IMS Specialist I (6 months contract) ** homebased EMEA ** Updated: October 17, 2024
Location: Portugal-Europe - PRT-Home-Based
Job ID: 24005272
Investigator Management Solutions (IMS) Specialist I 6 MONTHS - Homebased EMEA
Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.
Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.
Job responsibilities
• Processes investigator payments by:
Managing the investigator payment portion in various CTMS Tools like IMPACT, Medidata, and Clinpay etc.
Reviewing data with project manager for quality and completeness
Processing and creating approved grant payment requests via the CTMS Tools and forwarding or interfacing with A/P
Distributing investigator payments to respective sites
• Facilitates site payments with internal groups such as clinical operations, project management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and site contracts teams. Coordinates with regional colleagues to ensure holistic global view of project payment/funding status.
• Collaborates with accounts receivable and project management to ensure advance funding is received from sponsors on a timely basis for global project needs and deposits are available before site payments are processed.
• Creates, maintains, and reconciles MS Excel Project Grant Tracker as necessary.
• Reviews and interrogates Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) and CTA amendments to ensure payments are made according to the documented payment terms and schedule. Discrepancies should be escalated to their line manager or the appropriate project team member as needed.
• Prompts project teams through grants payment process and system navigation, as needed.
• Researches, compiles, and creates necessary information as required in support of sponsor invoicing.
• Identifies and works with clinical team to follow up on invoice discrepancies, past due invoices and to request refunds from sites.
• Ensures proper account and project coding are applied to third party invoices as it relates to investigator payments.
• Creates project reports as requested from sponsors, operations, accounting and/or upper management to support Sunshine Act reporting & various other statutory reports, monthly close process and ad hoc financial analysis.
• Assists Investigator Payments Manager with Audits of site payments and sponsor deposits.
• Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).
• Works with sponsor systems and applications as required by the project. Qualifications
What we're looking for
• BA/BS degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, plus some financial experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong proficiency in using Excel for spreadsheet analysis. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email, and voicemail.
• Oracle experience preferred but not mandatory.
• Foreign language proficiency preferred.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Above average attention to detail, and interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach.
At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.
Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status and will not be discriminated against.
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