Clinical Payments Specialist
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Clinical Payments Specialist
- Posted 18 February 2025
- Salary $22 per hour
- LocationLake Bluff
- Job type Contract
- DisciplineLife Science Recruitment
- ReferenceTR/076409
- Contact NameDanielle StGeorge
Job description
Clinical Payments Specialist
12-month initial contract
Fully Remote
$19/HR with health dental vision, OR $22/HR without.
The Clinical Payment Specialist is responsible for managing clinical site payments from contract execution through reconciliation.
Clinical Payment Specialist Responsibilities
· Manage appropriate prioritization of executed Clinical Study Agreements (CSAs) to enable efficient entry of contract terms and budgets into the appropriate finance system.
· Establish and maintain relationships with accountable country CSM, Contract Management Specialists & Assistants and affiliate financial staff.
· Provide direction for budget development, contract mapping and invoice processing questions in relation to the payment process.
· Manage the purchasing process within SAP at the affiliate level for clinical site contracts.
· Apply critical thinking skills to resolve any payment issues that arise by interacting with the sites, CSM staff and affiliate finance.
· Conduct final site payment reconciliation
· Identify risks and trends that may be noted during contract mapping, invoice creation, payment processing and reconciliation and develop a mitigation strategy to be shared to minimize errors across studies and countries.
· Develop best practices and make recommendations to leadership for process improvements.
· Responsible for ensuring all activities are executed in compliance with policies, procedures and SOP’s
Clinical Payment Specialist Qualifications
· Successfully completed secondary education.
· Completion of tertiary commercial or scientific education or equivalent highly preferred
· Experience as an assistant, ideally in the field of clinical studies, medicine or Pharma-industry and interest in economic and finance-related data strongly preferred.
· Some experience in budget and/or payment processes would be an advantage
· Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Microsoft Excel
· Demonstrated customer services expertise including good written and verbal communication skills. Written and verbal fluency in English and preferable Spanish.
· Excellent planning and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
· Able to work well within a team and autonomously
Key Stakeholders:
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
12-month initial contract
Fully Remote
$19/HR with health dental vision, OR $22/HR without.
The Clinical Payment Specialist is responsible for managing clinical site payments from contract execution through reconciliation.
Clinical Payment Specialist Responsibilities
· Manage appropriate prioritization of executed Clinical Study Agreements (CSAs) to enable efficient entry of contract terms and budgets into the appropriate finance system.
· Establish and maintain relationships with accountable country CSM, Contract Management Specialists & Assistants and affiliate financial staff.
· Provide direction for budget development, contract mapping and invoice processing questions in relation to the payment process.
· Manage the purchasing process within SAP at the affiliate level for clinical site contracts.
· Apply critical thinking skills to resolve any payment issues that arise by interacting with the sites, CSM staff and affiliate finance.
· Conduct final site payment reconciliation
· Identify risks and trends that may be noted during contract mapping, invoice creation, payment processing and reconciliation and develop a mitigation strategy to be shared to minimize errors across studies and countries.
· Develop best practices and make recommendations to leadership for process improvements.
· Responsible for ensuring all activities are executed in compliance with policies, procedures and SOP’s
Clinical Payment Specialist Qualifications
· Successfully completed secondary education.
· Completion of tertiary commercial or scientific education or equivalent highly preferred
· Experience as an assistant, ideally in the field of clinical studies, medicine or Pharma-industry and interest in economic and finance-related data strongly preferred.
· Some experience in budget and/or payment processes would be an advantage
· Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Microsoft Excel
· Demonstrated customer services expertise including good written and verbal communication skills. Written and verbal fluency in English and preferable Spanish.
· Excellent planning and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
· Able to work well within a team and autonomously
Key Stakeholders:
- Clinical Site Management (CSM)
- Finance, including the Affiliate Finance and US Site Payments Team
- Purchasing including, Outsourcing and OUS Contract Management Group
- Clinical Development Organization (CDO)
- Legal
- Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC)
- BTS Information Research
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.