Clinical Site Payment Associate Manager

Alira Health S.r.l.; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global travel

Flexible work programs

Job summary

Alira Health seeks a Clinical Site Payment Associate Manager to lead end-to-end investigator payments and support global site payments activities. You will work across budgets, EDC and CTMS systems, ensuring accurate invoicing, reconciling data, and producing reports.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in clinical payments, strong English, and a proactive, detail-focused mindset. The role offers a regular contract with potential for travel and cross-functional collaboration across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in clinical payments.
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
• Strong financial, analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to analyse data efficiently and present practical solutions and recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively in a global environment.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems and processes.
• Strong customer-oriented mindset and service approach.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional internal and external teams.
• Good knowledge of and experience with MS Office, financial systems, EDC, and CTMS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Process investigator and site payments in compliance with procedures, regulations, contracts, and country-specific requirements.
• Compile and review data from multiple sources, including study budgets, EDC, and CTMS systems.
• Review site invoices, investigate, resolve, and respond to issues or findings.
• Perform reconciliations and prepare accurate payment accruals and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain standard reports.
• Drive process, system, and reporting improvements, including AI opportunities in Clinical Payments.
• Identify, assess, and manage operational and financial risks related to site payments.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Create, maintain, and/or collect process, project, and financial documentation.

Skills

English proficiency

Financial analysis

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Problem solving

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

MS Office

EDC

CTMS

Job description

Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.

Job Description Summary

The Clinical Site Payment Associate Manager will be part of the team responsible for managing and advancing Investigator Payments. The successful candidate will possess end-to-end knowledge of the clinical site payment process and consistently provide customer-oriented support.

Key Responsibilities

• Process investigator and site payments in compliance with applicable procedures, regulations, contracts, and country-specific requirements.
• Compile and review data from multiple sources, including but not limited to study budgets, EDC, and CTMS systems.
• Review site invoices, when required, and investigate, resolve, and respond to any issues or findings.
• Perform reconciliations and prepare accurate payment accruals and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain standard reports.
• Drive process, system, and reporting improvements, including evaluating opportunities for the adoption of Artificial Intelligence within Clinical Payments.
• Identify, assess, and manage operational and financial risks related to site payments.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Create, maintain, and/or collect process, project, and financial documentation as required.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in clinical payments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
• Strong financial, analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to analyse data efficiently and present practical solutions and recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively in a global environment.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems and processes.
• Strong customer-oriented mindset and service approach.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional internal and external teams.
• Good knowledge of and experience with MS Office, financial systems, EDC, and CTMS platforms.

Contract Type

Regular

Salary Range

The final offer will be determined within the applicable location-specific range and will depend on the candidate’s confirmed work location, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and role scope. 45-65k Euro (Italy, Spain) Germany : 60-85K Euro gross annually.

About Alira Health

Alira Health is a global advisory firm providing consulting and research and clinical development services whose mission is to humanize healthcare and life sciences, in partnership with patients, through innovative technologies and expert guidance. From development to medical care, we complement the expertise of our Pharma, Biotech, and MedTech clients with a full spectrum of services across their entire solutions lifecycle. With offices around the world, Alira Health provides a vibrant and creative environment with benefits that include professional development, global travel, flexible work programs and more. We welcome your passion and drive, talent and entrepreneurial spirit, sense of service and teamwork. We are an integrated team of over 800 scientists, strategists, economists, clinicians, and biostatisticians representing over 30 nationalities. This broad global perspective and cultural richness has a direct impact on providing innovative solutions for our clients that lead to higher standards of care and an improved patient experience.