Clinical Trial Financial Coordinator
Department
BSD OCR- Post Award
About the Department
To mission of the OCR is to catalyze clinical research by providing expertise, resources, infrastructure, and systems that facilitate clinical research operations and enable collaboration across the enterprise while promoting compliance and human subject protection on behalf of our diverse community of patients and volunteers.
Job Summary
This position will have primary accountability to the Associate Director of the Clinical Trial Financial Group within the OCR. This role is critical in providing support to CTFG and BSD leadership.
Responsibilities
Responsible for timely routing and management of Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements (CDAs) through execution.
Assists Budget and Contract Managers (BCMs) by working with sections/departments to ensure all start-up documents are received and ready to route in CTMS.
Assists Amendment Managers to process changes required due to a protocol and/or contract amendment.
Request amendments from sponsors for period of performance date extensions and PI changes.
Works with the Director and BCMs to ensure routing, pending, and tracking data is updated and accurate.
Creates accounts and works within the Oracle Cloud ERP.
Allocates, authorizes, monitors, and controls expenses.
Facilitates check and wire-transfer deposits and earnings invoicing for industry funded clinical trials.
Maintains accurate accounts receivable and payable data in VETS (Visit Earnings Tracking System) and OnCore.
Assists Financial Managers (FMs) with timely reconciliation and close-out of terminated clinical trial FAS accounts.
Maintains, oversees, reconciles, and corrects errors in accounts.
Processes clinical research and core bills for payment.
Communicates regularly with study staff on accrual tracking.
Maintains central CTFG tracking system for VETS and Oracle and completes data entry in AURA.
Works with other administrators on the procurement process including purchasing, internal requisitioning, and personal and travel reimbursements.
Allocates and authorizes expenditures.
May work with administrators to manage financial and administrative aspects of sponsored project proposal preparation, submission, and post-award grant administration.
Assists FMs in relations and communications with funding agencies, subcontractors, and others.
Monitor expenditures on approximately 650 active individual faculty accounts.
Propose solutions to discovered problems and fix according to proper policy and procedure.
Compare actual spending to original budget and identify any variances with particular attention being paid to faculty salary.
Develop a working knowledge of university policies and procedures as well as a working knowledge of policies and procedures of various funding agencies.
Act as a resource to all faculty and staff within the Division and function professionally.
Create and maintain excel spreadsheets and Access databases as necessary to track clinical trial finances.
Assists in the review of all applications against university guidelines, in addition to drafting progress reports, non-competing applications, amendments, and budgeting. Responsible for all data entry and preparation of grant reports and trend analysis.
Assists with straightforward post-award activities including account creations, regulatory and compliance monitoring, salary allocations, effort reporting, grant projections, cost allocations, cost center charges, equipment inventory, invoice preparation, grant closing process, and account closing.
Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
Work Experience:
Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Experience:
Knowledge and skills developed through 2+ years of work experience in a related job discipline, strongly preferred.
Preferred Competencies
Strong computer skills including word processing, database management, and spreadsheet skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to be flexible and adaptable.
Knowledge of general accounting standards and auditing.
Strong organizational skills.
Strong financial and analytic skills.
Ability to research issues and propose solutions to problems.
Demonstrated initiative in improving processes and enhancing systems.
Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion and tact required. Time management skills and the ability to handle multiple, concurrent tasks within deadlines.
Ability to work with individuals from across the division and university.
Knowledge of research methods and funding sources strongly preferred.
Knowledge of clinical trials strongly preferred.
Knowledge of federal and non-federal regulations for grant management strongly preferred.
Knowledge of fund accounting preferred. Familiarity with federal and non-federal grant and contract policies strongly preferred.
Working Conditions
Office Environment.
Application Documents
Resume (required)
Cover Letter (preferred)
When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
Job Family
Role Impact
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Drug Test Required
Health Screen Required
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
Pay Rate Type
FLSA Status
Pay Range
The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
Posting Statement
The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.
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