PPD’s mission is to improve health. It starts as an idea to find a cure. It becomes a life saved. All in-between, it’s you! We know that meaningful results not only require the right approach, but also the right people. We invite you to re-imagine health promoting protocols with us, working alongside our talented, bright and energetic teams.

Our global Clinical department consists of colleagues with institutional knowledge, in-depth therapeutic experience, and robust operational tools. Together, we help clients define and develop clinical programs, minimize delays, and execute high-quality, cost-efficient clinical studies.

At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We offer continued career advancement opportunities, award winning training and benefits focused on the health and wellbeing of our employees.

Summarized Purpose:

Responsibilities include reviewing and approving site payments, budgets, and reconciliations. Contributes to the management of studies to ensure project deliverables and targets are met according to the highest quality standards. Liaises with internal teams to provide payment status updates and identifies and resolves issues. Supports functional leads and assists in contract modification development.

Essential Functions

• Contributes to study management, ensuring that individual project targets are met, and services are provided according to the highest quality standards, policies, and procedures. Escalates project risks appropriately.
• Analyzes and interprets various financial reports and monitors project finances.
• Trains study teams on site payment process, including setting expectations around site payments' requirements and deliverables.
• Generates reports for study-level KPIs and metrics; evaluates and interprets data. Escalate performance issues to management.
• Attends internal team meetings and provides updates on payment statuses. Manages escalations (project team, site, and sponsor) regarding payment issues.
• May generate payments in accordance with procedural documents and site contracts. May build and enter budgets and SVTs; work on transparency reporting; perform study reconciliations; manage and maintain investigator funds tracker for studies transitioned to site payments.
• May review and approve payments, budgets, reconciliations, etc., in accordance with procedural documents and site contracts.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years’)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Decent organizational and negotiation skills
• Good attention to detail
• Capable of handling multiple time sensitive tasks efficiently and effectively
• Flexible and able to reprioritize workload to meet changing project needs
• Good computer skills, proficient in MS Word and Excel and CTMS, EDC or financial systems
• Experience of working in a project matrix structure
• Capable of mentoring and coaching others
• Effective communication skills, which includes English language (oral, written) and other languages would be an advantage (where applicable)
• Capable of extracting pertinent information from study documentation such as protocol, contracts, budgets, etc. and performing data entry and review of such documents
• Capable of effectively analyzing project specific data/systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency
• Basic understanding of country regulatory and/or applicable tax regulations

Management Role:

No management responsibility

Working Environment:

PPD values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.
• Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds
• Able to work in non-traditional work environments.
• Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements, including infectious agents, typically found in healthcare or laboratory environments.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.

Our 4i Values:

Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – Involvement

If you resonate with our 4i values above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, submit your application – we’d love to hear from you!

The salary range estimated for this position is $50,000 - $60,000. This position will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. Actual compensation will be confirmed in writing at the time of offer.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our US colleagues and their families can count on, which generally includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan
• A wellness program, and valuable health incentive opportunities for company contributions to a Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Tax-advantaged savings and spending accounts and commuter benefits
• Employee assistance program
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and volunteer time off in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan