Research Contracts a Budget Analyst

$85,176 - $85,176/Yr

Fourans - Anaheim, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Anaheim, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Clinical Research Budgets Analyst will be responsible for the preparation and maintenance of budget templates for sponsored clinical trials. This role involves reviewing budgets offered by study sponsors, setting up study payment milestones, and ensuring compliance with clinical expense budgets. The position requires collaboration with various teams to manage workflow across multiple research programs effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain budget templates for sponsored clinical trials.
• Review New Study routing forms and essential study start-up documents.
• Conduct itemized cost analysis and interpret clinical protocols into budget milestones.
• Provide accurate patient cost descriptions for the Informed Consent Form (ICF) to be submitted to the IRB.
• Update budget, milestones, and ICF information as necessary per contract/protocol amendments.
• Work closely with coverage analysis team, contract analysts, regulatory team, program managers, and internal finance groups.
• Manage large volume workflow across multiple research programs.
• Develop study budgets from clinical studies protocols using various software tools.
• Revise study budgets following revision of study protocols or re-assessment of study cost.
• Utilize and oversee research rate pricing for services rendered as part of a clinical trial.
• Communicate with Contracts Analysts to integrate study budget information into clinical trial agreements.
• Initiate or participate in the contract negotiation process.
• Update coverage determination for each study and communicate billing structure to clinical teams and service providers.
• Participate in the administration of study-subject related billing and support auditing of billing records.
• Collect and maintain complete records and statistics on expenses and payments.
• Monitor compliance of clinical expenses to pre-determined budget/billing plans.
• Establish positive working relationships within the organization and with external institutions.
• Set up study payment milestones and Billing Instructions grids using Microsoft Excel and/or Clinical Trial Management System.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field.
• 2 years of experience in clinical research.
• 2 years of experience with billing and negotiating with sponsors.

Benefits

• Contract to hire opportunity for the right candidate.
• Hybrid work option (in-office or remote).