Sr Clinical Contracts and Budgets Associate

(Sr) Clinical Contracts and Budget Associate

Location: Hong Kong

As (Sr) Clinical Contracts and Budget Associate, you will be joining the world's largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence. 

You will be part of an innovative and global Biotechnology company, who pride themselves to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies. They focus on areas with unmet medical need with the ambition to help reduce the social and economic burden of disease in society today.

What you will be doing:

• Manage the whole process for clinical site contracts including contracts and amendments preparation, negotiation, escalation, translation, sending and signature
• Be Responsible/point-of-contact for the contracting process for both in-house and locally outsourced studies
• Escalate contract and budget issues to Legal or Pricing Group and local or global Study Manager as appropriate
• Lead the review of the budget template for country feedback on Fair Market Value
• Negotiate site budgets from the base budget and payment milestones using appropriate guidelines, and completes the final payment schedule template
• Track contracts progression using appropriate systems
• Store and archives contracts and budgets in the appropriate systems
• Participate in appropriate site/Legal meetings as required to resolve contract issues
• Manage, negotiate and support contracting with local vendors
• Manage, execute and track study payments ensuring that spending is within approval contract budgets
• Perform ongoing and end-of-trial contract budget reconciliation as needed
• Prepare regular budget and payment reports
• Manage and track Confidential Disclosure Agreements & Clinical Trials Insurance
• Drive continuous process improvement and operational excellence within the local operations
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You are:

• Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent (BSc is preferred)
• 1 year of finance administration, accounting, project management, contracting or other relevant experience in life sciences or medically related field
• Familiarity with Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry is a plus
• Experience of contract and budget negotiation and management

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.

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