Research Budget Specialist

Mclaren-Health-Care; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, seeks a budget analyst for research and clinical trials. The role involves preparing, negotiating, and maintaining budgets and contracts for studies, ensuring alignment with protocols, consent forms, and clinical trial agreements.

You'll collaborate with Research Finance, Sponsored Programs Office, and Patient Billing to ensure accurate costing, while supporting billing processes and compliance across trial activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least one year of relevant medical, science, or business experience.

Responsibilities

• Review research and clinical trial budgets and develop internal budgets.
• Negotiate budgets with sponsors and justify costs.
• Review informed consent form for budget/contract compliance.
• Review clinical trial contract for routine changes.
• Maintain knowledge of protocols and amendments to budgets and contracts.
• Coordinate with attorney on confidentiality agreements.
• Track budgets and costs in CTMS.
• Support billing and financial processes for trials.

Skills

Budgeting

Contract negotiation

Budget review

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Tools

CTMS

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary: Prepare, negotiate, and maintain budgets and contracts related to research and clinical trial activity

Responsibilities:

• Review research and clinical trial protocols and develop internal budgets
• Negotiate the budget with sponsors and provide cost justifications as needed
• Review the informed consent form for compliance with the budget and contract
• Review the clinical trial contract for routine changes
• Consistently maintain general knowledge of protocols and manage amendments of budgets and contracts.
• Review legal language with the attorney and facilitate execution of Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements
• Facilitate the legal review, execution, and billing processes of Cell Line License Agreements and Material Transfer Agreements
• Manage Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) for investigators and staff
• Maintain communication with Research Finance, Sponsored Programs Office, and Patient Billing Systems to ensure accurate costing data
• Construct and review thecoverage analysis, treatment tabs, calendars, and the financial parameters in Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS)
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least one year of relevant medical, science, or business experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 8:30am-5pm
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.