Senior Research Finance Accountant

Are you an experienced accountant or finance professional with a passion for mission-driven healthcare? If you're looking for a role where your financial expertise can make a real impact, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is seeking a Senior Research Finance Accountant to join our Clinical Trials Finance Office! Come work with our team— we’re looking for detail-oriented collaborators who thrive in a fast-paced environment managing multiple tasks. Experience with industry-sponsored studies and clinical trials management systems is a plus! You’ll play a vital role in overseeing contract management and day-to-day financial operations, ensuring financial accuracy and compliance within cross-functional teams. If you’re passionate about making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity to contribute to life-saving research while advancing your career. Join us in being great stewards of our funding, fueling breakthroughs, and changing lives. Be part of something bigger at St. Jude!

The Senior Research Finance Accountant provides oversight of invoicing and payment reconciliation related to charges generated from items and services provided to subjects on industry sponsored studies across the St. Jude research enterprise. Works to minimize risk and avoid exposing the institution to violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and other compliance and regulatory obligations. Reconciles billing against the study coverage analysis to ensure charges are not double-billed and industry funds are properly received and allocated for payment of study activity as agreed under the clinical trial agreement. Ensures proper invoicing of sponsors to avoid uncollected money and study finance deficits. Maintains proper allocation of sponsor funds received as agreed under the clinical trial agreement.

*The selected candidate for this role will be required to be onsite full-time for their first 2-4 weeks. Afterwards they may choose to work in-office or remote full-time, with the exception of one anchor week per quarter. Preference to be local but could go outside of local.

Job Responsibilities:

• Reconcile and analyze accounts in compliance with departmental policy while adhering to established deadlines.
• Lead development and maintenance of analytical & departmental reports including journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Implement and monitor compliance with current accounting standards, policies, procedures and regulatory guidelines.
• Contribute to the various grant accounting operational processes (e.g., federal grant cash collection, reconciliation, reporting processes).
• Account for grants and contracts in accordance with internal policies and procedures, as well as external regulations.
• Actively contribute to the development of policies and procedures within own area(s) of responsibility.
• Identify opportunities and provide inputs to improve efficiency/ automate current processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, finance, or related field of study required.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum Requirement: 4+ years of accounting experience working with a general ledger and related financial information systems.
• Deep understanding and experience with accounting standards and regulations (e.g., IRS, US GAAP, Uniform Guidance, hospital regulations) within specific area.
• Some experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with OnCore or other CTMS is a plus.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

• Professional certification (e.g. Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/Certified Research Accountant (CRA)/Certified Management Accountant (CMA)) preferred.

Compensation

In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $70,720 - $126,880 per year for the role of Senior Research Finance Accountant.

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