Remote Senior Financial Analyst

Summary

The job is a Financial Analyst position for a Healthcare company specializing in clinical trial activities. The role involves preparing, maintaining, and negotiating budgets related to clinical trials, performing reimbursement analysis, and collaborating with various departments. The position is remote and offers benefits such as PTO, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement program, and healthcare plans.

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 is required
• Maintains working knowledge of CMS, DHHS, FDA, OHRP, NIH, OIG, HIPAA and IRB
• Demonstrates 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 displays “can do” attitude cross functionally to contribute to the overall customer service plan
• Develops professional relationships will all customers and maintains professional composure and confidence during stressful situations

Responsibilities

• Preparing, maintaining, and negotiating budgets related to clinical trial activities
• Performs prospective reimbursement analysis according to CMS National Coverage Determination Decisions and all applicable billing regulations, third party requirements, industry standards, etc
• Works in conjunction with other departments of the firm, as well as representatives from other higher education institutions, sponsors, attorneys, governmental agencies, and principal investigators
• Requests clinical trial budgets and contracts documents from sponsors and CROs
• Reviews clinical trial protocols and develops internal budgets
• Prepares clinical trial budget documents and memos
• Determines whether each trial is a qualifying trial per CMS regulations, and assesses compliance with other regulatory requirements, including FDA and NIH guidelines
• Negotiates budgets with sponsors, interfacing with various internal departments as needed
• Facilitates clinical trial billing administrative start-up, insuring clinical research billing and regulatory compliance
• Performs 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
• Develops and distributes 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 preferred
• Experience or training in clinical research budgeting, financial management and/or coding
• Maintains thorough working knowledge of regulatory requirements and Good Clinical Practices (GCP)

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO) 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