Job Responsibilities:

• Manage appropriate prioritization of executed Clinical Study Agreements (CSAs) to enable efficient entry of contract terms and budgets into the appropriate finance system.
• Establish and maintain relationships with accountable country CSM, Contract Management Specialists & Assistants and affiliate financial staff. Provide direction for budget development, contract mapping and invoice processing questions in relation to the payment process.
• Manage the purchasing process within SAP at the affiliate level for clinical site contracts.
• Apply critical thinking skills to resolve any payment issues that arise by interacting with the sites, CSM staff and affiliate finance.
• Conduct final site payment reconciliation
• Identify risks and trends that may be noted during contract mapping, invoice creation, payment processing and reconciliation and develop a mitigation strategy to be shared to minimize errors across studies and countries.
• Develop best practices and make recommendations to leadership for process improvements.

Qualifications:

• Successfully completed secondary education. Completion of tertiary commercial or scientific education or equivalent highly preferred
• Experience as an assistant, ideally in the field of clinical studies, medicine or Pharma-industry and interest in economic and finance-related data strongly preferred.
• Some experience in budget and/or payment processes would be an advantage
• Excellent MS skills, particularly MS Excel
• Demonstrated customer services expertise including good written and verbal communication skills. Written and verbal fluency in English and preferable Spanish.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Able to work well within a team and autonomously

Pay Range:

$20/hr to $24/hr