsors.

• Good negotiating and communication skills.

• Good interpersonal skills and a strong team player.

• Strong technical writing skills. Understanding of regulated clinical trial environment and knowledge of drug development process.