Senior Financial Analyst

Summary

Join Vitalief, a rapidly expanding healthcare consulting company, and contribute to advancing scientific discoveries that improve patients' lives. We offer a PEOPLE FIRST culture prioritizing personal and professional growth. This fully remote financial analyst role focuses on preparing, maintaining, and negotiating clinical trial budgets, ensuring compliance with regulations, and collaborating with various stakeholders. The position requires a Bachelor's degree, 3-5 years of relevant experience, and strong financial and communication skills. Vitalief provides a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, a 401k plan, and robust healthcare options.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field
• 3 to 5 years of experience in the maintenance and review of budgetary and fiscal records including experience with computer-based accounting systems in a healthcare environment
• Experience managing Clinical Trials budgets
• Maintain working knowledge of CMS, DHHS, FDA, OHRP, NIH, OIG, HIPAA and IRB
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. Strong organizational and detail-oriented skills
• Proficiency and working knowledge of database and reporting tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and OnCore
• Continuously display “can do” attitude cross functionally to contribute to the overall customer service plan
• Develop professional relationships with all customers and maintain professional composure and confidence during stressful situations

Responsibilities

• Prepare, maintain, and negotiate budgets related to clinical trial activities
• Perform prospective reimbursement analysis according to CMS National Coverage Determination Decisions and all applicable billing regulations, third party requirements, industry standards, etc
• Work in conjunction with other departments of the firm, as well as representatives from other higher education institutions, sponsors, attorneys, governmental agencies, and principal investigators
• Request clinical trial budgets and contracts documents from sponsors and CROs
• Review clinical trial protocols and develop internal budgets. Prepare clinical trial budget documents and memos
• Determine whether each trial is a qualifying trial per CMS regulations, and assess compliance with other regulatory requirements, including FDA and NIH guidelines
• Negotiate budgets with sponsors, interfacing with various internal departments as needed
• Facilitate clinical trial billing administrative start-up, insuring clinical research billing and regulatory compliance. Collaborate with Finance to coordinate documentation of each clinical trial account from the beginning of protocol submission to the end of the study utilizing OnCore CTMS system
• Perform regular audits of clinical trials to ensure that billing is complete and accurate and to ensure that the research project, database or protocol is carried out as outlined
• Develop and distribute monthly financial reports to senior leadership of clinical trial revenue activity including active clinical trials and research subjects

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with clinical contracts, budget development, variance analysis and research of financial data and transactions
• Experience in clinical research administration; knowledge of regulatory, financial and administrative requirements of third-party billing for clinical trials and accounting principles for research
• Experience or training in clinical research budgeting, financial management and/or coding
• Maintain thorough working knowledge of regulatory requirements and Good Clinical Practices (GCP)

Benefits

• 20 PTO (Paid Time Off) days plus 9 paid Holidays annually
• Company paid life insurance and short / long term disability coverage
• 401K retirement program
• Robust healthcare plans to choose from
• 100% remote role