Investigator Payments Lead – Senior Associate

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Investigator Payments Lead managing clinical site payments, budgets, contracts, and vendor oversight for Parexel, a global clinical research organization. Supporting timely, accurate payments across clinical trials from study startup through closeout.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the full lifecycle of clinical site payment administration, including protocol schedules of activities, per subject costs, payment triggers, database build activities, startup payments, EDC-driven visit payments, and invoiceable items
  • Lead planning of payment activities to ensure systems are configured appropriately and startup milestone payments are delivered on time
  • Assess EDC design and data collection processes for accurate mapping to budget structures and timely payment triggering
  • Troubleshoot payment failures and drive resolution activities to minimize delays in site payments
  • Review and guide configuration of site contracts and budgets within payment systems
  • Oversee vendors’ adherence to investigator payment processes and standards, including payment approvals, invoice management, and query resolution
  • Triage complex technology and process issues involving site relationships, budgets, contracts, regulatory requirements, languages, taxes, currencies, and related interdependencies
  • Review study payment performance, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions
  • Ensure purchase orders are active and adequate funding is available for timely payment transfers
  • Support study-specific investigator payment audits when required
  • Resolve site- and study-level payment escalations
  • Ensure contracts, work orders, and funding support execution of site payments
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners across clinical operations, business technology, legal, finance, tax, and other functions

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience
  • 2+ years of experience in clinical contracts and budget administration, accounting, finance, clinical project management, clinical operations, or a related field
  • Knowledge of clinical operations, clinical protocols, and site budgets
  • Understanding of clinical site and vendor budgets and payment terms
  • Experience in clinical research, clinical operations, finance, accounting, contracts administration, or another regulated environment
  • Strong project coordination, problem-solving, stakeholder management, interpersonal, organizational, and administrative skills
  • Ability to collaborate across functional teams, cultures, and locations while managing competing priorities
  • Comfort working with payment systems, EDC data, contracts, budgets, and process-driven workflows
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with clinical operations, business technology, legal, finance, tax, and other functional teams
  • Ability to complete assignments, tasks, and projects with minimal supervision and make informed recommendations
  • Ability to work independently in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
  • Preferred: experience with EDC data and systems
  • Preferred: experience with industry payment processing software and business requirements
  • Preferred: experience with a CRO or sponsor
  • Preferred: knowledge of local tax and payment regulations
  • Preferred: experience supporting cross-border financial transactions

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical care plan and risk insurances
  • Additional benefit offerings in accordance with the terms of applicable plans
  • Flexible working
  • Growth opportunities
  • Space to do your best work