UNIV - Clinical Research Sponsor Budgeting Manager - Office of Clinical Research, OVPR

Job Description Summary

This is a central research administration position, reporting to the Corporate Budgeting & Clin Card Manager in the Office for Clinical Research (OCR) under the Office for the Vice President for Research (OVPR). This position is responsible for key research finance deliverables for the Office of Clinical Research Industry Sponsor Budgeting and Negotiations program. In collaboration with department/division Grants Administrators, Principal Investigators and study teams, Research Administration and Grants and Contracts Accounting Offices, this position will lead industry sponsored study internal budget development to ensure all clinical research provider fees, MUSC Health, ancillary service provider and personnel costs are covered and the final negotiated budget is financially feasible under this OCR fee for service program.

Services will include pre-award and post-award industry sponsored research budget development, analysis, reporting, and communication processes within SPARCRequest or the appropriate system (i.e. Clinical Trials Management System – CTMS).

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

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CC002113 Office of Clinical Research (OCR)

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University-GEN
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66,400.

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This is a central research administration position, reporting to the Corporate Budgeting & Clin Card Manager in the Office for Clinical Research (OCR) under the Office for the Vice President for Research (OVPR). This position is responsible for key research finance deliverables for the Office of Clinical Research Industry Sponsor Budgeting and Negotiations program. In collaboration with department/division Grants Administrators, Principal Investigators and study teams, Research Administration and Grants and Contracts Accounting Offices, this position will lead industry sponsored study internal budget development to ensure all clinical research provider fees, MUSC Health, ancillary service provider and personnel costs are covered and the final negotiated budget is financially feasible under this OCR fee for service program.

Services will include pre-award and post-award industry sponsored research budget development, analysis, reporting, and communication processes within SPARCRequest or the appropriate system (i.e. Clinical Trials Management System – CTMS).

Analyze clinical research study documents including clinical trial agreements (CTAs/contract), budget, protocol, informed consent, lab and pharmacy manuals, identify services and procedures required to conduct a corporate clinical research study and identify the associated costs to develop an internal clinical research budget that will provide the funding to support the time and effort required to conduct the study.

• In collaboration with PIs and study teams and utilizing centralized and streamlined OCR intake tools to minimize study team burden, verify study logistics to calculate budget costs. Select services and obtain pricing from SPARCRequest or the appropriate system (i.e. CTMS) service catalog for studies selecting the OCR budget development / sponsor invoicing service.
• Partner with OCR PRA Managers if MUSC Health services are identified to obtain pricing from Charge Master to support budget development. Verify research record to include protocol and study personnel information, type and source of funding, add the appropriate study assessments and ancillary services (i.e. SCTR, Core Facility), and build study billing calendar/budget template including visits, windows and services to support budget development, sponsor negotiation, invoicing and reporting.
• Once all costs are captured, analyze the internal budget to identify the breakeven and the potential research contingency funds.
• Review the internal budget with study teams to ensure that costs are accounted for and adequate research contingency funds are included.

• Work collaboratively and develop effective working relationships with Investigators, key study personnel,…