Manager, Clinical Research Finance Operations (Office of Clinical Research)

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Posted Job Title

Manager, Clinical Research Finance Operations (Office of Clinical Research)

Job Profile Title

Manager D, Business and Finance

Job Description Summary

This position is responsible for the financial, administrative, and operational activities associated with clinical research within assigned PSOM departments in their portfolio. The position will report to the Director of Finance for Clinical Research within the Office of Clinical Research, Office of the Vice Dean for Clinical Research.

Job Description

Responsible for the overall clinical research financial management and other financial matters of the School/Center. Will manage proposal development, budget development and related pre-award activities for diverse clinical research sponsor portfolio. Manage post award activities including account set up, monitor and review of all sponsored projects expenditures including fund projections. Monitor and enforce compliance with sponsor guidelines and meet with Principal Investigators to discuss and advice on any financial issues related to their portfolio. Will actively participate in specific projects and will be greatly involved in a more complicated contract.

Job Responsibilities

• Working with clinical investigators in the budget development, negotiation, and approval of both sponsored and internally-funded clinical research budgets.

• Reviewing clinical research protocols for resource and financial implications. 

• Understanding and keeping current with FDA and Medicare regulations applicable to clinical trials. 

• Understanding interaction of Medicare regulations and/or third-party insurance to develop clinical trial budgets. 

• Preparing financial analyses, as necessary, and serving as a resource to clinical investigators.

• Working with the Managers of Clinical Research Billing and Clinical Research when necessary. 

• Following institutional and departmental policies and procedures when developing, reviewing and approving budgets.

• Developing templates to ensure all costs related to clinical research are captured.

• Developing invoice templates and working with the clinical research team to ensure timely submission of invoices to the Sponsor.  Working with the Office of Research Services to ensure accurate accounting of receivables.

• Working with the Department Research/Grant Administrators to ensure that all relevant study expeditures have been expensed to the appropriate sponsored research account.

• Communicating in writing and verbally with investigators, study coordinators, department administrators, sponsors and others within the clinical research infrastructure about clinical research financial services. 

• Serving as a resource to the research community on clinical research-related