Research Services Professional; Pre​/Post Award Entry – Senior

The Department of Neurology has an opening for a Clinical Research Budget and Finance Specialist. This position is responsible for helping to manage the department financial database - Neuro Craft, and the day-to-day management of the system as it relates to clinical research budget development and contract invoicing. This position is responsible for budget development/negotiation and the reconciliation of those budgets post-award.

The position is located at the Anschutz Medical Campus.

• Collaborate with the Research Services Finance Program Manager throughout each clinical research study on full-cycle budget development, negotiation, execution, and evaluation of industry-sponsored budgets.
• Assist with determining protocol complexity, pricing structure, and labor/effort required in a budget.
• Collaborate with the Finance Program Manager to create internal budgets for the department financial database, NeuroCRAFT
• Consult with sub-specialty Program Managers and Finance Program Manager on project budgets throughout various stages of design, development, implementation, and execution of research studies and to determine priority.
• Negotiate and finalize budgets with industry sponsors. Including reviewing medicare coverage analysis and UCH pricing for external costs.
• Review industry sponsored contracts and amendments to ensure final negotiated terms have been incorporated, and collaborate with the Clinical Research Administration Office to finalize and obtain executed agreements.
• Review post award reconciliation and that the budget does not need to be amended based on costs (budget versus actual).
• In collaboration with sub-specialty Program Managers and Finance Program Manager, create internal budgets for NeuroCRAFT and data enter contract terms into the system for tracking and reconciliation.
• Review M-FIN, contract, and NeuroCRAFT for post-award financial reconciliation.
• Create invoices for the sponsor or Contract Research Organization (CRO) based upon the contract terms. Follow up to ensure all payments are accurate and accounted for.
• Other duties as assigned.

Hybrid – this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is the largest academic health center in the Rocky Mountain region at the forefront of transformative education, science, medicine, and healthcare. The campus includes the University of Colorado health professional schools, multiple centers, and institutes and two nationally ranked hospitals, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado, which treat nearly 2 million patients each year.

All interconnected, these organizations collaboratively improve the quality of patient care they deliver, research they conduct and health professionals they train.

We haveAMAZINGbenefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Medical:
  Multiple plan options
• Dental:
  Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance:
  Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan:
  Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off:
  Accruals over the year
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 10/year
• Tuition Benefit:
  Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass:
  Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

There are many additional perks &…