Sr Clinical Research Financial Manager - Full-time

Job Description

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: Research Affairs-ResAdm

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (8:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM)

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Pay Range: $50.15 - $72.78 per hour

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Summary:

The Sr. Clinical Research Financial Manager is an integral part of the Rush University Sponsored Program Financial Management (SPFM) team in the Sponsor Program Office within the Office of Research Affairs (ORA). The Office of Research Affairs (ORA) serves as the institutional home for research administration and oversight, dedicated to promoting, facilitating, advocating for, and supporting all research activities conducted across Rush. The Clinical Research Financial Manager operates at the intersection of Sponsored Programs Financial Management and Clinical Research Administration. This role collaborates closely with team members across both divisions to ensure effective financial oversight, compliance, and support of clinical research activities. The Sr. Clinical Research Financial Manager is responsible for comprehensive financial management of industry-funded, earnings-based studies. This includes payment tracking, reconciliation, and expense oversight for human subjects' research protocols. This role serves as the study team’s primary point of contact for clinical research financial management, ensuring timely and accurate financial activity across multiple financial systems. Responsibilities include reconciliation and tracking of human subjects' research revenue and expenses, as well as the preparation and delivery of financial status reports to stakeholders as requested.

Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures

Other information:

Required Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 3-5 years of experience in finance, healthcare, clinical research, or a related field

Knowledge, Skills, & Ability:

• Ability to handle a high volume of work with changing priorities and constant interruptions, and establish priorities and deadlines required

• Solution-oriented and service-oriented with a proven record trouble shooting complex and day-to-day challenges

• Demonstrated proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, and database software (MS Office skills such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

• Ability to manage large and complex research portfolios.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are required.

• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain confidential information required

• Ability to work successfully both independently and in team settings

• Excellent time management with the ability to prioritize tasks as needed

• Willingness to learn new methodologies, tools, and techniques

• Flexible work hours and travel may be required

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Experience involving clinical trials, grant/research administration experience in a hospital, university or other research setting.

• Experience with clinical trial budgets, clinical trial financial management, clinical trial agreements, and/or clinical research regulatory management.

• Experience with OnCore, Epic, and Workday.

• Previous experience with coordinating clinical trials.

Physical Demands:

Competencies:

Disclaimer: The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior-level analysis and interpretation of clinical trial study documents, including protocol, budget, contract, informed consent, and laboratory manual to guide financial strategy, risk assessment, and compliance oversight.

• Lead oversight of sponsor, regulatory, and institutional compliance with contract terms and institutional policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with institutional policies, federal regulations, and best practices.

• Direct complex financial account reconciliations, statement analysis, and transaction research across large and multifaceted research portfolios.

• Oversee timely research account financial review and invoicing to sponsors, which match protocol-driven procedures with patient accruals/visits to ensure appropriate invoicing and reimbursement.

• Establish and maintain advanced financial tracking, reporting, and audit tools to ensure transparency, accountability, and audit readiness.

• Provide strategic oversight of study payment reconciliation received against study activities and invoices, ensuring accurate resolution of discrepancies.

• Synthesize and analyze data from multiple sources.

• Lead comprehensive budget to actual analyses, identifying trends, financial risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Compare actual spending to the budget and evaluate variances and trends.

• Oversee timely reconciliation, financial reporting, and close-out of research accounts.

• Ensure Rush University Systems for Health and the Investigator’s financial accounts are fully reconciled for all contracted research-related services, mitigating financial and compliance risk.

• Design and deliver accurate and timely financial status reports, and create study dashboards for senior leaders, investigators, business managers, and business partners, study teams, Principal Investigators, and business managers, if requested.

• Serve as a senior liaison to communicate clearly with researchers, administrators, and sponsors to support accurate and timely research financial management.

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and various funding agencies.

• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Position Sr Clinical Research Financial Manager - Full-time

Location US:IL:Chicago

Req ID 25862