Contracts & Budgets Manager

The Budgets & Contracts Manager primary role is to analyze operational and financial data, improve contracting process and contribute to overall effectiveness improvement of the financial and operations health of DMCR.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review CRO/Sponsor budgets and contracts to the study-specific budget parameters
• Negotiate and review contract amendments and letters
• Develop and maintain various financial KPIs for maintaining budget decision logs
• Oversee the internal contract execution process, including but not limited to signatures and uploading to the contract management system and other specified areas
• Develop and enhance relationships with internal clients, internal stakeholders, vendors, and sites and effectively communicate with them
• Ensure that internal systems, folders, and reports are updated in a timely, accurate, and complete manner
• Any other matter as assigned by management

Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or a related field required

Experience:

• 2+ years of financial planning experience or budget development and contract negotiation required
• Experience with clinical budgeting and contracting at a biopharmaceutical company, CRO, or clinical site is preferred

Credentials:

• N/A

Knowledge and Skills:

• The ability to mitigate and drive solutions regarding site budgeting challenges
• Critical thinking and analysis skills to identify and implement best practices and contribute to continuous improvement for site budgeting and contracting
• Ability to handle a large volume of assignments while effectively dealing with ambiguity
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to participate in cross-functional teams of peers and vendors