Change Order Manager

Precision For Medicine; Colombia; On-site; COP 60,000,000 - 110,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Medicine Group is seeking a Change Order Manager to lead budget creation for change orders, coordinating with project management, functional leads, and financial analysts. You will prepare variance analyses for client presentations and help track change order metrics across the program.

The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and experience with costings in a budgeting context, with a focus on accuracy and clear communication across stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in science, finance/accounting or related field.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in proposal or change order preparation using an Excel-based costing tool.
• Strong understanding of project budgets and financial analysis; advanced Excel skills with meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead change order budget creation activities between project management, functional leads, and financial analysts.
• Explain and provide variance analysis for change orders for client presentation.
• Track and record change order requests to develop departmental metrics.
• Lead or participate in internal and client calls on a routine basis.
• Schedule and lead the change order alignment calls with the extended project team.
• Prepare, edit, and customize change order text to reflect budget, assumptions, resourcing, and financial requirements.
• Incorporate vendor and partner change orders into the main change order as applicable.
• Ensure all information is accurate including assumptions, processes, changes from prior agreements including resourcing updates and timeline shifts.
• Meticulous review of financial formulas, cross checks, and testing.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Project coordination

Communication

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in science, finance/accounting or related business field

Tools

Excel

Job description

Position Summary

The Change Order Manager will lead change order budget creation activities between project management, functional leads, and the financial analysts in order to develop, explain, and provide variance analysis for the change orders in preparation for presentation to the client. The Change Order Manager will contribute to the tracking and record keeping of change order requests in order to develop departmental metrics, and lead and/or actively participate in internal and client calls on a routine basis.

Position Summary

The Change Order Manager will lead change order budget creation activities between project management, functional leads, and the financial analysts in order to develop, explain, and provide variance analysis for the change orders in preparation for presentation to the client. The Change Order Manager will contribute to the tracking and record keeping of change order requests in order to develop departmental metrics, and lead and/or actively participate in internal and client calls on a routine basis.

Essential functions

• Work collaboratively with project management, financial analysts, functional leads, and other contributing parties in order to produce a high-quality change order which is meaningful, accurate, and in accordance with the changes in assumptions on a timely basis.
• Provide review of changes in assumptions to the budget in order to work with the extended project team to identify information gaps and/or discrepancies, unique service requirements in order to translate information into budgets.
• Actively communicate with the project team and other key stakeholders both within and outside the organization in order to support the timely and accurate delivery of change orders.
• Schedule and lead the change order alignment calls with the extended project team.
• Prepare, edit, and customize change order text to accurately reflect the strategic message, changes in assumptions, budget summaries, changes in resourcing, and additional financial requirements.
• Incorporate vendor and partner change orders into the main change order as applicable while ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure all information is accurate and clearly stated including assumptions, processes described, changes from prior executed agreements inclusive of resourcing updates, timeline shifts, country/site/patient changes, etc.
• Meticulous attention to the use of financial formulas to ensure an accurate change order which includes, but not limited to: cross checks, formula review, reasonable testing, etc.

Qualifications

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in science, finance/accounting or related business field.

Other Required

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in proposal and/or change order preparation in an excel based costing tool and preparation of change order/contract documents
• Working knowledge of project budgets, financial analysis, advanced excel skills with a meticulous attention to detai

Preferred

• MBA Preferred
• Experience in the CRO industry

Competencies

• Working knowledge of the life cycle of a project with a solid foundation of how the changes in assumptions impact the costings/budget and financial impact at each stage of the clinical trial.
• Strong Excel/Microsoft Office skills and ability to thrive in a multi-tasking environment.
• Strong financial skills combined with an attention and appreciation to detail.
• High energy and enthusiasm with a strong commitment to exceeding expectations.
• Flexibility and willingness to work on multiple assignments of varying tasks with personnel throughout the organization.
• Ability to learn quickly. Good oral and written communication & interpersonal skills with the ability to connect and build relationships with management and others throughout the organization.
• Exhibits self-motivation and is able to work and plan independently as well as in a team environment.
• Team player with a desire to be an active, long-term participant in the growth of the company.
• Travel required - Travel will be minimal.

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