Work Schedule

Other

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Our goal-driven teams combine and deliver centralized support and solutions for the clinical trials, collaborating to improve processes, cycle and flexibility. We partner with our sites, businesses and colleagues around the world to decrease startup timelines and exceed expectations.

Discover Impactful Work:

Serves as the lead for administrative, reporting, contractual and financial support to the department related to the processing of payments to investigative sites. Responsibilities include reviewing and approving site payments, budgets and reconciliations, issue/risk resolution, ensuring adherence to contractual guidelines and country regulations, and providing training and guidance to junior team members.

A day in the Life:

Reviews and approves payments, budgets, reconciliations, etc., in accordance with procedural documents and site contracts.

• Compiles data from multiple sources to generate payments to sites in accordance with procedural documents.

• Ensures adherence to country-specific regulations which affect and impact ability to pay. Manages payment responsibilities and workflow to meet contracted timelines and project deliverables

• Manages escalations (project team, site and sponsor) regarding payment issues and resolves payment-related findings. Raises project risks appropriately.

• Trains study teams on site payment processes, including setting expectations around site payments' requirements and deliverables.

• May process investigator payments in middleware and financial system; manage refunds, credit notes, late payment fees, pre-payments or investigator meeting reimbursements.

• May build and enter budgets and SVTs; work on transparency reporting; perform study reconciliations; manage and maintain investigator funds tracker for studies transitioned to site payments.

• Trains/mentors junior team members.

Keys to Success:

Education

• High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification / Bachelor's degree preferred Technical positions may require a certificate.

Experience

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to at least 6 years).

• In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent organizational and negotiation skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Proven ability to handle multiple time sensitive tasks efficiently and effectively

• Flexible and able to reprioritize workload to meet changing project needs

• Excellent computer skills, proficient in MS Word and Excel and CTMS, EDC or financial systems. Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach others

• Excellent communication skills, which includes English language (oral, written) and other languages would be an advantage (where applicable)

• Highly skilled at extracting pertinent information from study documentation such as protocol, contracts, budgets, etc. and performing data entry and review of such documents

• Demonstrated ability to effectively analyze project specific data/systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency

• Mastery of ICH Good Clinical Practices, Country Regulatory and/or applicable tax regulations, etc. for all nonclinical/clinical aspects of project implementation, execution, and closeout

• Capable of leading study related activities with little to no interaction from management Role:

Working Environment

Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.

• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.

• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.

• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.

• May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.)

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.