Budget Administrator

Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:

• Must have Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience;
• Five years of experience working in research administration, a Contract Research Organization, pharma or biotech industry, a medical or clinical practice arena, or health insurance industry;
• Must have working knowledge of clinical trials;
• Must be familiar with HCPCS / CPT codes;
• Must understand what is standard of care or routine care and what is considered research-related in the context of a clinical trial;
• Must be familiar with Medicare regulations, guidelines, policies;
• Experience budgeting and estimating clinical trials costs is a plus;
• Must have working knowledge of clinical trials and general study budgeting techniques;
• Must be proficient with medical terminology;
• Must have analytical skills to review coverage analyses, budgets, and estimates based on established criteria and departmental guidelines;
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills to deal with complex, sensitive and confidential material with Principal Investigators, sponsors, and administrative and management personnel;
• Must be able to read, identify and extract pertinent information from protocols;
• Must have experience in an academic research environment;
• Must have understanding of Institutional Review Board purposes and requirements;
• Must be able to manage multiple competing demands;
• Must proactively negotiate priorities;
• Must demonstrate consistent and successful follow through on issues and problems;
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Must have ability to work independently while still serving as a member of a professional team;
• Must demonstrate attention to detail;
• Must have the ability to handle multiple projects and demonstrate prioritization on a daily basis;
• Must have coding knowledge (HCPCS/CPT; APC);
• Must be able to proofread documents and research information;
• Must access data in computer databases;
• Must compile and analyze data;
• Must troubleshoot programs;
• Must be proficient in MS Office Suite;
• Must prepare reports;
• Must assist in training of others.

• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice Guidelines, ICH Guidelines, FDA and HIPAA regulations, Medicare policy on Routine Costs in Clinical Trials;
• Knowledge of common budgeting practices and general time/effort allotments;
• Clinical trial budgeting, coverage analysis development, budget negotiations.