(Senior) Associate, Clinical Site Budget Planning

beigene; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

BeOne is seeking a (Senior) Associate to develop accurate and compliant site budgets for BeOne-sponsored trials. You will work with Clinical Operations and other stakeholders to align budgets with protocol requirements and FMV standards, guiding forecasting and financial planning.

The role involves leading complex budget development, conducting analyses, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring timely delivery across study lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university with 3+ years in finance, business, clinical research or related field in biotech/pharma.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication and writing skills.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop trial- and country-level site budgets aligned with industry standards and local requirements.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations and stakeholders to ensure budgets meet protocol and policy requirements.
• Provide site budget deliverables for governance committees and FMV negotiations with sites.
• BeOne Estimate Support Team (BEST) contributions across protocol life cycle including variance analysis and scenario modeling.
• Organize stakeholder meetings to gather inputs and approvals for timely budget development.
• Mentor and train junior associates in budget development processes.

Skills

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor's degree + 3+ years experience

Job description

About us

BeOne is a global oncology company that is discovering and developing innovative treatments that are more affordable and accessible to cancer patients worldwide. With a broad portfolio, we are expediting development of our diverse pipeline of novel therapeutics through our internal capabilities and collaborations. We are committed to radically improving access to medicines for far more patients who need them. Our growing global team of more than 10,000 colleagues spans five continents, with administrative offices in Basel, Beijing, and Cambridge, U.S. To learn more about BeOne , please visit www.beonemedicines.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X (formerly known as Twitter).

Job Description

General Description

The (Senior) Associate is responsible for the development of accurate and compliant investigator grants ("site budgets") that facilitate trial-level financial planning and forecasting activities and guide fair market value (FMV) negotiations with clinical sites for BeOne-sponsored clinical trials.

Works under limited supervision and guidance. Serves as a subject matter expert in the site budget development, able to identify and resolve issues that arise. Able to lead complex site budget development and analysis.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Responsible for the development of trial-level and country-level site budgets that are in line with industry standards and local requirements, leveraging FMV benchmarking tools, BeOne Rate Cards, established systems, databases and processes.
• Work effectively with Clinical Operations (i.e. Clinical Study Managers (CSM), Clinical Project Lead (CPL), Clinical Site Contract Managers (CM), etc.) and relevant stakeholders (i.e. Medical Directors, Global Research & Development Sourcing (GRDS), R&D Finance, etc.) to build site budgets in compliance with the study protocol requirements, study assumptions, applicable policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Provide site budget deliverables: a) for submission to BeOne governance committees (e.g. Development Review Committee (DRC), Clinical Finance Review Committee (CFRC)) for the purpose of financial planning, forecasting, and data-driven strategic decisions for the study/trial; and/or b) to Clinical Operations (CSM and CM) to support efficient and compliant FMV negotiations with clinical sites for the study/trial.
• Serve as a member of the BeOne Estimate Support Team (BEST), providing site budget estimates throughout the protocol life cycle (from inception to close-out of the clinical trial) for financial planning and forecasting. Perform budget variance analysis, scenario modeling, and benchmark assessments to support strategic decision-making of the business.
• Work on assigned site budget requests from internal stakeholders for a study/trial.
• Analyze protocol amendments and/or changes to trial/study assumptions, to determine impact to site budgets, identify costs drivers of budget variances from prior site budget version
• Lead complex site budget development and analysis.
• Provide strategic insight, when required, into budget development process with difficult protocol situations (complex protocols, difficult therapeutic areas with high priority studies)
• Organize meetings with stakeholders to resolve queries, obtain required information and approvals in order to drive the timely development of accurate site budgets.
• Actively tracks and effectively communicates status of site budget development with CBO leadership and key internal stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Coordinates with internal stakeholders to ensure study start-up (SSU) activities are aligned with site budget activities and mutually agreed upon timelines for site activation. Effectively communicates issues to stakeholders that could impact project timelines or other aspects of SSU.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives, including but not limited to, development and training for new site budget templates, updates to guidance, processes, checklists, trackers, tools, knowledge sharing, etc.
• Conduct peer quality control (QC) checks of site budgets.
• Mentor, train and support junior associates in budget development processes
• Develop, maintain, and train stakeholders on budget development documents and processes.
• Undertake other duties as requested by departmental and company leadership.

Qualification Required

Education Required

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, and 3+ years' experience in finance, business, clinical research or related field in the biotech or pharmaceuticals industry.

Other Qualifications

• Fluent in English with excellent communication and writing skills.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical