Clinical Budget Analyst - Home-Based
- United States
- ICON Strategic Solutions
- Contracts Administration
- Remote
About the role
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ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
The Clinical Budget Analyst is an important member of the Clinical Development Execution team at our client. You will become the “go to” person for broader financial understanding or insight into defined clinical projects, and will have direct responsibility for the financial health of clinical studies. In addition, you’ll be the liaison between Clinical Operations, Outsourcing and Finance, providing oversight support for invoicing and overall study budgets, and you will provide valuable analysis and metrics to help improve the financial management of clinical studies. You’ll be responsible for establishing a solid trusting relationship with Finance and other business relationships throughout the organization. This role is a fantastic opportunity if you want to gain a comprehensive view of clinical processes and financials.
- Monitor the financial health of study, program or vendor (project specifications, units, invoicing, change orders, forecasting)
- Lead monthly financial review meetings with the Clinical Program and Study Leads
- Drive the close-out process so studies are closed in a timely manner, including processing invoices and resolving vendor invoice discrepancies.
- Help to drive the financial change control process and understand the relationship between changes in study scope to budget.
- Ability to provide high level forecasts using existing agreements, rate cards and algorithms
- Identification and trend analysis of vendor costs and reconciliations
- This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive listing of job functions. Other duties may be performed as assigned.
- BA/BS Finance Preferred
- 5+ years of experience with clinical trial budgets or clinical trials
- Critical thinker and detail oriented
- Excellent communication skills both in person and in writing
- Great collaborator and can work with all kinds of people
- Have an understanding of healthcare finance (including knowledge of financial statements and financial modeling tools)
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others
Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits
ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here.
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
**Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, education/training, and skill level.**
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At ICON, our employees are our greatest strength. That’s why we are committed to empowering you to live your best life, both inside and outside of work. Whether your ambition is lead a global team, become a deep scientific or technical expert, work in-house with our customers or gain experience in a variety of different ICON functions, we will support you in realising your full potential. See all locations Learn more about Our Culture at ICON
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