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At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.
Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.
Parexel is in the business of improving the world’s health. We do this by providing a suite of biopharmaceutical services that help clients across the globe transform scientific discoveries into new treatments. We believe in our values, Patients First, Quality, Respect, Empowerment & Accountability.
This role can be either office based or fully home based anywhere in either Serbia, Poland or Hungary.
As the Site Payment Lead you would be responsible for coordinating with team members and their activities across studies, liaising with the project teams to ensure setup and site payments are effectively managed; and is accountable for the management of payments for the assigned studies. This includes the accountability for payment setup and modifications within the investigator payment system for expenses aligned to budget templates.
You will work independently and will show an elevated level of ownership assisting the project team project planning, decision making process and timely payments to investigator sites. As a dedicated team member, you will provide excellent proactive support across projects and tasks as assigned with supervision, identifying risks, their impact, and potential resolutions.
Key Accountabilities:
Overall Accountabilities
Be the accountable Lead for Site Payment Office related queries on assigned studies and point of contact for project teams.
Proactively and effectively solves customer problems, and accepts responsibility for actions
Work closely with Project Leadership, Global Site Contracts, eClinical Business Implementation, Global Clinical Operations, and other internal Investigator Payment Office team members to obtain additional information required to perform tasks, when applicable
Participate as the Lead representative of the Site Payment team in study start-up meetings, including payment strategy meetings, to ensure initial funds setup requirements are documented for seamless payment processing
Lead and follow-up on audits/inspections
Knowledge of clinical trial pricing/budgeting tools and how to reflect operational changes within the tools
Thorough knowledge of Parexel’s SOPs, Operational Guidelines and Work Instructions procedures
Complete routine administrative tasks in a timely manner (e.g. timesheets, metrics, and expenses)
In depth understanding of the set-up and payment process; including ability to analyze agreements
Collection of information from all teams/systems/tools wherever needed on a timely and proactive basis
Analyze and present data to various stakeholders
Trains team members within the Site Payment Office
Discover and implement opportunities for process efficiencies
End to end management of Site Payments
Keeps internal and external team members aware of site payment status and issues
Accurately authorize study setups before starting payments
Resolve escalated second line helpdesk issues for assigned portfolio
Assist in the preparation of project status reports as needed
Works with IFA and project team to ensure appropriate funding prior to administering payments
Proactively participates in Project Strategy Meetings (PSM), providing input to payment strategy planning for incoming studies
Compliance with the Investigator payment timelines as per the contractual terms
Resolve payment discrepancies to ensure accurate processing of payments
Provide payments reports for assigned projects to customers as requested
Education:
Minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree
Skills:
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills in both French and English for non-native speakers
Ability to make decisions and advise other staff even in ambiguous situations
Ability to conduct root cause analysis in problem solving and process development.
Strong customer focus, ability to interact professionally
Patient, Quality and Client focused approach to work
Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail
Expert in using MS Excel for spreadsheet analysis
Strong proficiency in use of MS Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and Word
Analytical mind with strong attention to detail
Commitment to high quality work and consistent performance
Comfortable with working in a decentralized matrix environment and being a conversant team player
Delivers standard/typical work deliverables without issues
Thoroughly understands fundamentals of CRO industry and how Site Payments influence in the organization
Knowledge and Experience:
Strong experience is preferred within a Clinical Research Organization; Business; Finance/Accounting; or other comparable experience.
In return we will be able to offer you a structured career pathway and encouragement to develop within the role including awareness and understanding of the industry. You will be well supported and for your hard work you will be rewarded with a competitive base salary and a benefits package including holiday as well as other benefits that you would expect with a top company in the CRO Industry.
Top Skills
What We Do
Parexel is among the world’s largest clinical research organizations (CROs), providing the full range of Phase I to IV clinical development services to help life-saving treatments reach patients faster. Leveraging the breadth of our clinical, regulatory and therapeutic expertise, our team of more than 21,000 global professionals collaborates with biopharmaceutical leaders, emerging innovators and sites to design and deliver clinical trials with patients in mind, increasing access and participation to make clinical research a care option for anyone, anywhere. Our depth of industry knowledge and strong track record gained over the past 40 years is moving the industry forward and advancing clinical research in healthcare’s most complex areas, while our innovation ecosystem offers the best solutions to make every phase of the clinical trial process more efficient. With the people, insight and focus on operational excellence, we work With HeartTM every day to treat patients with dignity and continuously learn from their experiences, so every trial makes a difference. For more information, visit parexel.com.
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