Associate Participant Payments Analyst

IQVIA; Buenos Aires; Presencial; ARS 98.144.000 - 128.343.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

IQVIA in Buenos Aires is seeking an Associate Participant Payments Lead to act as the primary liaison for global portfolios, focusing on patient payments and sponsor communications. You will supervise study protocol timelines, reporting, and the initial configuration of our proprietary payments software.

The role requires 2–3 years in finance or project coordination within clinical trials, strong communication, and cross-functional collaboration.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent.
• Typically 2–3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with business financial applications preferred.
• Knowledge of the Clinical Trial Industry preferred.
• Project management or team leadership experience preferred.
• Comfortable representing Patient Solutions to internal/external stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned sponsor(s) and studies.
• Manage project timelines and coordinate change orders.
• Prepare KPI materials for sponsor governance meetings.
• Identify and execute process improvements.
• Lead client meetings with accuracy and completeness.
• Oversee the project team to meet sponsor commitments and IQVIA service levels.
• Coordinate with Technical Team and Data Operations for resource allocation.
• Ensure financial controls aligned with sponsor requirements.
• Monitor operational and performance metrics and escalate as needed.
• Support the Patient Solutions Manager as needed.
• Develop study-specific analytics strategy.

Conocimientos

Client relationship management

Communication

Financial analysis

Project coordination

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Business Administration

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Visio

SAP-Business One

SharePoint

Spotfire

Descripción del empleo

Job Profile Summary

The Associate Participant Payments Lead functions as the primary liaison for our global portfolios, cultivating and managing client relationships at the study level, specifically to patient payments. This role entails supervising the communication of study protocols, timelines, sponsor reporting, and the initial configuration of a proprietary software system crucial for executing patient payments.

Job Overview

Job Profile Summary

The Associate Participant Payments Lead functions as the primary liaison for our global portfolios, cultivating and managing client relationships at the study level, specifically to patient payments. This role entails supervising the communication of study protocols, timelines, sponsor reporting, and the initial configuration of a proprietary software system crucial for executing patient payments.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned sponsor(s) and associated studies.
• Manage the project timeline, identify/pursue change orders and coordinate with other stakeholders, as necessary.
• Prepare materials and KPI’s for sponsor Governance Meetings and participate as appropriate.
• Identify and execute process improvement initiatives when appropriate.
• Prepare, arrange and execute regular client meetings and ensure all necessary materials are presented with accuracy and completeness.
• Function as the engagement leader providing management throughout the length of the clinical trial by overseeing activities of the project team to ensure sponsor commitments and IQVIA's service levels are achieved.
• Coordinate with Technical Team and Data Operations to ensure proper resource assignment and service delivery quality.
• Ensure that IQVIA financial interests are appropriately protected through diligent scope of work management efforts.
• Ensure support to the clinical trial sites is provided, at IQVIA’s levels of excellence, through timely resolution of issues that are raised via email and/or phone contact.
• Responsible for ensuring that payments do not exceed SOW timelines.
• Responsible for ensuring change orders are executed and communicated to appropriate personnel.
• Responsible for performance review input to Technical Lead and Data Operations for roles that support assigned sponsor.
• Coordinate with the sponsor, vendor and Finance team members to prepare sponsor funding.
• Ensure that all IQVIA processes and standards are followed and that appropriate financial controls are observed and are in line with sponsor requirements for managing and mitigating financial risk.
• Ensure work is SSAE 18 compliant.
• Responsible for monitoring, assist in resolving and escalating operational and performance metric issues.
• This role may require minimal assistance from Patient Solutions Manager of Operations
• Other duties as assigned.
• Contribute to developing the study-specific analytics strategy.
• Review, establish and agree on project planning and project timelines.
• Act as a central contact for the vendor and project team for designated project communications, correspondence and associated documentation.
• With guidance, provide Inputs to clinical study teams, key decision makers, and internal team members to manage continuous process improvements, issue escalation, workload projections.
• Participate in (study) team meetings/Project kick off meetings and interaction with cross functional staff to verify information and/or triage new data issues or prior identified action items.
• Perform Study Set-up that require further investigation with the vendor to determine overall accuracy (inclusion & exclusion criteria)
• Review any other information as necessary to determine overall readiness of the study information for next level review.
• Early identification of study-level risk/issue(s) occurring during study conduct and responsible for identification of risk pertaining to payments.
• Monitor study performance (including budget) and make recommendations for timely corrective actions
• Assist the relevant stake holders within the project team in developing the study payment plans, tools and templates and maintain the team accountabilities as applicable.
• Provides inputs to cross functional team in managing project deliverables.

Minimum Required Education And Experience

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Experience

Typically requires 2 - 3 years of prior relevant experience.

Knowledge

Finance, Business Administration or equivalent experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent experience

Additional Work Experience

• Experience with business financial applications preferred;
• General knowledge of Clinical Trial Industry preferred;
• Project management or team leadership experience preferred;
• Comfortable representing Patient Solutions to internal / external stakeholders

Skills And Abilities

• Must be customer focused and have excellent written and oral communication skills
• High energy, self-starter with the ability to work in a team environment as well as independently
• Able to think independently, and to analyze and solve problems creatively
• Strong time management, planning, and organizational skills
• Detail oriented, analytical and the ability to meet competing aggressive deadlines
• Comfortable working in a global company environment
• Strong PC skills (i.e. Microsoft Office, VISIO, SAP-Business One, SharePoint & Spotfire)
• Familiarity with foreign currency
• Occasional travel

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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