IMS Specialist I

Job Description Description IMS Specialist I Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for. Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives. Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE Why Syneos Health - We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression supportive and engaged line management technical and therapeutic area training peer recognition and total rewards program. - We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. - We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong. Job Responsibilities JOB SUMMARY Administerspayments to Investigators & Institutions participating in clinical trials inaccordancewithsponsor and Organization'srequirements.Works with internal teams to ensure appropriate fundingprior to administeringpayments,keeps internal and externalteammembersawareofsitepaymentstatusandissues. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - Processesinvestigatorpaymentsby: - Managing theinvestigator payment portionin various CTMS Tools likeIMPACT, Medidata, and Clinpay etc. - Reviewing datawithprojectmanagerforqualityandcompleteness - Processing and creating approved grant payment requests via the CTMS Tools and forwarding orinterfacing withA/P and - Distributing investigator payments to respective sites - Facilitates site payments with internal groupssuchasclinicaloperations,projectmanagement,accountspayable,accounts receivable, and site contracts teams. Coordinateswithregionalcolleaguestoensureholisticglobal view of project payment/funding status. - Collaborateswithaccountsreceivableand project management to ensure advance funding is received fromsponsorsonatimelybasisfor global project needs and deposits are available before site payments areprocessed. - Creates, maintains, and reconciles MS Excel Project Grant Tracker asnecessary. - Reviewsand interrogates ClinicalTrial Agreements(CTAs)and CTA amendments to ensure payments aremade according to the documented payment terms and schedule. Discrepancies should be escalated to their linemanager or the appropriate project teammember as needed. - Prompts project teams through grants payment process and system navigation, as needed. - Researches,compiles,andcreatesnecessaryinformationasrequiredinsupportofsponsorinvoicing. - Identifies and works with clinical team tofollowup on invoice discrepancies, past dueinvoicesandto requestrefunds from sites. - Ensures proper account and project coding are applied tothirdparty invoices as it relates to investigatorpayments. - Creates project reports as requested fromsponsors,operations,accountingand/oruppermanagementtosupportSunshine Act reporting & various other statutory reports,monthlyclose process and ad hoc financial analysis. - AssistsInvestigator PaymentsManagerwithAuditsofsitepaymentsandsponsordeposits. - Minimaltravelmayberequired(upto25%). - Workswithsponsorsystemsand applications as required by the project. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS - BA/BS degree in Business, Accounting, Finance,plussomefinancial experience orequivalentcombinationofeducationandexperience. - Strongproficiency in using Excelforspreadsheetanalysis.ProficiencyinMicrosoftOfficeSuite(Word,Excel, PowerPoint),email, and voicemail. - Oracleexperiencepreferred but not mandatory. - Foreignlanguageproficiencypreferred. - Ability to organize and prioritize work to meetdeadlinesinadynamicenvironment. - Aboveaverageattentiontodetail, and interpersonal skills withateam-orientedapproach. Disclaimer: Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job. Get to know Syneos Health Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health. Additional Information Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job. Summary managing/reviewing and processing the investigator payments in various system mainly in CTMS and Appian, requirement to be in office at least twice a week even more