Budgets & Contracts Manager

Dm Clinical Research Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dm Clinical Research Group seeks a Budgets & Contracts Manager to analyze operational and financial data, improve contracting processes, and enhance the financial and operational health of the organization.

The role involves reviewing budgets and contracts, negotiating amendments, and developing KPIs. You will coordinate with internal teams and sites to ensure timely, accurate updates across systems and reports, handling multiple tasks with clarity and result orientation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or a related field is required.
• 2+ years of financial planning experience or budget development and contract negotiation.
• Experience with clinical budgeting and contracting in biotech, CRO, or clinical site is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review CRO/Sponsor budgets and contracts to study-specific parameters.
• Negotiate and review contract amendments and letters.
• Develop and maintain financial KPIs and budget decision logs.
• Oversee internal contract execution, including signatures and uploads to CM system.
• Communicate with internal clients, stakeholders, vendors, and sites.
• Ensure internal systems, folders, and reports are updated timely and accurately.
• Handle additional tasks as assigned by management.

Skills

Budgeting

Contract negotiation

Financial analysis

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Corporate SGA - HOUSTON, TX 77064

TheBudgets & Contracts Managerprimary role is to analyze operational and financial data, improve contracting process and contribute to overall effectiveness improvement of the financial and operations health of DMCR.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Review CRO/Sponsor budgets and contracts to the study-specific budget parameters
• Negotiate and review contract amendments and letters
• Develop and maintain various financial KPIs for maintaining budget decision logs
• Oversee the internal contract execution process, including but not limited to signatures and uploading to the contract management system and other specified areas
• Develop and enhance relationships with internal clients, internal stakeholders, vendors, and sites and effectively communicate with them
• Ensure that internal systems, folders, and reports are updated in a timely, accurate, and complete manner
• Any other matter as assigned by management

Knowledge & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or a related field required

Experience

• 2+ years of financial planning experience or budget development and contract negotiation required
• Experience with clinical budgeting and contracting at a biopharmaceutical company, CRO, or clinical site is preferred

Credentials

• N/A

Knowledge and Skills

• The ability to mitigate and drive solutions regarding site budgeting challenges
• Critical thinking and analysis skills to identify and implement best practices and contribute to continuous improvement for site budgeting and contracting
• Ability to handle a large volume of assignments while effectively dealing with ambiguity
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to participate in cross-functional teams of peers and vendors

Qualifications