Finance Specialist

Title: Finance Specialist (Investigator Payment Associate)

Location: London, office based 1 day a week

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As a Investigator Payment Associate you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

Working fully embedded within an innovative multinational Pharmaceutical company through ICON, you will be accountable for budget planning, analytics and payment execution in a direct country or extended country group (UK)

What you will be doing:

• Supports country SSU strategy in close collaboration with SSO Study Start-Up Team Lead and SSO Study Start-Up Managers to ensure SSU timelines and deliverables are met according to country commitments
• Project controlling & budget management supports financial planning, forecasting and management, analyses, and reports project costs and their drivers
• Set-up & validation of investigator contracts in the accounting system for clinical studies
• Executes and monitors internal controls
• Translates Grant Plans into local Payment Schemes
• Prepares and submits country TCF(s)
• Updates systems (ACT, Optimus, etc.)
• Executes payments, communicates with sites when it comes to payment issues
• Tracks and oversees payment status
• Ensures adherence to financial standards, prevailing legislation, ICH/GCP, IRB/IEC, Health Authority and SOP requirements
• Implements innovative and efficient processes which are in line with our clients strategy

You are:

• Full right to work in the UK
• Must have at least 12 months' experience within a similar role
• Must be open to attending the London office once a week 
• Ideally you'll be available to start a new role within 4 weeks'

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

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON 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 through the form below.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

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.