The Senior Manager, Global Investigator Grants leads the global grants team responsible for processing investigator site payments through the Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), ensuring payments are accurate, timely, and in accordance with the financial terms of the Clinical Trial Agreement. This role serves as the financial lead on project teams for site payments, providing oversight of payment processing, advance reconciliations, and month-end reporting. The position is heavily client facing, partnering directly with clients to review monthly investigator grant results, accruals, forecasting, and change order budgets.
As the Global Investigator Grants liaison with Business Operational Excellence, the Senior Manager will play a key role in the implementation of the CTMS Site Payment Module, including data validation, system setup, and the development of training materials, and will transition the team to processing site payments in the CTMS. This role is critical to strengthening process efficiency, internal controls, and the overall site payment experience for Precision, our clients, and investigator sites.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Serves as the financial lead on the Project Team for site payments on a global basis, ensuring investigator payments are processed through the CTMS in accordance with the financial terms of the Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA)
Leads the global grants team responsible for site payment processing in the CTMS, including, but not limited to: timely and accurate investigator payments, advance (pre-paid funds) balance reconciliations, and reporting
Serves as the Global Investigator Grants liaison with Business Operational Excellence for the implementation of the CTMS Site Payment Module, including data validation, system setup, and the development of training materials, and leads the team's transition to processing site payments in the CTMS
Oversees the setup and maintenance of site payment terms in the CTMS on a global basis, interpreting the financial section of the CTA to ensure payment schedules are configured accurately and payments are processed timely
Responsible for contributing to the month-end close process by generating a global report from the CTMS on a project-by-project basis inclusive of, but not limited to: amounts invoiced/paid, advance balances remaining, prepaid balance analysis, projections, and other key performance indicators as applicable
Works with the respective Project Directors and Project Managers to provide guidance on the financial section of the Clinical Trial Agreement
Works with the respective Project Directors and Project Managers to ensure visits and other payment-eligible activities are accurately captured in the CTMS so they can be tracked and paid; provides training as applicable
Ensures site payments processed in the CTMS meet the terms and conditions of the Clinical Trial Agreement, with appropriate review, approval, and internal controls
Responsible for overseeing the Sunshine Act Reporting process and other client reporting as applicable on a global basis, leveraging CTMS payment data
Serves in a heavily client-facing capacity, leading regular client meetings to review monthly investigator grant results, accruals, forecasting, and change order budgets; participates in internal team calls and Quarterly Business Review Meetings as applicable
Other duties as assigned by manager
Minimum Education and Experience:
Minimum of bachelor's degree in business administration, Accounting, Finance or similar field
Minimum of 5 years of CRO experience or equivalent relevant experience and/or demonstrated competencies in the key requirements of the role
Experience implementing the site payment module within a Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), including data validation, system setup, and user training; experience with Veeva Vault CTMS preferred
Minimum of 3 years of managing direct reports
Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies:
Experience with clinical trial…