Job Details

Summary of Key Responsibilities:Support Clinical Operations from a financial point-of-view with accurate analyses, effective reporting, and financial processes such as budgeting and forecasting

Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Developing departmental budgets according to specifications along with appropriate variances analyses

• Analyzing variances to standard

• Analyzing historical trends 

• Developing forecasting models

• Preparing the Monthly Operating Report for executive management

• Interpreting contract language and building associated financial models

• Completing financial analyses that accurately reflect business health

• Designing reports that communicate performance, identify issues, and contribute to better management decisions

• Developing profitability analyses for business segments, studies, sponsors, lines of business, etc.

• Monitoring performance to metrics andexplaining variances

• Supporting site operations through financial reporting and analyses

• Analyzing staffing requirements based on activity drivers, monitoring trends, tracking variances, and developing projections

• Participating inprocess improvement initiatives inside the department as well as cross-functionally

• Extracting appropriate data from supporting systems and preparing ad hoc analyses and reports

Mandatory:

• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”

• During your employment with Sarah Cannon you will be routinely assigned training requirements. You are expected to complete any training assignments by the due date.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree​

• At least 1 year of experience in finance, preferably within clinical research.

• Working knowledge of financial and accounting concepts

• Knowledge ofbusiness models related to health care research

• Knowledge of performance metrics for medical research 

• Knowledge of statistical principles, calculations, and applications

• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook​

• Self-directed showing individual initiative with strong work ethic

• Collaborative toward group problem solving

• Able to present effectively and convincingly

• Naturally curious regarding cause and effect

• Able to analyze data and draw inferences from them

• Competent user of software applications in extracting and analyzing data 

• A clear and effective communicator, orally and in writing