Premier Research is looking for a Senior Manager, Investigator Financial Analytics to join our Clinical R&D-Finance team.
You will help biotech, medtech, and specialty pharma companies transform life-changing ideas and breakthrough science into new medicines, devices, and diagnostics. What we do is profoundly connected to saving and improving lives, and we recognize our team members are the most valuable asset in delivering success.
We are here to help you grow, to give you the skills and opportunities to excel at work with the flexibility and balance your life requires.
Your ideas influence the way we work, and your voice matters here.
As an essential part of our team, you help us deliver the medical innovation that patients are desperate for.
Join us and build your future here.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Oversee the calculation, review and recording of investigator grant accruals in line with study contracts, site budgets, payment schedules and sponsor requirements.
- Ensure accruals reflect completed visits, milestones and other payable activity, and that unrecognized or pending obligations are captured in the correct reporting period.
- Direct the month-end and period-end accrual process, setting deadlines, assigning review responsibilities and confirming that results are reconciled and signed off.
- Verify that accrual methodologies are applied consistently across projects and documented in accordance with PRG SOPs and guidelines.
- Lead the development and ongoing refinement of investigator grant payment forecasts for each project, using enrollment data, visit schedules, contract terms and historical payment trends.
- Update forecasts as study assumptions change, such as enrollment pace, protocol amendments, site activation or study timelines, and communicate the effect to sponsors and internal stakeholders.
- Provide sponsors and management with clear forecasts of upcoming payment obligations to support their planning and cash management.
- Review variances between forecast, accrual and actual payments; require explanations for material differences and track corrective actions to completion.
- Identify trends and root causes behind recurring variances, and implement process improvements to raise forecast reliability.
- Escalate significant exposures, unusual activity or data discrepancies to senior management and the sponsor in a timely manner.
- Maintain a control environment that supports audit readiness, including supporting documentation, review evidence and traceable approvals.
- Ensure accrual and forecasting activity meets GCP standards, sponsor expectations and PRG SOPs and guidelines.
- Partner with Finance and other functional teams to align accrual, billing and payment records.
- Review and approve accrual and forecast reports before distribution to sponsors and management.
- Provide regular updates to upper management on accrual status, forecast movement and risks to payment obligations.
- Train and coach team members in accrual and forecasting methods, and assign this work according to skill level and workload.
What We Are Searching For:
- Bachelor’s degree, or international equivalent from an accredited institution, preferably in a scientific or business related field, or equivalent work experience
- BS/BA degree and 6-8 years’ experience in Clinical Research, Clinical Grant payments, and/or project administration / management / operations; or 10+ years of proven experience in all primary job functions
- 3-5 years mentoring, coaching, supervisory, or management experience
- Experience developing staff to include assigning and managing workloads within a team
- Familiarity with Clinical Grant Payment systems and the competitive markets
- Understanding and experience with Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint
